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In
Leyte, just a short drive from downtown Tacloban, guests are welcomed
to the Rafael farms and garden in a vine-covered station. An open-air
walk leads to the restaurant, a structure that reminds some visitors of
the upscale resort huts in Bali, Indonesia. All around, the landscaped
place is green with grass and plants.
Rafael's Farm is both a restaurant and a park. Located in Babatngon,
about 30-minutes' drive from Tacloban City, it has become one of the
most popular places in the area. Families spend their Sundays there,
taking a boat ride on the lake, playing in the tree house, or just
relaxing. Rafael's Farm is a cozy, romantic place away from the noise
and pollution of the city.
The
walls in the dining area are colored in a fashionable red with touches
of green. Two sides are opened. In the one that looks out to a garden
and a pond, you can find conversation areas with sofas and interesting
coffee tables.
All
the dining tables are covered with crocheted tablecloths. Some chairs
have backs of woven abaca and seats covered with banig.
The
menu showes local dishes that one can say is Filipino, but not
necessarily Leyteño, cooking. We had fish sinigang, a salad of the
vegetables that they said was grown in the farm and turon. In the pastry
display case, the mini cakes were what you could get from any urbanized
towns in the country.
Most of the diners are balikbayan and their hosts. We saw relatives that we did not even know were visiting.
The
owner is Rene Tampi. He started with a restaurant in Tacloban called
“Join Us” and a produce shop that sold meat, ready-to-cook food and
vegetables. Tampi is a young entrepreneur who decided to stay and do
business in his home province.
By Mickey Fenix (email: pinoyfood04@yahoo.com)
CONTACT US
For reservations and inquiries,
please call
0063.53.325.0729
or
0063.918.669.9909
or
0063.915.920.0325
OR SEND US AN EMAIL:
inquiry@rafaelfarm.com
or
reservation@rafaelfarm.com
ADDRESS
RAFAEL FARM RESTAURANT
Brgy. Pagsulhugon
Babatngon, Leyte
Philippines

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