Dining High

We escaped the heat last weekend for Tagaytay. And though the traffic going there was atrocious, the weather was simply gorgeous! Fresh and breezy, not hot and damp. It was so cold at night, my mom had to wear my shawl and we slept without aircon. Sweet reprieve!

The food at Tagaytay Highlands was pretty darn good, and its not just because of the altitude.

We had a light lunch at the Greenhouse Bistro, They offer a salad and make-your-own pasta buffet, sort of like Sonya's Garden but with more variety. Enzo kept asking for pizza and mango juice, both of which they didn't have any. So, they didn't have that much more variety. Here are the fresh veggies for the salad

You can buy the dressing and take it home, along with other veggies

And the ingredients for the pasta which you can pair with an olive oil and garlic, pesto, tomato or cream sauce. I opted for a salmon, caper and onion in olive oil and garlic but should've gone for the cream, as the kids had a very nice and light cream carbonara.

 Then we had a heavy dinner at the Highlands Steak House. One cute boot

Fresh bread hot from the oven

A sampler of soups: French Onion, Clam Chowder and Lobster Bisque. The best was the chowder, hands down, followed by the onion soup then the last is the gravy looking one.

Seven-ounce prime rib with corn, Yorkshire pudding, creamed spinach. So. Damn. Good. I see you salivating there!

Plus some potatoes au gratin for good measure

So you can understand how I slept like a baby there...missing the cool weather so much.

Tagaytay Highlands
+6346.483.0820 


For those who aren't members, you can try the steakhouse at Mall of Asia, equally good, minus the weather.


Highlands Steakhouse Mall of Asia
+632.556.0768