Hotel St. Ellis in Legazpi City

My boyfriend and I celebrated our 8th year anniversary last August 4, 5 and 6. Hotel St. Ellis is one of our chosen place to celebrate it. We had an early reservation last July 2012 and we avail of their promo that was published in their Facebook page. The reservation is quiet easy and no sweat at all. I reach them through their mail and phone. Their staff and the one who emailed us was very friendly and easy to communicate with. They even sent me a confirmation letter that week to confirm that my reservation was been approved. No hassle at all. So what we did is just wait for the time for us to stay there.

Last August 4 at around 6:00pm, we checked-in at their hotel after a long and adventurous activity that we had in our ATV tour. ( I will be writing a blog about this soon.) Their staff greeted us and gave us a welcome drink.

With the welcome drink.

My baby with his welcome drink.

We just waited  few minutes at the front desk for the checking of our reservation. And after that we had our welcome letter and the key card in our room. The reservation that we had was at the Deluxe Room for two with free breakfast and free usage of their gym and pool. The room was located at the 5th floor of the beautiful hotel. We were a bit excited to go up and see the luxurious looking room. And then this is what we've got. A very clean and nice place to stay at. 

The door.

This door is so cool. It opens through a card key and it automatically locks itself too. This door has a double lock inside. :)

Complementary

Coffee, water, pili nuts and a cute coin purse are all complementary. They have a little refrigerator under this and it is equipped with some drinks for the mini bar.

Free pili nuts and coin purse. They also let us bring our welcome drink in our room.

The bathroom. It's neat and it smells good.

The bathroom is clean and neat. 2 tissue papers were available and a towel on top of the bowl is ready too. Sorry I forgot to take a photo of the shower area. But they have hot and cold shower.

Very nice.

The bed!

After we took a rest for about an hour in the room, we decided to swim in their pool which is located at the second floor near the spa. My boyfriend and I didn't brought any towel with us because we know that it'll be provided but we weren't expecting that there will be a separate towel which will be given to us for swimming. I just find it nice. :) So here are some pictures at the pool area.

The pool.

Their pool is so clean and we were just lucky because we were the only ones who is using the pool that time. Haha. This pool is 5 to 5'6 ft. high. This is quiet wide also which is good for everyone who likes swimming.

Their shower room and comfort room is separate from each other.

This furniture is perfect for the place.

The other view of the pool. Sorry for the face. Haha

Their pool is operating from 7:00 in the morning till 8:00pm at night. We were just fortunate to extend some time from the pool till 9:00pm. ^_^ After few hours of swimming, we realized that we're both hungry. So we are guilty in that case, without reasonable doubt. LOL. We didn't bring any chips with us, just the pili nut that we saw from the room. So after we took a shower, we went at the ground floor to eat at the Crossroads Cafe and Lounge of the hotel.

Lovely dinner.

It's not our first time to dine in here. Crossroads Cafe never let us down when it comes to their dishes. (Please click here for my separate blog about Crossroads.) We had a wonderful dinner that time. There was a live acoustic band too which makes the dinner pleasing. After we had our appetizing dinner, we went back to our room to take some rest. :) That's it for the first day in Ellis.

The second day was awesome too specially when we saw the buffet breakfast at the Crossroads. Their buffet is free of charge and you don't have to pay anything for it. They serve buffet breakfast as early as 5:30am up to 10:00am only. :) Good thing we were just on time.

Takaw mode.

After we had our breakfast, we decided to explore the hotel more and take some picture as a souvenir. Here are some photos that I can share.

The don.

The donya.

The elevator.

THANK YOU HOTEL ST. ELLIS FOR BEING PART OF OUR CELEBRATION. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS HOTEL NOT JUST HERE IN LEGAZPI BUT TO ALL THE TRAVELERS OUT THERE WHOM LIKE TO HAVE A GREAT STAY IN THE CITY. THIS IS ONE OF THE PERFECT PLACE TO ROOM YOURSELF IN FOR A VACATION. IT HAS PERFECT AMBIANCE, GREAT STAFF AND SCRUMPTIOUS FOOD.

BEST PLACE FOR WEDDING RECEPTIONS, BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS, SWEET DATES, FAMILY GATHERING AND MANY MORE.

