Pamana Restaurant, Tagaytay City

Pamana is owned by the Ongpauco family, same family who owns Barrio Fiesta. I've been hearing so much about the place that I told hubby we should try it. We went there last May 8 to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary.

The Place

Aside from the food, another thing that made me want to go here is the place itself. It's like walking into the ancestral home of the Ongpauco family. The muebles look old, or are made to look old and I love the collection of photos on the wall.

Pamana's facade

An assortment of trinkets will greet you as you enter Pamana

Collection of photos adorn the wall leading up to the second floor

I want that wooded horse for Johan, where can I buy?

The Food

Three way Adobo

Binagoongang Bagnet

Sinangag

Water and Pandan-Luya Iced Tea

The Binagoongang Bagnet is simply delicious! The Bagnet is cooked to perfection, the Bagoong complements the Bagnet and together they make one gastronomically perfect dish. If you'd be coming here and will just order one dish, I suggest you go for the Bagnet. Hubby can't stop himself from praising the dish over and over. It's really good!

The Three way Adobo is just okay, I loved the Adobong Puti more than the other two - Adobo Flakes and Pork Adobo. Hubby loved the Flakes.

What we both didn't like is their inhouse concoction of Pandan-Luya Iced tea. Maybe because we're not salabat drinkers. My tummy rumbled and hubby's close to puking. Yep, we really didn't like it. But, who knows, if you like salabat then you should probably give this a try.

The bill was delivered in this small vintage baul

Final bill

The food at Pamana is already great, what they could improve on is the quality of service given by their staff. When we entered the foyer, the staff at the front desk greeted us warmly and told us to go right up to the second floor dining area. When we got there, more than three service staffs were huddled together not minding us. I even had to say "Excuse me", before one of them finally approached us and ushered us to our table. When the staff brought down our drinks and placed them on our table, I was okay with it, when we were handed our menu and the staff didn't walk us through their dishes, I was okay with it, until another group of diners came and they were treated way better than we were treated. Their glasses were immediately filled with water by the staff and the menu was explained in detail. We didn't even hear one "Thank you" when we got up from our table to leave. Wow.

We would have wanted to come back to Pamana for their Bagnet but definitely not for their service. Just my two cents.

Potty Traning - We're Getting There

We're starting to potty train the little boy and I would have to say that he's made a lot of progress. At the beginning of the week, I instructed my MIL not to make Johan wear disposable diapers during the day and teach him where he should make "wiwi" and "poopoo". He didn't like not wearing diapers and would put up a fight every time we'll try to make him wear briefs. Eventually, he gave in. During the first day of potty training, Johan wet his briefs, as expected, and peed whenever he needs to regardless of where he is. He hated his potty. We didn't know why. So, his Lola taught him that he either needs to go outside or go to the bathroom instead of going to the potty whenever he needs pee. According to MIL, Johan usually just goes outside but he still wets his briefs because he didn't want to take them off. Hubby would really have to bring Johan with him whenever he needs to do the number one just to show the boy how it should be done.

This morning while I was browsing Pinterest for activity inspirations for the little boy, Johan called out to me, "A-my, wet!" and pointed to his briefs. He just peed without telling me and I didn't hear the front door nor the bathroom door open so I thought he must have peed on the floor somewhere.

So I asked him, "Where did you make wiwi?", to which he answered with, "A-my, come", pulled my hand and brought me outside. He then showed me his potty and boy, was I the proudest Mom when I saw that he indeed peed in the potty! Good job, Johan!

One potty day at a time and I'm sure we'll soon be diaper-free at last!