Enchanted Farm really does justice to its name - not merely because of how beautiful the place is but because of how kind, generous and charming every single person in there is.
It's a short drive from from Congressional Ave in Quezon City. We left around 6:30am on a Saturday morning and arrived before 8am at the farm. Incidentally, there were almost a thousand Citibank personnel over as part of their CSR so GK has a set up a product display of the different brands - or social enterprises, as they call them. One of my favorite chocolate brands - Theo and Philo is also a partner of GK Enchanted Farm and I was pretty glad to find out. The great thing about these social enterprises is that a significant percentage of their profit goes back to the community.
One of their newer enterprises is called Plush and Play which they produce in the farm as well. Their toys have silly localized names like Anne Kamatis, Maria Manga, Buko Martin (which I got - so cute!) and of course, they also have the pambansang kamao, Manny Pakwan amongst others..
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| Aprons for those who love being in the kitchen! :) |
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| The Human Nature room |
The first thing we did in the farm was attend one of their product seminars- which was a chocolate demo by no other than Philo of Theo and Philo! (was sooo excited!) He says that we do not really produce our own chocolate using local beans - most local brands are cocoa powder mixed with vegetable oil which makes the price lower and the taste different from imported chocolates (w/c contain cocoa butter and has gone through the regular chocolate production process).
After which, we sat under a Durian tree and listened to Tony Meloto talk about the farm and its vision. It was an honor having met him - he is very inspiring and where GK is now is a testament to how his vision is lived out.
The third part of the day was cheese making. If there are two food items that I love, those are cheese and chocolates. So imagine how ecstatic I was! Gourmet Keso is a very young brand and their product line up is still limited. They have really, really, really good kesong puti - it's firm and it's light and the taste is just. so. amazing.
After lunch, it was time to visit the Plush and Play production line!
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| Can you spot Buko Martin? ;) q |
I got the chance to make a toy heart! :)
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| From this |
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| to this ( i know it's uneven hahaha) |
The last part of the day was a tour around the farm - which like the other activities, I also loved! The gardener in me was so excited. They sell potted herbs I already have everything they sell except for Stevia but unfortunately there wasn't any available for sale.
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| Herbs, herbs, herbs! |
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| Lettuce! :) |
Sunset at the Bamboo Palace is so pretty.
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| Infinity Pool |
The second day, we went to the animal farm! It was quite a bit of a walk but it was a beautiful morning.
The first activity as to harvest this algea to feed the animals - it's like a sea of Matcha!
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| Hello little frogies :) |
After harvesting the algea, we went to feed the chickens and the ducks which was pretty fun.
