A Year Older at Mesa SkyRanch Tagaytay

Recently, I turned a year older (and, hopefully, wiser too). I refuse to hold 'parties' even small gatherings to celebrate my birthday. I always prefer quiet celebrations with my loved ones and real friends.

This year, as I got a year closer to the big 4-0, I decided to spend it like a normal day, like how I'd spend a weekend with my family. 

I renewed my driver's license in LTO Tagaytay in the morning and thought of dropping by at SkyRanch to grab some doughnuts since my 3-year-old happily tagged along. My Dad, who drove us to LTO, didn't fancy doughnuts (he's diabetic) but we didn't know where else to eat or where else to go (it was 10 in the morning!). 

On our way to the other side to check what others restaurants are there, we noticed Mesa and I thought it wasn't there since I last visited SkyRanch and it wasn't that long!

So we decided to have early lunch. We were the only customers. It was still early for their lunch crowd. Apparently, the Tagaytay branch opened only last December 16 (in time for the big holiday crowd at SkyRanch).

My 3 yr old at Mesa

Since it was my birthday, I ordered something more special which we don't normally eat at home (we're a Kapampangan household and 'weekend specials' in Filipino restaurants are our basic!)

Here's what we had:

Baked scallops

Tinapa roll

Plus Adobong Pusit  on top

The service was excellent (expectedly, because we were the only ones there!)

Tinapa Roll:
 I expected tinapa in my tinapang roll. I didn't realise it was tinapang bangus (it didn't say in the menu) which was fine really. Two things did bother me though: 1) the big chunk of uncooked tomato inside and 2) though the lumpia wrapper is crunchy, inside is still cold which made me conclude it was frozen!


Baked Scallops The Baked Scallops was a hit with me and I find it value for money for its price. The menu showed 3pcs so I thought there were only 3 pieces. To my surprise, it was that many in the photo.


Adobong Pusit
My Dad ordered adobong pusit in squid ink. I didn't fancy that one since we cook that almost every week (not sure why my Dad didn't want to try something else). But they did a good job on the 'lansa' which is expected when you use the squid ink. Serving is big enough too for its price.

To wrap it up,my so ordered ice cream coffee jello which he ate fast enough I didn't have a chance to try.

Mesa SkyRanch Tagaytay. TRC gives it 4 thumbs-up for the food, ambiance, service, and value for money.