PIAO OUTING @ TAGAYTAY

PIAO OUTING @ TAGAYTAY For the second straight year, our small unit at PIAO will be holding our annual team-building at Tagaytay. Nope, it’s not exactly our favorite place in the world… In fact, I get to visit this place about twice or thrice each year but heck I still never get tired of it! But compared to last year, where only Keith and I were able to come (because the hubby had an important ballgame) this year I was able to take Kaye with me since Jun went with us na din. First stop, as usual, was Bag of Beans for breakfast and their brewed coffee. Afterwards, we wanted to shed off the heavy meal we just ate so we went to visit a zoo but a different one this time and not Paradizoo since its entrance fee is quite steep and so we opted for its sister zoo – the Residence Inn.

They even had the chance to have their pictures taken with live animals…of course for a minimal fee but that’s OK… they may never have the chance again e so might as well get it over and done with! I’m sure they take the necessary precautions naman e so doing it would not be so dangerous… still, I can’t help but remain apprehensive when it was Keith’s turn to have a pic with a baby tiger…even if it was just baby, it is still a tiger with its fangs, claws and all!

Next stop was People’s Park to walk off some more our heavy meal/breakfast. An added plus was the zipline that allowed the kids to take part in another daredevil stunt! I decided not to take part in it na lang…not really because I am afraid of heights (although partly, I guess) but because of money concerns. A roundtrip costs PhP300 and one way is PhP150 and so I had the hubby join Keith na lang while Kaye and I opted to ride the cable car with Jude and his equally fearful daughter, Gianna.

The highlight of the day was lunch at another bulalo restaurant - Taalena (I think!). And as usual, we ordered bulalo and tawilis (Tagaytay’s specialty food) This time, their bulalo was still great but not very spectacular. We also ordered crispy pata – another food good for the heart (hehehe!) and we even tried the restaurant’s other specialty – adobong dilaw! It was OK naman but I missed the saltiness of the true adobo with toyo. Here are pics of the food we ate.

Suffice it to say, we were all stuffed after our meal and so we spent some time resting at the resto grounds and taking pictures. It had a pretty garden and some nipa huts to house those who may wish to drink and dine outside. Before heading back to Manila, we stopped by Mahogany market to buy some beef, pineapples, and other pasalubong stuff… we all went home happy for the fun time, good food and special friends we spent our day with.