Before heading back to Manila, I suggested that we pass by Bag of Beans first. I’ve read about it a couple of times before and it’s one of the suggested places to go to when in Tagaytay. It was a great time to check it out myself.

Bag of Beans.
For dine in, you actually go down to the garden at the left side of the shop

Their freshly baked bread with butter and jam goes well with the coffee.

We also had cheesecake.
If I probably didn’t have cheesecake from Uno recently I would have appreciated it more…

All in all, it was a great day! I had fun with my hubby and I get to finish my errands. This is one of the things I like with being a wedding coordinator…I can mix business with pleasure.

The Mango Farm is actually situated inside a village. From outside, you wouldn’t really expect to find such a magnificent mango farm inside. The place was just really refreshing. It’s like being in the province. I can imagine setting up a duyan and having siesta under those trees. I could just imagine how it woud look like at night specially with all the lighting effects! How romantic! It was definitely a nice place to hold a wedding. I just really hope it doesn’t rain during the event to fully maximize the ambiance of the venue. Tents would just be a little bit of a spoiler.

I just attended another wedding a couple of days ago. It was my high school batchmate’s wedding. Actually, they are civilly wed and have 2 wonderful kids already. They’re actually going to work in Qatar already but decided to have their church wedding here in the country first.

It was a really nice wedding. Their theme is filipiniana and made sure that every detail is well thought of. The place was really grand and have a romantic feel. They have all these capiz souvenirs and even had the local fan distributed on the church seats. Her gown was really beautiful and was really filipiniana like.

Oh well. I wonder when it’s my turn to get married. I think I have an idea already what my wedding theme would be!

A bride client is only here for a 2 week vacation from her work in the US. Knowing that her schedule would be pretty hectic, we already planned out when we will be visiting her wedding suppliers. I have already set appointments with them so that our schedule will be ironed out already by the time that she gets here.

I must say, we were indeed very productive. We were able to visit her couturier and finalized the design and type and color of cloth to be used. We were also able to talk to her florist and was able to discuss the types of flowers to be used for the bouquets of the entourage. We also went to a food tasting by their caterer of choice. We were able to partially determine the food to be severed at their reception. We will still be having a final food tasting pretty soon to finalize everything. We also made an ocular inspection at their reception venue and paid the venue partially. We were also able to talk to 2 cake suppliers, but has yet to finalize the design and flavors of the cake. Whew! It has been a busy week. At least we have made a lot of progress already.

I love Takoyaki! Have you tasted this? Since I was still in high school I have been buying this already. Although of course it was still much cheaper then. I love watching how they make it. It is a bit tedious actually. They make it one by one. First, they put the batter, then the filling. They mix it up and rotate it into a ball so it would be cooked evenly from all sides. It really takes a lot of time, but the wait is worth it. I simply love it!

I love attending wedding expos since it’s a great time to meet wedding suppliers and get the chance to know what they’re offering. I was actually pleased with the participants who were part of the expo at the Megatrade Hall. Most are familiar faces already, but I was pleased to see some new suppliers.

One of these that caught my attention was Cookie Fairy who sells cookies and other treats as souvenirs. Her goodies looked nice. Besides being edible, they can also serve as table centerpieces.

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I was actually surprised to see San Fo Treats at the Wedding Expo, since I only know them to just have booths at the mall and sell those yummy apples. But looking further into their exhibit, it totally made sense to me. Having their goodies at your reception would is actually a great idea, a unique one at that as well. They actually have a lot of options that you can choose from. But what I really love was the caramel and strawberry fondue! Yum! Yum! It would be a unique deviation from your usual chocolate or white chocolate fondue which I’m sure your guests would love.

For a little over a hundred, you get to fill up a small bowl with layers of their rich vanilla ice cream and all the toppings you want. You can choose from small m&ms, mallows, chocolate chips, candy sprinkles. and cereal. You can also drizzle some chocolate syrup or strawberry syrup for that added flavor.

This is really nice to share with friends and family. Kids would definitely enjoy putting all those toppings, just make sure you help them out when dispensing the vanilla ice cream from the machine since it can be a little tricky. It can be a bit sloppy building your tower of ice cream, but that actually adds to the fun and enjoyment of trying out this sinful ice cream bar!

Mandarin is known for their sumptuous food. They may not have a very nice lobby, but all else is great. My insights on their service merits another post, as for now, let’s stick with Paseo Uno.

I first discovered Paseo Uno when we were scouting for a venue for the UP Eng’g 2005 gradball. We picked Mandarin Oriental Hotel and had the taste test at Paseo Uno. We were so excited then since we get to try out their buffet for free (which would normally cost over a grand!).

Paseo Uno boasts of its wide variety of delectable food! See pictures below.

Oh! And I just love their dessert station! On our next visit, I vow to start with dessert first. From our previous visits, I’m already too full by the time I get to the desserts, thus not being able to try out some of their offerings as much as I’d want to. I’d always just end up with their crepes (a not-to-be-missed dessert in paseo uno) and their fondue.

Good thing my hubby was able to get Mandarin’s privilege card! We both get to eat at Paseo Uno, but only have to pay for one! Oh yeah!

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