Our lunch at Big Buddha Greenbelt, Makati

Just had lunch at Big Buddha located an the 2nd floor of Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center Makati. Just right after the Cinema in G3, you will find a row of restaurants and Big Buddha is at the end of that row.

The ambiance of the place was nice, the service was not so bad either.

Big Buddha serves mainly Chinese dishes, but they also serve other Asian Cuisine as well. For a group of 3, we ordered three dishes:

• Fried Crispy Chicken
• Beef Broccoli
• Fish Fillet with Taosi Sauce

We ordered one plate of Yang Chow Rice, to share and bottomless Red and Lemon Iced Tea for Drinks.

We chewed on these crackers while waiting for our order to come.
Big Buddha also served us their House Tea

from L-r: Fried Crispy Chicken, Beef Broccoli and Yang Chang Rice

The rice wasn't enough for three persons so we ordered 2 plain rice for 60php each, a bit expensive for a small cup of rice I think.

Among the three dishes, I liked the Fish fillet the most, although I am not sure if that's really the name of the dish. The chicken and broccoli were also delicious but there were other restaurants I knew that served these dishes better.

I think this is the Fish Fillet with Taosi Sauce, it also has mushrooms and tofu in it

On the Spot outing in Pansol, Laguna (Bonsai Resort)

Last weekend was a blast for me. Finally, I have met my boyfriend's relatives, (on his mother's side). They visited us from Cabanatuan with his Tita who came from Japan. We decided to spend our time together by having an on the spot outing. We were in already San Pablo, Laguna at that time, so the nearest and most appealing place to go was Pansol, Laguna.

We tried to look for a private hot spring resort in Pansol online at first but decided that it would not be practical. Aside from the resort that we found were a bit higher than our budget, we were not sure if these were still available because we would rent the resort on that same day. So we decided to go to Pansol and look for a resort ourselves which was actually not hard! The moment we reached the main highway of Pansol, guys with placards that said "Private Resort for Rent" approached us. After 5 minutes, we arrived at Bonsai Resort. It's a compound type of resort which we rented for P4000 from 7 PM to 9 AM. After seeing the place, I realized that I have seen the resort online when we were still looking for a nice resort that day. As I remembered, the price was a bit higher than P4000, it was P6000 in sulit.com if I am not mistaken.

Bottom line is if you are going on an on the spot outing in Pansol, Laguna, it is more practical to go there and look for a resort personally than to look online. There are many guys on the highway of Pansol who would be happy to assist (because they have commission, hehe), and recommend an affordable and ideal resort for the guests.

Bonsai Resort, more pictues at viacommute.blogspot.com

You can also read my other blog via commute for more details about bonsai resort. :)