Platito – Cliff House, Tagaytay

Platito! A really fun word to say. You can add all kinds of accents when you say it and it always comes out great. Platito! It simply means – small plate or saucer – something like that. Make sure that when you say it, add a high note on the “ti” part of platito – you’ll love it.

Platito is one of the restaurants that is within the confines of the Cliff House in Tagaytay, Philippines (of course). Its a small kitchen with tables out in the open with huge umbrellas to shade you from the sun.

They have a hefty menu creatively labeled to stimulate your taste buds. Its a bit pricey in my opinion (read on, I’ll tell you why), but what do you expect when you’re in Tagaytay. So anyhow, Biscotti ordered the intriguing Brazilian Rib Eye Steak – sounds good eh’. It tastes good too. Costs around 358 pesos. Its smothered with garlic – nice. And its didn’t come in a platito. Hahaha. (buti na lang)

I had a heavy breakfast from the THouse where we were staying – smoke tapa with garlic rice and eggs. I had 2 cups of garlic rice and I’ll tell you all about it in another post. Moving on, as I was looking at the menu I kept arguing to myself to order something from the “all time favorites” part – this way, I get to taste the favorites (obviously). But my eyes keep going back to that one item on the signboard (see first photo on top). Second to the last, under “Also Available” was a “Humongous Hotdog” for just 198 bucks. I thought to myself, “a humongous hotdog for just 198 pesos – sweet deal!”. The practical side of me won – I should try this – its humongous… SO THEY SAY! Here’s a close up:

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What the hell!??! It was literally served on a PLATITO! Picture this – it was on a platito and they even managed to squeeze in some fries. I’m sorry… but this does not fall under the category of humongous – maybe “jumbo” but not “humongous”. And it tastes like a your average jumbo hotdog – surprise! I was at least expecting a foot long or a ridiculous fat hotdog. Hahaha!

I guess the name got me. Lesson learned. Next time, stick to the all time favorites.

I give Platito a rating of “Cute”. That’s just me ok… try it out – let me know what you think.

Here’s a shot of their menu: (click to enlarge)

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