{"id":19374,"date":"2017-10-15T08:59:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T00:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=19374"},"modified":"2017-10-13T09:43:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T01:43:00","slug":"the-lake-district-in-tagaytay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/philippines\/tagaytay\/the-lake-district-in-tagaytay\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lake District in Tagaytay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tagaytay is such a great place to relax that there are hundreds of places for you to choose from. Restaurants in Tagaytay, for one, almost always offer the same thing: family-friendly dining with views of Taal Lake.<\/p>\n<p>This, however, leaves little room for those without families to hang out, like a group of twenty to thirty-somethings. Sure, you have your Gerry\u2019s Grill and such, but why not go somewhere that specifically caters to your taste\u2026 like <strong><b>The Lake District?<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19438\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/interior-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/interior-1-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/interior-1-2-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/interior-1-2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/interior-1-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Lake District is one of Tagaytay\u2019s newest and hippest destinations. Its design is very urban, taking its design cues from new bars you see in Makati or BGC but with its own colorful twist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19439\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/interior-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/interior-2-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/interior-2-2-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/interior-2-2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/interior-2-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19435\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/2nd-floor.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/2nd-floor.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/2nd-floor-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/2nd-floor-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/2nd-floor-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Think about all the new hip bars you\u2019ve seen in the city\u2026 now add a splash of color, a bit of fresh air, and a peek at Taal Lake. That\u2019s what you get with The Lake District. The restaurant is very eco-friendly, making use of natural light during the day to illuminate the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>At night, the roof deck opens up to people who are looking for a nightcap. Get a whiff of that cool Tagaytay breeze as you listen to music played by local bands with a drink in hand and some bar chow to dine on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19433\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/Spiced-Fries-with-Tsokolate-de-Batirol-Ganache.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/Spiced-Fries-with-Tsokolate-de-Batirol-Ganache.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/Spiced-Fries-with-Tsokolate-de-Batirol-Ganache-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/Spiced-Fries-with-Tsokolate-de-Batirol-Ganache-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/Spiced-Fries-with-Tsokolate-de-Batirol-Ganache-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Spiced Fries with Tsokolate de Batirol Ganache\u00a0(Php 200)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of bar chow, their <strong><b>Spiced Fries with Tsokolate de Batirol Ganache<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0(Php 200) is a good way to start your dish. The fries are tossed in their signature spice blend that gives it a hint of heat, sweetness, and saltiness that you and your friends would like.<\/p>\n<p>The chocolate sauce drizzled over the fries is made from Batangas <em>tablea<\/em> and serves as a perfect compliment to the dish. The scoop of vanilla ice cream may seem weird to some, but the combination works. Dip the fries in the vanilla ice cream and you\u2019ll find out why.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19434\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/spicy-garlic-butter-seafood-platter.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/spicy-garlic-butter-seafood-platter.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/spicy-garlic-butter-seafood-platter-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/spicy-garlic-butter-seafood-platter-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/spicy-garlic-butter-seafood-platter-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Spicy Garlic Butter Seafood Platter\u00a0(Php 380)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since you\u2019ll have a view of the water, you\u2019ll most likely crave for seafood (not that it\u2019s directly related, but you get the idea). The perfect way to satisfy that at The Lake District is with their <strong><b>Spicy Garlic Butter Seafood Platter <\/b><\/strong>(Php 380). It\u2019s a mix of shrimps, mussels, and squid stir-fried in spicy garlic sauce that\u2019s topped with a couple of slices of Indian mango and a shrimp paste vinaigrette.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19436\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/adobo-glazed-pork-ribs.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/adobo-glazed-pork-ribs.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/adobo-glazed-pork-ribs-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/adobo-glazed-pork-ribs-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/adobo-glazed-pork-ribs-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Adobo Glazed Pork Ribs\u00a0(Php 480 for three)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The star of the show, however, is their <strong><b>Adobo Glazed Pork Ribs <\/b><\/strong>(Php 480 for three). Enjoy slow-cooked and grilled pork ribs with one of the country\u2019s signature dishes turned into a savory sauce. Finish it off with a couple of slices of grilled pineapple that\u2019s been marinated in rum and cinnamon and you have a Western dish that\u2019s given its own Filipino flair.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19441\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/porchetta-with-lake-district-liver-sauce.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/porchetta-with-lake-district-liver-sauce.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/porchetta-with-lake-district-liver-sauce-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/porchetta-with-lake-district-liver-sauce-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/porchetta-with-lake-district-liver-sauce-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>ONE LAST THING TO TICKLE YOUR TASTEBUDS. Porchetta with Lake District Liver Sauce (Php 400 for 500g of Pork Belly, good for 3)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Most of the other dishes at The Lake District are similar to these three: you\u2019ve either seen its original in Manila or in your home kitchen, yet it\u2019s been given a twist that you\u2019ll definitely enjoy and write to your mom about.<\/p>\n<p>You can find The Lake District at Vista Point, Maharlika West, Tagaytay-Nasugbu Highway, Tagaytay City. They open at 12 noon and close up shop at 2 in the morning. Their roof deck bar opens up to the public by 6 pm.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>A shorter version of this appears on Philippine Primer Japanese Magazine&#8217;s October issue.<br \/>\nWritten by Andronico del Rosario<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s Leslie&#8217;s and Gerry&#8217;s and all the rest in Tagaytay, but none quite match a millennial&#8217;s taste quite like The Lake District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,196,53,1185],"tags":[1239,378,687,1238,1163,1237],"class_list":["post-19374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filipino","category-fusion","category-tagaytay","category-tagaytay-restaurant-2017","tag-eco-friendly","tag-filipino","tag-fusion","tag-millennial","tag-tagaytay","tag-the-lake-district"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19374"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19446,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19374\/revisions\/19446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}