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The first time I went here, I did not noticed that Olivarez Plaza is a City Market Place located at the heart of tagaytay near rotonda. I thought it’s just a “Park. The second time we went here, we got a chance to explore the whole place. It has rows of stalls. Each stall has a store name and unique address. Addresses are derived from tagalong plant/ tree names like balimbing, alatiris, guyabano etc. Everything you need is in here. There are also tiangge here where you can buy cheap Bags, footwear, cloths, towels and toiletries. For your personal and home needs, there is also UNO super market (air-conditioned department store). For services, there are laundry stall, payment center, Altering stall, picture studio, spa, etc. For tourists, you can also buy pasalubong here.


There is also a very large Ukay – ukay here. It’s a large pavilion for about a basketball court size.





 See the swimming pool – cool!

It is neither crowded nor hot. This going to be a relax shopping ever!!! My mom bought some slippers, shirts a big shopping bag, wallets and towel for amber.


Along the department store, there are doors. I was curious what is it so we decided to walk and we saw an open door with staff in Filipiniana uniform.(A room boy)
Surprisingly, we found out that it is a hotel room, we walked more and found that at the end of the way it was the Tagaytay Country Hotel. So…there is a hotel within the Olivarez Plaza…hmmm!! That’s cool! Very accessible. If only we knew it before we checked in, we may choose this hotel to stay. Anyway, there is always a next time.
Here is agoda link for hotel rates: Tagaytay Country Club Hotel Rates
The good thing about this hotel is that it is located at the heart of tagaytay where all of the things you will be needing is just around you. Fast-food, drugstore,
Market place, mall…everything! And also, its just minutes away from different famous destinations of tagaytay such as Picnic grove, Palace in the sky, Residence Inn, Taal Volcano,Mahogany Market and many more….

 Their accommodation is very flexible. From a luxurious room to economy room for the whole family are available.
They have a landscape in front of the hotel. Truly a relaxing place to drink your hot coffee in a breezy atmosphere while sitting is a tiffany chair.

HOW TO GET TO TAGAYTAY?

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Sunday, December 30, 2012 No comments


 Philippine Wildlife Resource and Conservation Center or known before as Irawan Crocodile Farming Institute is the sanctuary of wildlife and mostly, crocodiles situated in Irawan, Palawan. In fact, two newest large crocodiles are dwelling in here today. These crocodiles were caught last February 13 and 14, 2012, wherein, the crocodile names were derived; “Valentino” and “Valentina”. Valentino is 16 feet long while Valentina is 10 feet long.

Valentina is almost half as large as “Lolong”, the official largest crocodile in captivity as recorded in Guinness book of record. Lolong is 20 feet, 3 inches long captured in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines on September 3, 2011. Lolong is named after Ernesto "Lolong" Goloran Cañete, one of the veteran crocodile hunters from the Palawan Crocodile and Wildlife Reservation Center who led the hunt.

Crocodile Farm Palawan is preserving wild life such as these crocodiles. They are nurturing these kinds of animals with the proper habitat and balance food and environment. They are concern with the conservation of rarely found and endangered species. Crocodile Farm Palawan helps the natural repopulation of animals, especially crocodiles.

Upon entering the Crocodile farm, you will see a museum-like area where a huge skeletal bone crocodile measuring 17 feet long is displayed.
  
Here is the hatching house where baby crocodiles are being taking care of. Their ages are from 1 year old to 6 years old. They have limited movements because crocodiles are more aggressive during night time than daytime.




The next area is for adult crocodile’s ages 30 years old to 35 years old. We needed to step into an elevated view or else we’ll go out of the Farm with missing body parts.





Meet Mac-Mac , he is the second biggest Crocodile in the Philippines. He is named after the town of Macaracas after it was captured in the river of Macaracas Palawan. He is 16 feet long at the age of 16 years old. He is the biggest salt water crocodile in Palawan. He is eating either pork or chicken meat.

Aside from the crocodiles, we have met Ellah, a banana eating bear cat or “musang”. In english, it is called toddycat while  musang is a malay term.  It Is a nocturnal mammal called civet.


It seems Ellah is trained! Whenever there are guests, she goes down from the ceiling and mingles with them. She knows how to pose!  We paid an amount to for Ella to ride on the back for picture taking. Nice Ellah! Good Job!

Crocodile Farm Palawan is not only for crocodiles! It is also a Nature Park too. Actually, this is my second time to see this place. Three years ago, I was able to explore the whole place where they are preserving the wild life. The nature park seems to be a virgin forest. There are giraffe, bearcats, Ostrich and different kinds of birds such as Kalaw and many more.