You may still avail of their promo:

Experience luxury and comfort at affordable cost with Hotel St. Ellis' Book and Buy promo! For only P1,988, you can enjoy an overnight stay and complimentary breakfast for two, and free use of pool and gym! For inquiries call (052) 480-8088, 0939.917.0507, or 0917.559.1917, or email us at reservations@hotelstellis.com.ph. from: HOTEL ST. ELLIS

Contact them:

Address: Rizal Street, Legazpi Port District, Legazpi City, Albay Philippines 4500
Telephone Number: (052) 480-8888
Fax: (052) 480-1800
Email: reservations@hotelstellis.com.ph
Website: http://hotelstellis.com.ph/
Facebook page: Hotel St.Ellis in Legazpi City




- This blog was based from my own experience that I wanna share. If you don't find this writing helpful and informative I would like to apologize for that but if you find it interesting and great I owe you  lots of thanks. Some information such us contact details  were taken from the net. Thanks Google. Thank you for reading. May God bless us all. More food to tastes and places to experience soon. :)

오징어 무침 Ojing-Eo Muchim and 주먹밥 Jumeogbab

Last August 24, 2011 was a great day for me because it was my birthday. LOL. :D Ever-since I was in college, I usually celebrate my birthday with my family, my bestfriend (if she's available) and my boyfriend. Other than them, I don't really invite people to come over my house. I don't invite friends in short. :) I'm happy to celebrate it with them.

I always ask my mom to cook carbonara and chicken curry for me every time it's my birthday. Those are the  foods that I really wanna eat in my special day. It's been a tradition. LOL.  But last year was a little different from what I'm used to. Because I asked my Korean boss to cook ojing-eo-muchim and jumeogbab for me. Fortunately, my request was been granted! Tadaaaa!!!

My two favorite Korean food.

I first tasted ojing-eo when my Korean students together with my boss and I went to a trip in Tabacco. I've eaten lots of Korean food that time but those were the two food that marked in my tongue a lot. And so I grabbed the chance of asking my boss to cook that for me on my birthday. A lot of thanks to her and my friend who joined us to eat that special treat. Here are some pictures that I took last August 2011. 

With ate Lyra and Mrs. Kim.

lol I'm fat! 

Well. What is Ojing-Eo Muchim? As far as I know, it is a squid, seasoned dried shredded squid to be exact.   It has a sweet, salty and spicy taste that blends well in your mouth. It's also chewy so you can pair this with a great drink. You can eat this one with or without a rice, it can also be a side dish or a main course depends upon how you want to eat it. But I assure you everyone will love this food. For the recipe, click here. Here is another photo of Ojing-Eo.

too small : (

What is Jumeogbab? Is it a rice ball as what you've seen from the previous picture. Actually, you can eat it even without a main course. The rice ball itself is tasty already. But it might not suit other people's taste. But I encourage each one of you to try it so you can judge it by your own. Another good thing about this is it's just an easy made food. It will not take you an hour to mix the ingredients and finish the balls. Please click here for the recipe. 

- This blog was based from my own experience that I wanna share. If you don't find this writing helpful and informative I would like to apologize for that but if you find it interesting and great I owe you  lots of thanks. Some information such us contact details  were taken from the net. Thanks Google. Thank you for reading. May God bless us all. More food to tastes and places to experience soon. :)

Kare - Kare for the day.

Yesterday, I asked my mom to cook Kare-Kare for me because it's been a long that I haven't tasted it. I don't know what I'm up to but I really felt excited when my mom said YES. :D My smile was so big it could ripped my mouth. :D Anyway, and then when I woke up at 8:00 am the next day I asked my mom again if the ingredients are already prepared for the said menu. YUM. And then the lunch came so fast, I hurriedly get my plate, put some rice and tasted the delicious food. It was a superb. It's really a yum. It comes with an "ALAMANG", as what they call it. I think it's the cousin of bagoong. LOL

My mom's alamang. How funny when my sister thought it was a corned beef. :D

                                               So here it is. My mom's Kare-Kare. Giggles.

I want to learn how to cook this one because it's really scrumptious. I think everybody will like or likes it. I hope I will be a great cook of Kare-Kare in the future. Who knows? :) So, for everyone who wants to learn how to cook it maybe this site might help you. I just search it over the net so thanks google for providing us a great information. My mom has her own recipe but she rather keep it just among us. :) Thanks for understanding. :)





- This blog was based from my own experience that I wanna share. If you don't find this writing helpful and informative I would like to apologize for that but if you find it interesting and great I owe you  lots of thanks. Some information such us contact details  were taken from the net. Thanks Google. Thank you for reading. May God bless us all. More food to tastes and places to experience soon. :)

Balay Suanoy

Balay Suanoy is one of the fine dining restaurant here in my province. They offer good food with big servings (based on our experience). They serve more of filipino dishes and bicolano cuisines. It is located in Pag-Asa street, Daraga, Albay.

I heard Balay Suanoy from my boyfriend. I thought it was like the imitation of Balay Cena Una because they both have Balay in their names. LOL Anyway, it was our first time to visit their place and taste their food so here are some evidences that we took a lot of pictures. :)

GREAT FOOD

Mushroom Soup

I don't know why but I really love mushroom soups. Maybe because it's creamy and thick. Their Soup is a yum yum. I recommend it.

Suanoy Chicken

This is their very own chicken with big fried potatoes and cucumber on its side. This dish has a great taste but we find the chicken a little bit dry. And it doesn't come with a special sauce so we just asked for ketchup. And because I'm a ketchup addict, I enjoyed this chicken a lot. It's another yum.

