[ Playa Calatagan #5] a Manos Greek Tavern Dinner

By Anton Diaz
Topics: #Restaurants, Food, Tagaytay

The first time, I saw Manos Greek Taverna with its inviting blue and white structure, I hesitated to try it out because of the fear of being disappointed with a Filipino-style Greek cuisine similar to Mati in Rockwell.
…Although, it looks like a canteen atmosphere inside, I would give credit to Manos for putting in the effort to give his guests a greek ambiance by posting pictures of Crete and other greek designs. … It tasted like beef omelet with vegetables and potato but the ingredients blended very well to give you a unique taste that you’ll surely go back for more.

[ Playa Calatagan #4] Beautiful Golden Sunset!!

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Topics: Batangas

This post is just all about the sunset shots I made and I suggest that you gotta watch this when you decide to visit this place. For those of you who are in the office and I do hope these shots would de-stress you and make you more excited to visit the Philippines awesome beaches.
…Red Sunset Thanks to Joey, Tisha and Diego for the Playa Calatagan opportunity 🙂 The first of many sunsets that Aidan would enjoy 🙂 Poppa and Aidan who hates the feel of sand that is why he keeps on raising his other feet 🙂

[Dear Awesome Planet #2] Golden Sunset Resort, Calatagan

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Topics: Batangas

🙂 ur web is so exciting. web pa lang nakakarelax na what more just want to ask few questions. just want to know if you’ve been to golden sunset resort at calatagan batangas. pls advise me with the rates and if we’re allowed to cook our own food there. hope to hear from you thanks and hope to see more places in your web 🙂 thanks and God Bless —dawn—
…30-Dec.31) – Standard (1-2 guest): P3,080 – Deluxe room with loft (1-4 guest): P4,180 – Garden Cove with loft (2-6 guest): P4,950 [ Note: It is 9% cheaper during Regular season or 18% cheaper during lean season (June 16-Oct.15) ] The rate includes: – Entrance Fee ( P100) – Breakfast for two (2) – Admission to Butterfly Sanctuary (P50) – Use of swimming pool and welcome drinks ( P100) They have a day pass of P200 ( P100 entrance fee + P100 food consumables) or P300 ( P100 entrance fee + use of pool and volleyball) One thing I could say is that its great to have a lot of activities in this resort including Fishing, Boating, Biking, playing Billiards, Videoke, and of course swimming. … Uno, Calatagan, Batangas www. goldensunset.ph info@goldensunset.ph (Heads-up I wrote them, but did not get a reply back) Travelpros, Tel# 634-3109/ 636-1687 (I was trying to call them but nobody is answering, good luck though)

[ Playa Calatagan #3] Stay a week or stay a lifetime @ Playa Calatagan!

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Topics: Batangas

With a beautiful beach such as Playa Calatagan — I do hope that it can bring it’s vision alive of bringing the Boracay spirit in Calatagan, 3 hours away from Manila. … What’s great about the Playa Calatagan vision, is that there is a private resort for the seaside community but also there is a public commercial area envisioned to be the Boracay Party Place of Batangas 🙂 As mentioned in my earlier post, I’m glad the Palacios family decided to develop their beach and it has huge huge potential. … Take note that I refrained from using retirement house since the vision is that the community would be younger and more vibrant 🙂 I think this is a lot better than the Anvaya Seaside community in Subic.

[ Playa Calatagan #2] Breakfast @ Antonio’s “Halfway House”

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Topics: Tagaytay

I was surprised that this place is jump packed on Sunday Breakfast including the regular group of bikers who meet up here every Sunday @ 8.30am. This was my first time @ Breakfast and I’ve heard mixed reviews that the food was not as great as the main Antonio’s restaurant.
…I was pleasantly surprised that there are a lot of healthy and vegetarian options including this Vegetarian Fritata (P190) (open-ended omelet) which was delicious!!

[ Playa Calatagan #1] a Beach Discovery in Calatagan, Batangas

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Topics: Batangas

Temporary Pavilion @ Playa Calatagan, Batangas (Playa is spanish for beach) Before I leave for a blog vacation for the entire March, I would like to share with you a beach discovery 3 hours away from Manila! … There are three criteria for me for a great beach resort: (a) the beach sand is white fine sand, (b) the water is so calm that children could swim in it, (c) a beautiful sunset right in front of the beach! Playa Calatagan meets those three criteria except for the beach having a brownish tint but its finer than most of the beaches in Batangas 🙂 It is still in its natural virgin state and it was owned by Mayor Palacios Family (that is why it remained private all these years!)

