{"id":32522,"date":"2019-05-24T16:03:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T08:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=32522"},"modified":"2019-07-01T20:57:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T12:57:39","slug":"simons-viewpoint-inn-and-pizza-restaurant-in-banaue-a-quick-stop-over-along-the-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/philippines\/ifugao\/banaue\/simons-viewpoint-inn-and-pizza-restaurant-in-banaue-a-quick-stop-over-along-the-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon\u2019s Viewpoint Inn and Pizza Restaurant in Banaue: A Quick Stop-Over Along The Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Simon\u2019s Viewpoint Inn and Pizza Restaurant | Philippine Primer Eats\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xwyvcwf9eXY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Located along Batad Trail&#8212;just a few minutes walk from Batad Heritage registration booth and viewing deck&#8212;is this great stop-over spot to dine and stay while admiring the majestic rice terraces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Simon\u2019s Viewpoint Inn and Pizza Restaurant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0is one of the most frequented and recommended inn and restaurant in Batad because of its good food and\u00a0scenic view.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32529\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_1-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_1-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Simon&#8217;s Viewpoint Inn and Pizza Restaurant is situated near the view deck<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From the restaurant\u2019s open area and terrace, you will see a panoramic view of the amphitheater-like terraces of Batad. Isn\u2019t it a perfect sight to see while having lunch after a tiring 2-hour trek?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32534\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_6-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_6-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>From their terrace, you can see a panoramic view of the Batad Rice Terraces<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But before you officially start your trek to Batad, it is recommended to drop by here to pre-order your lunch meals. This is because the cook will require some time to prepare the food while you are out trekking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To start off your meal, try their <\/span><b>Tuna Vegetable Pizza (Php 190). <\/b>This\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">unique pizza is almost like a fusion between pizza and taco because of its crunchy taco-like crust, topped with vegetables, tuna and lots of cheese.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32532\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Tuna Vegetable Pizza (Php 190)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are too exhausted from all the trekking you did, a perfect fix of rice meal might just\u00a0recharge your energy. Their Banaue-style <\/span><b>Chicken Adobo rice meal (Php 190) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">will make you salivate because of its appetizing aroma&#8212;not to mention lots of toasted garlic toppings!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the other hand, their own take on the <\/span><b>Chicken Tinola rice meal (Php 190)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will refresh your palate with its lightly flavored chicken broth, with chunks of green papaya, ginger and chili leaves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32533\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_5-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_5-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(L-R) Chicken Adobo and Chicken Tinola rice meal (Php 190)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aside from the restaurant, Simon&#8217;s Viewpoint has a guest inn on the second floor of the house. If you prefer to stay the night at Batad in a traditional way, they have 3 native Ifugao <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018bale\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> houses available for rent just below the restaurant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32530\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_2-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Simons-Viewpoint_Primer_2-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>For an unforgettable experience in Batad, stay a night in one of their &#8216;bale&#8217; houses<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>How to get here<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">As you go down the trail entering Batad Rice Terraces, you&#8217;ll first pass by the\u00a0Batad Heritage registration booth and viewing deck before you reach Simon&#8217;s Viewpoint Inn and Pizza Restaurant. You may also let your tour guide show you the way to this restaurant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This first appeared in Philippine Primer\u2019s Japanese magazine\u00a0June\u00a02019 issue.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Written by Deneca Ordinanza<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon\u2019s Viewpoint Inn and Pizza Restaurant is one of the most frequented and recommended inn and restaurant in Batad because of its good food and scenic view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255],"tags":[3535,3532,3546,3544,3545,305,3548,3547],"class_list":["post-32522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banaue","tag-banaue","tag-banaue-travel","tag-banaue-travel-2019","tag-batad","tag-batad-rice-terraces","tag-pizza","tag-rice-terraces","tag-simons-viewpoint-inn"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32522","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=32522"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32825,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32522\/revisions\/32825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}