Pasta Marinara

Pasta Marinara is another creamy pasta that we've tasted. It's a white seafood pasta. It's delicious and a must try.

Pasta Cornelio

I find this more delicious than Marinara. It's creamier and tastier than the other pasta. We also find the serving of the both pasta greater than other fine dining restaurant. Which is great because it comes with friendly price too. :)

Suanoy's Ref Cake

So because we ate a lot for the main dish we just ordered one dessert for that night. This is their very own ref cake which is not really impressive but not a disappointment. It doesn't really have a special taste but it was delicious and cheap. :)

Yummy dinner at Balay Suanoy

Food trip again.

All in all we didn't really regret that we went here and taste their food. The ambiance and place is also good. It has a touch of native Bicolano delicacy and there are a lot of old things from the past which I think been treasured by the owner and have it placed in the restaurant. Here are some photos that we took inside the restaurant after eating. :)

GREAT PLACE

Ang taba na namin.

Senauna kuno. Hihi. BTW, behind us is a tarp of the presidential's sister when she visited Suanoy.

Ancient turtle. :D

Recess time. LSOL

The bell. :)

Donya

Don

- This blog was based from my own experience that I wanna share. If you don't find this writing helpful and informative I would like to apologize for that but if you find it interesting and great I owe you  lots of thanks. Some information such us contact details  were taken from the net. Thanks Google. Thank you for reading. May God bless us all. More food to tastes and places to experience soon. :)

CWC 7th year anniversary

Last August 2011 was a blast for me and my boyfriend. We celebrated our 7th year anniversary in Camarines Sur Water Sports Complex a.k.a CWC in Cam Sur. 

We had an early reservation in Villa del Rey Containers which only cost us PHP3,400 for two nights. This was the second cheapest (as far as I know) homes that you could stay into if you'll be visiting CWC. Actually there are a lot of different lodging rooms that you could choose from near the place, we just chose The Containers because it's not so expensive and the room was great.

The cheapest of all the homes or rooms that you could avail is The Tiki Hut which will only cost you PHP1,000 per night.

From Legazpi to Cam Sur, it took us for about an hour and a half travel by van. The trip wasn't so stressful. Actually, we didn't feel that we spent almost two hours at the van. The scenery on our way was fantastic, so we didn't feel any dizziness at all.

big pool @ CWC

After we ate our late lunch we quickly changed our clothes because we were both excited to roam around the place. We were lucky then because there are a lot of people in CWC that time. Actually, foreigners. The picture above shows the big pool in that place. This is where the professional wake boarders do their thing and where people can do knee boarding. But because we were just amateurs, (honestly, just our first time to do wake boarding) so this is where we belong.

smaller pool for amateurs and for starters

At first we were both nervous but of course excited to try this sport. There were bunch of Kuya's who taught us the right way to do it. It wasn't so hard actually but we fell lots of time at the pool, which is very normal for beginners. But we kept trying until we knew that we were not falling from the pool anymore. That was way too cool. :)

after millions of tries.. FINALLY!

It was a great experience. I hope each one of you could try this kind of sports. It's really fulfilling. Anyway, the rates  for wake boarding isn't so expensive. There is a separate rate for beginners and professionals. (Darn! I forgot what's the rate for beginners. But I think it cost 150 to 350 per head only for one hour. It is also inclusive of one hour free swimming at the pool near tiki huts.)

Wake boarding isn't the only activity that you could enjoy there. You could also swim and enjoy their Lago. In here you can enjoy those big stuffs floating in that big pool. You could climb on it, steps on it, run on it as long as you keep yourself safe, it's ok for you do to whatever you want here. :D

behind those abs are floating balloons that you could enjoy

It wasn't really that scary.

They'll be providing you safety gears to float.

Lastly, the foods. Haha. We had a great time eating at their own restaurant because the foods were all delicious. The waiters were also very friendly and attentive. They are also neat. Here are some foods that we've ordered.

banana split

bacon cheese with mushroom omelet

barbecue

had enough for lunch

Contact them: 

CWC (Camarines Sur Watersports Complex)
Address: Pili, Philippines
Office Adress: Provincial Capitol Complex Cadlan, Pili, Camarines Sur
Telephone Number: +63 (54) 477-3344 / +63 (54) 477-3349
Fax Number: +63 (54) 477-3344
Cellphone Number: +(63) 917 8954156 or +(63) 999 8893697
Email: villadelreyreservation@gmail.com
Website: http://www.camsurwatersportscomplex.com/contact_cwc
Facebook page: CWC (Camarines Sur Watersports Complex)
Twitter: @camsurwater
Instagram: cwcwakepark

- This blog was based from my own experience that I wanna share. If you don't find this writing helpful and informative I would like to apologize for that but if you find it interesting and great I owe you  lots of thanks. Some information such us contact details  were taken from the net. Thanks Google. Thank you for reading. May God bless us all. More food to tastes and places to experience soon. :)

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