Happy Holidays everyone! This year my family spent our Christmas in Tagaytay Highlands. Tagaytay is exceptionally cool as compared to the city that’s why we always like to spend long weekends or our holidays over there. Not only an escape to locals, Tagaytay City is home to the famous Taal Volcano, a popular tourist destination. Surrounded by Taal Lake, the active stratovolcano still continues to bring awe to locals and foreigners alike.
We stayed at the Belle View, it’s a perfectly engineered condominium situated on top of a ridge. It gives an unobstructed view of the volcano and the breathtaking view of the surroundings.
The view from the patio was absolutely gorgeous and I didn’t waste time staying indoors. As much as possible I stayed outside feeling the nice cool breeze of the air. It wasn’t as chilly as last year but it felt like natural air-conditioning. Besides, seeing my brother and his guest playing cards in the patio, I took out my yoga mat and firmly practiced my routine. I couldn’t very well waste such spectacular view, it really calmed my nerves. I also noticed that there are so many different clouds in the sky. Some are heavy cumulonimbus clouds that move turtle slow while some thin stratus clouds were moving at great neck speed.
Lunch consisted of a trip to the Highlander Steakhouse. It’s as close as us carnivores can get to a decent prime rib in the Philippines. Our usual order consisted of foie gras, pan-fried duck liver in apple chutney sauce. My apologies for the lack of visuals as I was busy devouring the delicacy and good old warm buttered bread. Prime rib was a top order and a refreshing dalandan juice to make things even better. I just love how tender and juicy the prime rib is cooked, medium well to my liking. The heavy lunch which consisted of the steak, a salad and rich tomato soup made us pass for dessert. But just in case, the Steakhouse offers a delicious tasty rhum cake baked by the Purple Oven.
Overall, it’s always a pleasure taking a road trip to the scenic Tagaytay. One of my goals in life is to travel around the country and truly take in the culture, the sites and the people
WOW! What beautiful views. It’s lovely to see it from here in my office!
I quite liked the steak I had at Mamou. Expensive (Php1400 for a 14 oz steak, Php2800 for a 28oz steak), but well worth it!
Duly noted. I’m a sucker for a good piece of meat. Thanks wysgal