Bahay Pastulan - Food Trip stopover # 2
To really culminate the long break from work, we decided to go on a food trip. We started at Libertad and ended in Tagaytay with each stop being an eating stop. 1st stop at Tagaytay was the Bahay Pastulan for some Halo-Halo and Buko Juice.
It was a quick drive from the main fork at Tagaytay to the Bahay Pastulan. They created a quick over the counter way of ordering so despite the large number of people arriving, the lines moved swiftly and orderly. They even had a small area for "dining in".
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Since GF was craving for Buko Pie we bought a small pie. It was ok in size for Php 50. The pie was filled with a gelatin like substance encasing some buko strips. It was disappointing to say nonetheless. I'm used to buying this special buko pie near Los Banos and I brought home a pies last time I was there and those had large slices of buko meat. This buko pie was just sad. It was a poor excuse for a buko pie. It only had small strips of buko meat and somehow lost the taste of sweet buko within the gelatinous mixture. So we moved on to the drinks.
So we ordered 3 drinks, Buko Juice with Lychee, Buko Juice with Gulaman, and a Guyabano Shake. The BJ's cost Php 20 and the shake at Php 30. The BJ with Lychee was sweet and refreshing. The lychee added a cooling effect as one took a sip. It tasted really good, sad to say, the lychee over powered the real taste of the buko juice. The 2nd BJ with gulaman was good if not weird. With each sip promising a surprise at the end of the straw one struggled to get the buko meat with the amount of gulaman it contained. (See the green in the picture?) It was, disappointing, to say the least. The last was a favorite and a winner for GF and me. The guyabano shake was just pure guyabano goodness. It had a rich guyabano taste and it didn't taste like it had sugar or any other type of sweetener to enhance the taste. The shake was thick and still had little guyabano strips inside. I really enjoyed this drink.
It was a good first stop in Tagaytay. It offered us a quick reprieve from the sitting and driving of the travel. We had good fun and took some pictures. GF and I didn't have halo-halo since we really were not in the mood for some. But the game gang, had halo-halo and they came in these little containers instead of cups or glasses. It was a day full of promise, and we had to move on to our next destination!
Cheers & Happy Eating!
It was a quick drive from the main fork at Tagaytay to the Bahay Pastulan. They created a quick over the counter way of ordering so despite the large number of people arriving, the lines moved swiftly and orderly. They even had a small area for "dining in".
v
Since GF was craving for Buko Pie we bought a small pie. It was ok in size for Php 50. The pie was filled with a gelatin like substance encasing some buko strips. It was disappointing to say nonetheless. I'm used to buying this special buko pie near Los Banos and I brought home a pies last time I was there and those had large slices of buko meat. This buko pie was just sad. It was a poor excuse for a buko pie. It only had small strips of buko meat and somehow lost the taste of sweet buko within the gelatinous mixture. So we moved on to the drinks.
So we ordered 3 drinks, Buko Juice with Lychee, Buko Juice with Gulaman, and a Guyabano Shake. The BJ's cost Php 20 and the shake at Php 30. The BJ with Lychee was sweet and refreshing. The lychee added a cooling effect as one took a sip. It tasted really good, sad to say, the lychee over powered the real taste of the buko juice. The 2nd BJ with gulaman was good if not weird. With each sip promising a surprise at the end of the straw one struggled to get the buko meat with the amount of gulaman it contained. (See the green in the picture?) It was, disappointing, to say the least. The last was a favorite and a winner for GF and me. The guyabano shake was just pure guyabano goodness. It had a rich guyabano taste and it didn't taste like it had sugar or any other type of sweetener to enhance the taste. The shake was thick and still had little guyabano strips inside. I really enjoyed this drink.
It was a good first stop in Tagaytay. It offered us a quick reprieve from the sitting and driving of the travel. We had good fun and took some pictures. GF and I didn't have halo-halo since we really were not in the mood for some. But the game gang, had halo-halo and they came in these little containers instead of cups or glasses. It was a day full of promise, and we had to move on to our next destination!
Cheers & Happy Eating!