As what my dad promised, we went back to Bag of Beans to try their brunch buffet. Our family is a big fan of buffets. We prefer it over the usual ordering stuff because we have different food preferences and we often disagree with each other's wants so to avoid that, we go to buffets. We love trying buffets in restaurants and in hotels too. My personal favorites are Sofitel's Spiral and Marriott's Marriott Cafe. But we only go out whenever my dad is here, we seldom do when he's not around. :)
Anyways, this day is not really a good time to go out because of the heavy, non-stop rain. I can't barely see the view in Tagaytay because its covered with fog! It really looked scary. :| Plus the wind is strong and cold. So, we were expecting there wouldn't be a lot of customers because of the weather but I guess were not the only ones who wants to eat there at that time. The place is actually full and it took us 10-15 minutes to get seated. Normally, you could call in to place a reservation earlier but my mom said the line was busy so she wasn't able to reserve for us.
After getting all settled, its time to eat! They have ample food choices for both lunch and breakfast. I immediately looked for pancakes but they were not available. That made me a bit sad because I was really hoping to eat at a pancake buffet. :( Well at least they have bread (they have about 4 kinds), and I must say its good. They're soft and dense and its best paired with their blueberry or strawberry jam. The salad is just the ordinary salad, lettuce with carrots, corn kernels, tomato, cucumber, bell pepper and olive slices which I think many people don't like (the olive slices container is still full compared to others, Hehez) except me so I got a spoonful of it. Haha! If you must know, I don't eat mayo and anything with mayo so I opted to put the yogurt-like dressing in my salad.
For my next plate, I asked the chef to make me a Pesto Pasta. I have been craving for pasta since I arrived and I was happy that they have pasta station there. My sister got the same as mine while my brother got Putanesca.
In terms of food, I think its just okay, nothing special. Except the coffee and their pies which tastes very good. If you're a caffeine junkie, you would love it because the coffee is strong with the right amount of taste and the aroma smells good. Other than that, I guess its just the idea of "breakfast & lunch buffet" in a place like Tagaytay + the hopes of eating pancakes that got me thrilled. Also, I think its really important to have a reservation to avoid waiting too long.
If you would like to visit Bag of Beans, their contact details and address are posted below. I suggest you try their coffee and pies especially their Apple Pie. ;)
After that, we had few stopovers before going to Paseo. My brother has been asking my parents to go there to check the Nike outlet for the nth time already so we just dropped by since its on the way anyways. I haven't really been there so I don't know whats it is to see but I was lucky enough to spot a Korean grocery in on of the areas there. I've been wanting to go to a Korean grocery to buy ingredients since one of my goals while I'm on vacation is to learn making a Korean dish. I have already tried making Kimbap when I was still in college (thanks to my roommate Nenjy's influence) but I think now is different because I can already compare it to the taste of the real Korean dishes which I eat in Korea. Does that make any sense? :D
On my list, I'm thinking of making Japchae and Jjajjangmyun. Those were my favorites and easy to make so I can't wait to start cooking! ;) Wait for my future posts, to find out how they went. :)
Bag of Beans, Restaurant and Bakery
115 Aguinaldo Highway, Mendez
Crossing West, Tagaytay City
Anyways, this day is not really a good time to go out because of the heavy, non-stop rain. I can't barely see the view in Tagaytay because its covered with fog! It really looked scary. :| Plus the wind is strong and cold. So, we were expecting there wouldn't be a lot of customers because of the weather but I guess were not the only ones who wants to eat there at that time. The place is actually full and it took us 10-15 minutes to get seated. Normally, you could call in to place a reservation earlier but my mom said the line was busy so she wasn't able to reserve for us.
For my next plate, I asked the chef to make me a Pesto Pasta. I have been craving for pasta since I arrived and I was happy that they have pasta station there. My sister got the same as mine while my brother got Putanesca.
In terms of food, I think its just okay, nothing special. Except the coffee and their pies which tastes very good. If you're a caffeine junkie, you would love it because the coffee is strong with the right amount of taste and the aroma smells good. Other than that, I guess its just the idea of "breakfast & lunch buffet" in a place like Tagaytay + the hopes of eating pancakes that got me thrilled. Also, I think its really important to have a reservation to avoid waiting too long.
If you would like to visit Bag of Beans, their contact details and address are posted below. I suggest you try their coffee and pies especially their Apple Pie. ;)
After that, we had few stopovers before going to Paseo. My brother has been asking my parents to go there to check the Nike outlet for the nth time already so we just dropped by since its on the way anyways. I haven't really been there so I don't know whats it is to see but I was lucky enough to spot a Korean grocery in on of the areas there. I've been wanting to go to a Korean grocery to buy ingredients since one of my goals while I'm on vacation is to learn making a Korean dish. I have already tried making Kimbap when I was still in college (thanks to my roommate Nenjy's influence) but I think now is different because I can already compare it to the taste of the real Korean dishes which I eat in Korea. Does that make any sense? :D
On my list, I'm thinking of making Japchae and Jjajjangmyun. Those were my favorites and easy to make so I can't wait to start cooking! ;) Wait for my future posts, to find out how they went. :)
Bag of Beans, Restaurant and Bakery
115 Aguinaldo Highway, Mendez
Crossing West, Tagaytay City
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