Impulsive Trip

Dom's complementary stay at Grandview in Tagaytay (from his sister) was suddenly available. It turned out his officemates will not be using the Sunday to Monday slot but the Monday to Tuesday instead. The place was booked already from Sunday to Tuesday so we grabbed the chance to go and visit Tagaytay. I have been wanting to eat in Antonio’s but since this was an impulsive trip I didn’t have the chance to make a reservation.

I left the house at passed 6 AM to avoid my prying parents. Dom and I had mass and after he brought me to Gold’s gym for my yoga class. I stayed in the gym with Maya and Shiena and until lunch while I waited for the aircon of the car to be fixed.

By the time Dom and I were ready to go to Tagaytay, it was already passed 2 PM. Good thing I knew a shortcut and it took us only 1 hour to reach Aguinaldo highway. Grandview was easily accessible, just after the rotunda in Tagaytay. We checked in for a while and headed straight to Breakfast at Antonio’s. I tried my luck and asked the waiter if we could possibly be accommodated in Antonio’s but they were booked and nobody cancelled. Too bad … we just settled for their breakfast food.
As a recommended by our waiter, I tried the Corned Beef and eggs -fresh corned beef, horseradish, sauerkraut, boiled potato and scrambled eggs (P290) while Dom had Antonio’s House burger – USDA Choice beef has no preservatives or additives, ½ pound; house special fried potatoes with sweet and sour and sour cream (P275).

The corned beef tasted weird, maybe because it was not in flakes but was presented in slices of beef. But the taste improved a little once I added ketchup. Oh well. But I liked the burger. It was extraordinarily delicious. I wanted to try the crepes after overhearing a girl telling her BF outside the restroom that the crepes were better than Britton and it was the best crepe she ever tasted. However, I was too full to even drink water. I did not know the servings were big and filling.


Enjoying the view. Too bad the sun does not set on this side.


Since Dom wanted to see Sonia’s Garden, I just said that we would come back for dessert. We did not reach Sonia’s garden because we got lost and Dom just didn’t want to try anymore. By the time we went passed Antonio’s I was still full. We drove some more, trying to look for a spa and decided to chill in Starbucks. I had the Chocolate marshmallow while Dom had his Tazo Zen (green tea). By 8:30 we decided to roam around a little, surveyed the view outside and checked out the other restaurants in the place. We ordered takeout in Carlo’s pizza for our breakfast and had I had 1 scoop of Hagen Daaz strawberries and cream. It was only P80, would you believe? We went home by 9 since we had to wake up early and leave before 5 AM.


Well, we woke up at almost 5 and left the house at 5:30 to beat the morning rush in SLEX. We reached Makati by 5 minutes to 7. I had to take a cab since Dom had to pick up his officemates and go back to Tagaytay. By 7:10, I was already at Gold’s gym getting ready for my workout.

Our trip was fast but at least we got to spend another out of town trip together.