Unnamed Bulalo House

We came from a beach in Nasugbu, Batangas and on the way home we passed by Tagaytay almost lunch time. I missed the name of this particular food establishment and couldn't remember to have seen any signage infront of it. If you are frequenting Batangas-Tagaytay route to Manila (vise-versa), I'm sure you've seen this nipa hut restaurant on the ridge, always full with people slurping hot bulalo. Tagaytay is one of the most frequented weekend destinations we visit and almost been around in every establishment there, except this one. So when someone in the car mentioned bulalo, I took it as a sign to eat there.

There were table cottages positioned to enjoy full view of Taal Volcano with corresponding consumable amount. Depends on the location, like in one cottage-  minimum food order amount would be  P1.5k, the other one with better view was like P3k and up.



We didn't take any of the special cottages. We had seen Taal Volcano 14,984 times already, haha. Anyway, we only wanted to try their version of bulalo here, always_ in search of the better one. So we took one of the tables in the main/common dining hall with no minimum consumable amount. You just pay whatever amount you consume.



Well, their bulalo was good but nothing spectacular to mention it above others.  I actually thought_ over this I would still prefer Leslee's , only few minutes drive from this place.
 For my foreign friends - bulalo is a favorite Filipino hot soup made of beef shank/ bone marrow. Tagaytay is one of the best places to eat this hot dish cos of the cool weather and known to serve a better quality of beef cos of its proximity to the province of Batangas where the cows are best raised.

On  the other plate, I actually loved their sisig and would only be the only reason to come back here.



In the end, we did have filled stomachs to continue rocking the roads on the way home.

Leslee's, Tagaytay

I was surprised to find out that I haven't posted any Leslee's, Tagaytay blog yet.. I thought, I had it already in my old archives. I was looking for it so that I could post a link to my post _ Leslee's , Alabang. Only then I realized I haven't posted yet.

So here is my most recent visit to the place :



Our relatives from Davao had their tour of Luzon this summer10 and decided to stop over in Manila. Ofcourse aside from the city tour, they wanted to pay their relatives on this side of P.I. us a visit.





They hadn't been yet to the nearest destination Tagaytay, so we spent a day touring the highland. We were like a huge group and where else would you expect us to dine but at Leslee's.

our table fronting the cliff

main dining hall

I'm sure, I mentioned in my prev blog Leslee's, Alabang, see here , that the Filipino dishes menu and the interior of the resto are equally interesting.






It's a nice place to bring your foreign visitors. It's very touristy.




There's even a string band to serenade the guests.

a souvenir shop outside

There are also nipa huts at the cliff side, overlooking the Taal Lake and the Taal Volcano, the smallest one in P.I. But ofcourse at night, the volcano is not visible. The lights of the lowland town are quite a sight thu'. Now , this is becoming a destination blog already !



Leslee's is actually known for bulalo and is serving one of the best bowls in town.

Bulalo

We came from a 6 hours road trip and could no longer wait to get home for dinner ( all the way from my hometown, all of my favorite dishes were just waiting to reach my kitchen and get reheated).



The girls eyed the bulalo houses nestling at the road side of Sto. Tomas, Batangas. Side by side were Leslee's and Grace. They picked the latter cos we had never eaten here yet. We frequent Leslee's at Tagaytay and Alabang thu'.














The verdict : The main dish bulalo is a lot better here than in other bulalo houses.