Day two at Tagaytay - Sonya's Garden

As I have mentioned before, we are entertaining hubby's balikbayan cousin from Australia. Whenever we have balikbayans coming come, we often make it a point to take them to Tagaytay and Sonya's Garden.

Sonya's Garden still holds that allure of a "secret garden" although it's no longer a secret. It's nice place to have lunch in. All their dining areas have live vines and plants and flowers inside. Makes you feel like eating in a greenhouse. The salad of course is the reason why people come back. The lovely combination of the freshly picked greens, assorted local fruits, jackfruits, flowers and the crunchy pop beans with Sonya's secret salad dressing truly makes a one of a kind salad experience.





Sonya's has expanded so much through the years, I hope that they develop more of the gardens instead of just the dining areas and the bed and breakfast. After all, people not only go to Sonya's for the salad, they come also for the lovely flowers and plants that abound the property.

Crepes at Cafe Breton, Cliffhouse Tagaytay

If you regularly visit this blog or my facebook page, you will notice that we looooove crepes. After our lunch at La Esquina in Splendido, we headed off to Cliffhouse to have dessert, coffee and tea.

It's nice to transfer places when dining out. Our objective was to take Gerry and Tony to as many places in Tagaytay as we can so that they will get a feel of the place and see as much as our time allows.

As usual hubby had his banana split. We didn't take a photo of it anymore since he always orders that or any dish with tons of ice cream.

I had a Mango Crepe with condesed milk. This is one of my favorite combinations. When I make crepes at home, I also do this specially when mangoes are in season.



Tony and Gerry shared a Blueberries and Cream Crepe. Dessert crepe with Mantecado ice cream, whipped cream and Blueberry preserves. Very decadent and sinful :-)



Gerry ordered the Cafe Mocha as well. All coffee in Cafe Breton is made with Kapeng Barako, or local Batangas Coffee. "Barako" in Tagalog means "manly" or "muscular". As the name Kapeng Barako suggests, the coffee is very robust and packs a punch.



Our diet (of sensible eating) was thrown right out of the window, just for this weekened... I hope!

Cliffhouse is a nice place to have a vantage point of Taal Volcano. It's not crowded like the other places.



Cliffhouse is also a very nice place to have lunch or dinner. Buon Giorno, Cafe Breton and Fire Lake House Grill are all excellent places to have your meals.