Souvenir shop outside
LOCATION AND HOW TO GET THERE:
Palawan Crocodile Farm or the Philippine Wildlife Resource and Conservation Center is located in National Road, Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
Five minutes travel time from City proper and get-off in Irawan Crocodile Farm.



More to enjoy in Palawan!

Palawan | 3/ 2 Days Do-It-Yourself ITINERARY

Palawan | Cheaper way to explore Puerto Princesa

Palawan | City Tour at Puerto Princesa

Palawan | Iwahig Penal Farm

Palawan | Get wild at Crocodile farm, Puerto Princesa

Palawan | Booking a Permit for Underground River Tour

Palawan | Underground River Tour

Palawan | Mitra's Ranch

Palawan | Baker's Hill: The Baker’s Artistic Haven 

Palawan | Bunuatan Weaving Center: Preserving Filipino’s hard work and culture

Palawan | Plaza Cuartel: A piece of history

Palawan | Souvenir Shop: Hand-crafts and native delicacies as Pasalubong!

Palawan | Firefly Watching


Palawan | Honda Bay: Palawan snorkeling and Island Hoping

---BE SASSY  --- BE ZEALOUS ---

Saturday, December 22, 2012 No comments
In every travel destination, food hunting is not an option but a must! And so, upon arrival in the airport on our first day in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, we first proceeded to Ka Inato!

The Restaurant
Ka Inato has a nice landscape. The restaurant welcomed us with a homey feeling, fresh air and artistic interior. The concept is cultural since most of the interior materials are wooden; tables and chairs, the wall and reception area. The plain auburn color of the restaurant is highlighted by colorful wooden Anito sculptures and abstract painting.

The Food
What I love about this resto is that the menu book is entertaining. Even we are too hungry to wait for our food to be served, we still managed to smile because of the uniqueness of the meal names such as “Mga Sari-Saring Pansit” – Walang Kamatayang Pansit, Kambak-Kambak, , Mga pampagana, Sinabawan, Mga pagkaing swak na swak, Bancuber  JQ Shake  (Banana/Cucumber Shake), etc.

We asked the waitress by the name of Rhea about their best seller food and she recommended us the Inato Chiken Special. It is the inasal version of Ka Inato.  We ordered two original flavored Inato (non-spicy) for the guys, Pastor and Ovi and two spicy Chicken Inato  for the girls; Ate Aiza and I. They have super spicy and mild, and so we bought mild. Upon serving the chicken platter with rice, cucumber, sliced watermelon and atsara, the look is really mouthwatering. I sliced the spicy chicken breast and tried it. It was really flavorsome; however, the spice is too much! We assumed that the waitress mistakenly served us the extremely spicy one instead of mild. We added Calamares and bought Graham cake for desert, fresh Buko, Choco banana and Mango shake.
The price is very affordable. Meal s are ranging from P 90 –P 200 while drinks and shakes are ranging from P 50 – P120.


Overall, I was satisfied with Ka Inato especially for the experience of dinning in a completely refreshing open restaurant while gazing at stunning artworks and above all, being with the people I really love the most!
For Reservations, you may call:(048) 434-1721 and 0917-5531721/0949-6835003


Located at Brgy. Tiniguiban, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.

More to enjoy in Palawan!

Palawan | 3/ 2 Days Do-It-Yourself ITINERARY

Palawan | Cheaper way to explore Puerto Princesa

Palawan | City Tour at Puerto Princesa

Palawan | Iwahig Penal Farm

Palawan | Get wild at Crocodile farm, Puerto Princesa

Palawan | Booking a Permit for Underground River Tour

Palawan | Underground River Tour

Palawan | Mitra's Ranch

Palawan | Baker's Hill: The Baker’s Artistic Haven 

Palawan | Bunuatan Weaving Center: Preserving Filipino’s hard work and culture

Palawan | Plaza Cuartel: A piece of history

Palawan | Souvenir Shop: Hand-crafts and native delicacies as Pasalubong!

Palawan | Firefly Watching

Palawan | Honda Bay: Palawan snorkeling and Island Hoping

Happy Eating.
-BE SASSY -- BE ZEALOUS





Friday, December 14, 2012 No comments
We'll be having our Project Holiday Party in Picasso's Place, New Horizon Hotel in Mandaluyong this year. As the head organizer, me and Darren (lead of food and venue commitee) will do the food tasting. Supposedly, it should be Me, Darren, Julie and Josh, Unfortunately, Julie and Josh were both off shift. We started the food tasting at 11:30 and ended with bloated tummies at 1PM.
Very friendly and courteous waiters started serving the soup.

