🥄 51th Blog Cookery & Camaraderie in Splendido: The Great Tagaytay Cookaway It’s been a while since my last travel blog, and what better way to mark my 51st entry than with a weekend escape with my TESDA-accredited Cookery NCII crew from MCHA? After weeks of chopping, whisking, and gracefully recovering from oil splashes and culinary missteps, we finally swapped our aprons for overnight bags and headed to Tagaytay for a well-earned breather. We stayed at our family condo unit in Splendido , where the view of Taal Lake and Volcano was so stunning it practically said, “Welcome back, chef.” The weather was refreshingly cool—around 22 to 24°C—which felt like nature’s way of air-conditioning our souls. Tagaytay had changed since my last visit (which may have been last year). New cafés had sprouted, while some familiar spots had quietly disappeared. We got mildly lost inside the sprawling country club and golf course, but eventually found...