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Go Green & Stay Healthy
Story by: jovy avisado ( Member ) on 2016-10-13
With the growing number of people leaning to a healthier lifestyle, restaurants in the Philippines continue to set trends of providing customers with 'healthy' cuisines. In the heart of Lipa, Batangas lies the multi-awarded place known as The Farm at San Benito. Located at the foot of Mount Malarayat, it boasts of its 119 acre area filled with greens and lush and is also known as one of the world's best vegan and detox health resorts. The resort is not only famous for its beautiful accommodations and quality service, but also for its exceptional and healthy dining experience.


ALIVE! Cuisine Dining

The Farm at San Benito

(Photo from: http://www.indulgethyself.com/)

It's name being "Alive" refers to the restaurant's notion of fit dining through their "living cuisine" which is mainly directed towards the restaurant's raw and healthy ingredients used for their food. With the restaurant's tropical-designed interiors, thatched roofs, rustic wooden posts and furnishings, one would definitely feel relaxed while eating at the place. There are also large windows that will allow guests to see a panoramic view of the stunning gardens and abundance of coconut trees from outside the restaurant. From the totality of its facilities and ambiance, The Farm at San Benito is very eco-friendly, making the guests feel mentally, spiritually, and physically invigorated.

What makes ALIVE! Cuisine restaurant apart from the other restaurants is its unique conviction and vision to healthy living. Holistic wellness through creative and smart food preparation is the core of their culinary delicacies. One of the great things in this vegan restaurant is that all of the food they serve to the guests are freshly produced, harvested, and prepared on their grounds. Through nutritious dishes, you will be surprised at the organic components they use for the majority of their food. These organic ingredients are freshly produced from their Organic Garden, located outside of the ALIVE! Cuisine restaurant. 

Furthermore, they also have a Kitchen Garden and a Wheat Grass Bungalow where fresh wheat grass are harvested and used for majority of their fresh juices. Additionally, ingredients such as coconut milk fiber, virgin coconut oil, and natural cocoa and coffee are freshly produced in their grounds and are also used in their spa services- providing customers with a unique way of rejuvenation and detoxification.

The Farm at San Benito
(photo from http://www.indulgetyself.com)

A variety of dishes encompass the restaurant's menu- from pastas, freshly made ice creams and cookies, crackers, salad and salad dressings, warm soups, vegetables, fruits, and even desserts made from raw chocolate. What you will find interesting is that each of the dishes that you will find on their menu includes a written calorie and gram count. What's more is that each dish can be considered as 'best-seller' with the unique and wide selection at the restaurant's menu. Rather than cooking, the chefs use a different process of food preparation that will retain the important components found in the raw ingredients used for their dishes.

Among the dishes include an appetizer of assorted crackers with dip and salsa, bulanglang soup, romaine. Price differs depending on serving- for in terms of price range, their ala carte menus start with soups priced from Php200++, while Salads are Php 380++ (Family) and Php 285++ (ALIVE!), and pastas and noodles are Php 480++ (Family) and Php 365++ (ALIVE!) ,while desserts start from price range of PhP250.00++. 


The Farm at San Benito

(Photo from: http://www.indulgethyself.com/)

The Farm at San Benito

(Photo from: http://www.indulgethyself.com/)

The Farm at San Benito

(Photo from: http://www.indulgethyself.com/)

RAW!

Internationally known as one of the best health resorts, The Farm continues to extend its conviction of holistic wellness cuisine by engaging people and their guests to also prepare very nutritious foods. Their recipe book, RAW! aims to present the people with fresh viewpoints of how organic living foods results to positive benefits on an individual, particularly on the strengthening of his or her bodily immune system.

Relax. Detox. Cleanse. Gear towards a healthier lifestyle and value your holistic wellness- eat right and allow your body to be free of negative and harmful toxins. This summer, it's time to broaden your plans and opt for a healthier vacation or weekend getaway by traveling to Lipa, Batangas and visiting The Farm at San Benito. Allow your body to be free of negative and harmful toxins by eating fresh and organic delicacies made by the chefs of ALIVE! restaurant. Although Batangas is a popular beach destination close to Manila, The Farm offers a life-changing experience that will undeniably give the guests an opportunity to be open to a complete and healthy wellness lifestyle.

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