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Baguio (Day 1)

Woke up thursday to the thought that… WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO!!! @_@ We already watched ALL the new movies lined up for the week since school let out for the sem break. I didn’t want the kids glued to the computer (and the bed) the next several days, so I sweet talked my hunny into driving up to baguio ASAP!!!

We are such movie addicts! ;))

After 1 hour of rushed packing, & whisking the keys to my mom’s townhouse in the mountain, off we went! m/ Left manila at 11am. Got there at 8pm. Bummer, right??? Highway is not the problem. The creeping traffic in every town is! OMG, if only looks could kill, I would have been left for dead on the side road by my family for dragging them from the comforts of our own home!

My mommy saved the day!!! m/
She lent us her townhouse.

The only highlight (if I can even call it that, haha!) of the day was our lunch at Pampanga’s Everybody’s Cafe…

I read this in Franny’s blog. She suggested this restaurant for authentic
kapampangan food & rare delicacies.

It’s turo-turo style. Nothing fancy.
I’m really glad my family was game to try this out.
For the sake of my blog, hahaha!

We ordered & tried a lot, but here I’ll just focus on the exotic dishes…

Adobong camaru/crickets 170php (which looked like BULATE!)

I really really tried to be brave but only ate 2 small pieces., forcing myself not to puke, I kid you not!
It doesn’t taste like anything, except that it’s crunchy.
But still… EEEEWWWEEE!!!

Kalderetang Kambing 300php
Me likey!

Not at all malansa. So tender.

Adobong duck 280php
This one I really liked! So soft & tender.
You can have this 2 ways, either fried or inadobo.

Batuteng Tugak/deep fried stuffed frog (eewwwwweee!!!) @_@
Sorry but I will have a heart attack if I eat this!!!

With the owner Ms. Pette Jorolan,
she was getting ready to be interviewed by..

Gelli De Belen, host of the new tv5 show GELLI-cious!
I super love her never-ending looooong legs!!! <3

The kids were game, but they crossed the line at eating crickets & frogs haha. They ordered “safe” food, so to make it up to them, I suggested we get dessert at another place Franny suggested. At ala Creme which she called cake wonderland. After we tried it though, this is all I can say… maybe in pampanga?

I was really excited to try this Belgian Chocolate cake, as suggested by Franny.
But ate & I, who ordered 1 slice each, were disappointed –sorry. It was dry & bitter.
I find Mary Grace’s version a lot better. Moist & chewy goodness.

But maybe it was just my cake.
Lovey found her chocolate mousse okay.

After another 7-8 hours more of slooooooow driving (sigh), we finally reached the top of the mountain. Most of the restaurants were closed since it was a weekday, so after we freshened up a bit & made our beds, we went off in search of a diner, and look at what we found! <3