Cookbook Kitchen, Eastwood

Cookbook Kitchen is kinda popular and made waves for being a must-try restaurant.  Their first branch is in Mandaluyong which started inconspicuously, then generated a following. 

For our team lunch, we decided to hook up at the Eastwood City branch.  For a party of 6, we ordered the CBK Italian toast and Garlic Shrimp for appetizers, then the Pesto Pasta, Vigan Pasta, Parmesan Crusted Fish and Pineapple Soy Spareribs as main courses and each had a glass of iced tea.  Our bill was P3,800, so that is roughly at P 630++ for each.  Did we get the value for the price we paid?

Vigan pasta and the parmesan crusted fish

For one, the budget of P 600/pax is not easily afforded by most of the people for an everyday lunch.  But if you have money to spare, then this is an ok place to go to.  Location is good, being in the vicinity of Eastwood Mall.  There are a lot of other things to do in Eastwood than just eating.

what i actually ate

I particularly liked the Vigan pasta for its uniqueness in taste, because you add vinegar to the pasta.  It doesn’t become strong to taste, but rather flavourful.  The others enjoyed the pesto pasta on the other hand.

pesto pasta with ciabatta

I am not sure if it’s just me being an almost-no-seafood eater, but the fish was rather icky to my taste buds.

Red iced tea too sweet, we had to dilute it with water or maybe you can ask for lot of ice! (you do not have to go bottomless)

We skipped dessert and headed off to the bowling lanes instead.