A culinary getaway
Resorts and vacation spots not only try to impress their guests with the ambience, the facilities and the amenities. Most hire the best chefs they can afford because food can make or break one’s vacation.
If you’re a reader of The Mommy Journals, you would have come across an entry about Balay Indang where we stayed overnight recently. Because the place was recommended by two friends, I wasn’t all that unprepared for its beauty.
But the food is quite another story. In the 24 hours that we were there, no dish was repeated. The combination of dishes served at every meal was well chosen, representing a balance of meat, seafood and vegetables. But a picture is worth a thousand words so why don’t I just show you?
Lunch on Day 1.
Fresh garden salad served with a variety of dressings.
Rice with raisins and pop beans.
Ham and cauliflower in cream.
Bangus (milkfish) belly cooked a la bistek.
Nicely charred chicken barbecue.
Pasta with pesto.
Dessert was the traditional minatamis na saging na saba.
Afternoon snack (merienda) on Day 1 was sotanghon with chicken strips and taingang daga (cloud ears mushrooms).
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Where is this place? I might bring my family there. Is it expensive?
In Cavite, a short drive from Tagaytay. Click here for the review I wrote.
Hi Sassy:
Gosh, you guys always eat so well! This is a great entry for today.
Les
holy moly. thank you for that scrumptious slideshow of food.
Glad you liked it LES.
Did it make you hungry, dexie? hehehe
i feel like eating everything……raring to visit that place VERY SOON.
To ba yung kwento mo saken? Mukhang di ko type yung food.
have fun, amazing.
yuga, bakit, KULANG ba sa karne at baboy? hahahaha healthy living yung trip dun ano.
bonjour connie. am an avid reader of your blogs and column at MST. living in france and truly enjoy your food blogs. just wanted to tell you about a resto. my sister quietly opened in greenhills recently. she’s a great cook & foodie much like yourself.
the resto, Angels Kitchen 57 Connecticut St. tel. no.
744 1018, features filipino & spanish family recipes.
have received emails from friends who heard about the resto through word of mouth and were surprised that my sis, Marnie Gonzalez Ong, finally opend one. between raising 5kids and managing a home in manila & vancouver where 2 of here kids go to univ., where was the time? she’s such a mommy like you!
hope you find the time to try the resto some time and would love to hear what you think. friends rave abou the food & ambiance and sometimes book the entire resto for cozy dinner parties. it also has a shop that offers locally sourced food items. and hear the prices are reasonable.
bon appetit!
thanx for the tip!
mikelinparis, will keep that in mind next time we’re in the greenhills area. it’s a little far…
no problem, mig.
Now that’s what I call chicken barbecue… The cauliflower also looks oh so delicious..
Hi Connie,
My family and I will be visiting the Philippines next month on the 7th. Unfortunately, we will be landing late in the evening at 8:40 PM. We would probably be out of the airport by 9:30. Do you know if there are any resturuants that is near the airport or around Manila that is open 24 hours or open till 12 to 2 in the morning. We were hoping to have filipino food with some western cusine.
Thanks.
Ryan