Hungarian Veloute - A creamy with a bit of cheesy taste and erbs served with House bread and Butter.

               Followed by Salad Green Garden Salad Italian Pasta and Salmon Terrine.


We were not able to finish our salad. We skipped the garden salad and moved on to  Hot dishes.
Stuffed Boneless Chicken with Supreme Sauce

Pork Loin Provencale 

Tender braised  beef chassuer


During the meeting before the food tasting, we were thinking if we could change the escargot to any other dish as this is a shell food and may not be appropriate with the event. This escargot is very intriging for me and Darren, and so, we started tasting hot dishes with escargot...

Moulles A L'Escargot

Hmm.... Wow! It is so yummy. the taste is so good. In simple words, I can describe it as baked tahong with the taste of butter, garlic and cheese. It was served without the shell already which is easy to eat.

After trying all the dishes, we both ended up with one favorite. Guest what? Escargot! I realy love to pronounce it..haha...so sossy!

We pushed through with the desert tasting. Fresh fruits and 4 flavors of log-shaped cakes. (vanilla,chocolate, mocha and strawberry).


Darren and I rated it from the best to least. Darren : Chocolate, mocha, vanila then strawberry. Me: Chocolate, strawberry, vanilla,mocha. Obviously, we both agreed that chocolate is the best among four.

Before we ended, Belgian Executive Chef Danny Vandenbosch approached us and asked us feedback.. We'll we said that the food was really great and satisfying.

Lastly, we washed out all the taste in our buds with water, talk with the sales manager and went back to the office with very satisfied tummy and tongue. We really had a great food tasting ever considering the fact that it is all free!!! Well, that is the privilege of being busy organizers.


NEW HORIZON HOTEL RESTAURANT

Is situated long Epifanio deIos Santos Avenue (edsa) in Mandaluyong City
Website: www.newhorizonhotel-manila.com


Happy Eating!
---BE SASSY --- BE ZEALOUS --

Friday, November 30, 2012 No comments
During my childhood days, I really love sweets like ice cream, cake, chocolate and candy.  As a kid, having a sweet tooth is inescapable. We really crave for something that will tickle our taste buds.
With my age today, (Don’t think that I am too old right now! hehe) everything is different, the way I dress, things I want to do and surprisingly, even my taste buds  changed too! In scientific explanation, this is due to eventually wearing out of special sensory cells that make up the taste buds just like any other cells in our body. Anyway, I am happy even though I don’t have a sweet tooth today, my sense of taste doesn’t decrease because if it does, I will be alarmed because this may lead to decreased appetite, poor nutrition and of course it will affect my cooking skill. 
Speaking of taste buds, I discovered an ice cream which doesn’t taste so sweet and will satisfy my craving for a desert.

This ice cream sandwich is a product of Dairy Queen.


There is nothing special with this ice cream sandwich. It is a typical vanilla ice cream filled between two wafers. I just like the fact that it is an ice cream and a chocolate wafer yet, it doesn’t taste too sweet. This is best for people like me who are craving for ice cream dessert with the neutralized taste of sugar.
 
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 sandwich (85g)

Amount Per Serving

Calories from Fat 45

Calories 190


% Daily Values*


Total Fat 5g

8%

Saturated Fat 3g
15%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 10mg
3%
Sodium 135mg

6%
Total Carbohydrate 24g
8%

Dietary Fiber 1g
4%

Sugars 18g

Protein 4g


Vitamin A 4%

Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 10%

Iron 6%

Percent Daily Values are based on a
2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.




I remember, when I was in grade school, I used to experiment how to create an ice cream. We’ll so far, I made it and I will share it to you soon.
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Friday, November 30, 2012 No comments



Mt. Fuji steak of Sumosam gave me the idea of cooking my own version of steak using common ingredients in the market. I will show you how i came up with this recipe.

Ingredients:

Beef steak cut
Calamansi
Garlic
Onion
Gravy powder
Soy sauce
Magic sarap
Pepper
Chicken breading
Potato

Procedure:

1. Prepare all the ingredients.
2. Soak beef in soy sauce, calamansi and garlic then boil until become tender.



3. Slice potato into strings. Roll in breading and fry.





4. Mince garlic and slice onion then saute.
5. Pour mushroom sauce in a pan and mix well.
6. Put the beef and fries.
6. Springkle with magic sarap and pepper.
7. Put in a bowl and serve while hot.

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Happy eating!!!!

Saturday, November 17, 2012 No comments
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