Fat Michael’s Place: Revisited!

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Topics: #Restaurants

This used to be an Intel secret years back, but after 5 years, I’m sure this is not a secret anymore because of the thousand dinner dates it hosted and the word-of-mouth raves/ rants.
…Once you are past Pasay Road intersection with SSH, you need to start driving on the right side because you need to turn right in Makati View Apartelle. This is right before the Magallanes overpass but you need to make sure you are on the rightmost side of SSH because you need to be in the side street before turning right in Makati View Apartelle.

Sugarnot!’s Last Temptation

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Topics: Food

The sad news is, the taste needs a lot of getting use to and there are no crowd every time I pass by this place. So I’m worried that this might not survive specially in the Philippine’s high-carb diet scene.
…Undoubtedly it looks good, but the taste should be acquired for these sugar-free cakes and it is sadly, forgettable.

Aling Lucing’s Sisig — Pampanga’s Best finally in Makati :)

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Topics: Pampanga

Aling Lucing’s Sisig is the pride of Pampanga with its original location in the ” riles” or located near the railroad in Angeles City (mental note: I’ll blog about this original place one of these days 🙂 Also, Aling Lucing is the Grand Slam Winner of the 3rd Sisig Festival in Angeles City held just last Dec. 2-3, 2005 besting 176 other contestants!! … Sisig is a big part of the pinoy culture together with the Halo Halo and Balut, so this is a must try even for a vegetarian like me (I can’t resist not to savor its taste 🙂 I first heard about this from Spanx’s review and this place just opened last Feb.
…It would still worth it to visit the original in Angeles (if you are within the area), and based on Spanx’s rave , it is authentic and faithful as it can be 🙂 We ordered the Combo# 1, which is Sisig with Vegetable for only P69 (served with rice).

[Dear Awesome Planet #1] Best of the Philippines in 30 days

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Topics: Awesome Festivals

I was overwhelmed and excited with your question, that I was inspired to create a Dear Awesome Planet series, so that I can also share the information to a broader audience, and I hope you don’t mind 🙂 This list is based on my personal experience and some are still on my things to blog about. … Carlos Celdran’s Intramuros Tours or Escolta/ Quiapo Tour Quaint basement store –> I Love You Store along Makati Avenue Filipino-Inspired Spa — Sanctuario Spa in Malate Best Therapeutic Reflexology Massage — 4 hours for $10/ P500 Allegedly the best sisig in the Philippines — Aling Lucing Sisig, Makati Balut @ Elvie’s turo turo Lazy Boy Theater @ Gateway Mall, Araneta Center Shopping Mall Tour: Greenhills- Best Bargain Place, Glorietta/Greenbelt – Branded Stuff, and Tiendesitas — One stop shop of Philippines’ best Tagaytay A Hike/ Horse Ride to the one of the World’s Smallest Volcano in Taal Still the reigning Best Restaurant in Tagaytay — Antonio’s, Restaurant, Tagaytay Most exotic and expensive coffee — Coffee Alamid, proudly Philippine made 🙂 Tagaytay pioneer — Sonya’s Secret Garden Bed & Breakfast View of Taal Volcano @ Cliffhouse, Tagaytay or Taal Vista Lodge Cebu CNT Lechon — Best Lechon in Cebu if not the Philippines! … Outdoor Jacuzzi @ the Nami Villas Laguna/Quezon ( Instead of Cavite) Tina Decal’s Culinary Tour of Quezon Viaje del Sol: San Pablo, Laguna and Tiaong, Quezon Around Laguna Lake Tour El nido, Palawan — about to go here in April (Maybe we’ll see each other :), Savor this place for 4 days/ 3 nights 🙂 I do hope this helps, and I invite my readers to contribute to this list or create your own lists and I’ll link it up 🙂 Also, maybe some of you would also have some questions that I can answer in the Dear Awesome Planet series 🙂 Enjoy Awesome Pilipinas!