“Happiness!” Jimmy Belleza, the Philippines’ Happiness Guru would often utter that with a bright smile. That’s a one-word mantra which I learned from him. The two of us felt that there was a connection between us. Hence, we became a tandem. Once again last November 17 to 18, 2018, I saw him at Taal Maranan Farmville, located in the beautiful Taal, Batangas, southern part of Luzon in my home country, the marvelous Philippines. I tagged my brother, Engr. Noe D. Enriquez to come along with me and obviously, we had fun.
“What was the reason going there in Taal?” I guess you would ask me. I was thrilled when I got an invitation from Mr. Mike Maranan, Chairman of the Maranan Group of Companies to give a talk to the managers and officers of his so many businesses. The topics were- How to scale up a company to its exponential growth, Leadership, Sales, and Marketing. Indeed, it was a successful presentation. I was kinda buoyant and exultant. The seminar took place at Taal Maranan Farmville’s Ala Eh Café. With a warm ambiance, friendly people, neat and well-decorated place, strategically built at the hilly part of the farm, everything impressed me and my brother.
What struck me most, aside from the humble and generous owners, Mr. Mike and his lovely wife, Joan was the food. Hmmm... Delicious! It gave us an over-the-moon state throughout our stay there.
The Taal Spaghetti with banana balls (not meatballs) made the pasta superb and gave a real delight to us. It was neither salty nor sweet. It had a mild “kick” because of chili. It appeared yummy because of the garnishing. We enjoyably ate it; took it to heart especially when served in a cutie-nicey platter coupled with Guyabano or Mango juice, all freshly harvested from the farm. The Taal Pasta became the champion in the food contest in their town.
The Taal Suman wowed us a lot. The glutinous rice apparently looked wrapped in lumpia, and we could see and taste the Macapuno with a sauce of the blended mint and jackfruit (or mango) on its top. Served on a clean, wooden chopping board, it irresistibly drew our attention.
We also met the restaurant's chef, Nomer Maala who asked us about the food and if everything was okay. We gave him two thumbs up and told him that we were delighted and fascinated.
Hey, Diddle Diddle, even the cat, residing there, named Gray made us jump over the moon and that the food offered to us seemed to have a golden spoon for each one of us.
We went home extremely happy, and we couldn’t stop talking about our joyful experience only at Taal Maranan Farmville.
- Lucy Lombos
November 22, 2018
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