Buon Giorno! Cliff House, Tagayay

My wife and I really planned for this trip days in advance. from preparing expressed milk both ready to drink and frozen, to keeping track of weather and traffic on-line during the days leading to the target departure time. This was a restaurant that we wanted to experience as a family. Why?

Very good, down to earth 'traditional' italian cooking! This was the Canneloni Spanci. The method of cooking and ingredients used were so simple, you can easily figure out how to cook it at home. And yes, this is what good italian food is all about- simple, easy, basic ingredients.. full of flavor! No shortcuts or 'fusion' cooking here that's for sure...

Even our 2 month daughter agrees! She really enjoyed our seat outside. The wind was cool and we all shared just one large  sofa-seat. It was large enough that we were able to change her 'nappies' after we had lunch!

Again, the desert was fantastic! Pictured here is Buon Giorno's very own soft dark and warm chocolate pudding, topped with home made pastillas ice cream to die for! yummy indeed!

Finally! we have a picture of our baby amidst the famous taal lake view!

side note: all photos were taken using my wife's vintage nikkor lens.

Tapella, Greenbelt 5

Tapella Bistro & Bar was our first mid-afternoon 'tapas' date. I've read that 'tapas' is best experienced with a glass of your favorite 'soft' cocktail or easy white wine. The ambience of this part of Greenbelt 5 this particular late afternoon was cool and wet, so my wife and I chose to stay at the al-fresco portion near the bar just outside the restaurant. A bit pricey but the quality of food was good enough to keep you full and maybe resort to a very light dinner afterwards.
Where was our 7-week old daughter this time?... with my in-laws of course!

I can't wait for our next family foodie adventure! This time with Una Isabella.

Maite's Birthday lunch w/ the kids!

September 5, 2009 - Here is a slideshow of our two youngest kids 1st family pictorial together

It was also my 1st time to shoot using a vintage nikkor lens. Manual focus and exposure all the way! Let me know what you think!

Amoroma, Tagaytay

Cris and I finally gathered our courage to go on our first out-of-town trip with our daughter Una Isabella. It was decided that since we were going all the way to Tagaytay, might as well try a new foodie place and make our little family adventure more worth while! Amoroma, Ristorante Italiano along the tagayatay highway was highly recommended by my mom.

By lunch time we were at the restaurant which immediately gave me a feeling of an authentic traditional italian dinning! We eventually helped ourselves to their home-made bread, two-flavored pizza and a very interesting spinach ravioli The verdict..... pricy.. but very fresh and authentic.


RISTORANTE ITALIANO AMOROMA
Brgy. Tolentino East, National High-way, Tagaytay City
(046)-6963582
09163829883
09292690370

Binondo, Manila

Deciding to go to the city of Binondo Manila was a last minute, spur of the moment - but more like a last choice for our family's photography adventure that day. But just when we thought that our holy week thursday for the year 2009 was going to be a boring one, little did we know that manila's china town was going to be so busy with local religious activities and traditions and full of culinary and friendly surprises! From witnessing the "Visita Iglesia" ; a holy week tradition for filipino catholics at the St. Lorenzo Ruiz Church to bumping into the famous Ivan Mandy during his regular Old Manila Walks tour, our day turned out to be a very memorable one and could not have been better without the spectacular sunset at Roxas boulevard.
for a more detailed blog of our culinary discoveries and family photography adventures that day, visit Asunta Rufino's on-line travel journal