Cibo

 

Italian restaurants in Manila very often have the classic interiors that give the diner the ambience of an Italian home (e.g. L' Incontro, La Grotta, La Tavole or Pasto) or the feel of the Italian countryside (e.g. Bellini's, Amoroma).  Cibo is one of those Italian places that go counter to that stereotype--the place is hip, chic and quite appealing to the younger set.  As Monique was busy going with her friends around the Eastwood Mall, we took Andi Panini to Eastwood's Cibo branch, which was located along the hallways in the mall proper.  

Andi just loved their spaghettini Alfonso (tomato sauce, seafood and cream), and we were surprised she was able to finish most of the serving.  Sauce was nicely done, not too salty, just the right amount of cream.  Pasta was not was gooey-on-the-inside as I would have wanted, but this was firm and curled up neatly.

We also had meat sauce linguini but we thought this one could have been done with a bit more of flavor.  The two kinds of oval pizza that we got--parma ham with arugula, with shavings of some hard cheese (I forget which one exactly) and

smoked salmon with dabs of cream cheese and roe, more than made up for that.

We wound up with a bit more than we could finish, so the food servers were kind enough to pack the left-overs in a take-out bag.  We spent something like P400 per head, came out of the place, quite stuffed!