RSM Tagaytay: Lutong Bahay with a price of a hotel

During our recent adventure in Tagaytay last October 6 and 7, 2007, Doms and I decided to try restos, coffee shops and Inns in that city. Our first stop of dining was RSM Lutong Bahay. It is just across our hotel and all we need to do is to cross the road.
The exterior of the restaurant was very inviting, just like all the other restos in Tagaytay. The motif of RSM is a combination of country and the ambiance of a turo-turo or canteen here in Manila, a "sosyal" turo-turo for short. With a Taal Lake view and ambiance, making it sosyal.

We were there around 11am, too early for lunch, so there were only a few people eating there. We were greeted by warm smiles and nice hospitality by the staff. They led us to a row of food where Doms and I just couldn't focus on one dish to another. There were all kinds of grilled cuisines, from Tilapia, Bangus, Labahita to Liempo, pork chops, BBQs and Pusit. There were also a lot of ulams with aromas that made our stomachs grumble from hunger. among those include: Laing, Bulalo, Sweet and Sour Pork, Paksiw, Pinakbet, Chopsuey and many, many more, I already forgot. What caught our attention more are the food that we ordered, Inihaw na Tilapia (pinaputok), Pork Binagoongan and Saba con Yelo. Add 3 servings of garlic rice and 2 iced teas.

The grilled Tilapia was so tender and there were a lot of garnish stuffed inside the fish, which made it more lovely to eat. The Pork Binagoongan tasted how exactly I imagined it, pati sauce ulam na! Then came the saba con yelo. It was soo huge, a family of 4 would be full to finish it up. Doms and I were so full and stuffed by all the food we had to take in. We were satisfied by what we had that lunch, but crashed when we saw our bill.

Pinaputok na Tilapia = P225
Pork Binagoongan = P250
Saba Con Yelo = P150
Garlic Rice = P120 (P40ea)
Iced Tea (not bottomless) = P120 (P60ea)

All in all, our total bill was around P950. We were a little, no actually, we were confused by how expensive the food was, considering we just ate 2 variants of food and a dessert. But, all has been said and done and we were just laughing about that experience. At least, we were able to share it to you guys how the food was, the "price" you need to pay for it.

After that shocking "bill-paying", Doms took pictures of the area and the vicinity. It was hard for him to take pictures of Taal because it was soo foggy and it kept on raining.

Here are some information about RSM Lutong Bahay:
Contact number: (046) 8602297
It is located along the Highway from Rotonda going to Nasugbu (Sorry, forgot the whole address)