I haven't really updated my blog for some time now. Makes me feel guilty. Sorry about that. Any way, last weekend our US-based cousin visited us together with her husband and other cousins and their parents. It was our cousin's first visit here since 2004 and we wanted to show her around a bit. After eating lunch at our house and my mom's special take with the food and her experimental steak which tasted really really good, we were all set for Tagaytay. Tagaytay claims to have the biggest Ferris wheel in the Philippines located in Sky Ranch. Driving to Tagaytay from Batangas last weekend was scary. There was low visibility due to the fog and it was raining pretty hard too. The road was a little slippery and the zigzag road didn't really make it any better. When we got to Sky Ranch the Ferris wheel was not in operation because of the heavy downpour. The only ride open at that time was the carousel which we did not bother to ride. We just had our picture taken with the lovely Ferris wheel in the background, though we couldn't really see it clearly. Then we headed to Nuvali for dinner. We were two cars in tow but since I road with my balikbayan cousin, her husband and Ninong, we stopped at Colette's and Rowena's first before driving to Nuvali. We bought Buko pie from Colette's and espasol from the girl outside of the store. I wasn't able to try the Buko pie but from experience it was good. The espasol which I bought to bring home to Bam was really good. I'm not really a fan of espasol because I find it bland but the one I bought there was tasty. The taste of macapuno was not too subtle. I like it.
My Ninong was telling us of another good pasalubong place, Rowena's. he said their tarts were really good. He was bragging about it that it made us curious and wanted to try it for ourselves. When we got there, we saw that Rowena's have a wide variety of food delicacies to offer but I think they're most well known for their tarts. We bought a box each of buko, mango and pineapple tarts. I tried their blueberry tart and it was good. Like eating cheesecake. Their cornik was good too but I like ilocos cornik the best. The Buko tart was good too. It was soft but not too crumbly. And the balance of Buko and sweetness was just right. Ninong bought Sylvannas and had us try them. They were ok. They tasted like broas with moussey buttery creamy sandwiched between them. They're best eaten when they're cold.
Driving to Nuvali took us around 30minutes or so from Tagaytay.and since we have all those sweets
and cornik, needless to say, we were stuffing ourselves with desserts before dinner. We got to Nuvali at half past 8, I think but by them most restaurants were already closed. We decided to go to Paseo instead. Because it was raining, we didn't walk around much anymore and settled with Chowking. Despite the rain, I'd still say it was a swell time. We had a road trip, ate a lot of good food and discovered new places and spent time with family. What more can I ask for? ;)
