Skip to main content

Dining at the Old Vine Grille with good old friends

Me and my old friends (or let me say former high school classmates...does that sound better?) rarely meet up so it was nice seeing them again. Two of the more successful ones treated the underdogs (in other words...the less fortunate ones) and that included me at Old Vine Grille in Eastwood. 
Instead of ordering ala carte, they decided to try the buffet which I think is a good choice because their dishes are quite expensive. For P595, you can eat all you can! If I only knew, I would have starved myself all day...LOL.
I was still full so the waiter just served me Tom Yum soup which I thought was seafood sinigang because it tasted like that. Not much authentic flavor in it and spices. (pardon me with the dark pic)
This was followed by a delightful green salad and salmon carpaccio! I topped the salad with croutons, parmesan and ceasar salad dressing. It has cherry tomatoes and chicken bits. It matched the salmon perfectly...very light and tasty! I am not a big fan of salmon because I have tasted some before and I get that icky raw after taste but this one was different.
Now for the main course, I chose baby back ribs, shrimp and rice. The baby back ribs are good but it is not that tender. I have to struggle a little taking out the meat from the bone. The shrimp was bland so I asked for vinegar for me to enjoy it. It would be better if they would have cooked it with lots of garlic and butter  then with a dash of worcestershire sauce. The mixed rice was good.
Since their specialty are grilled stuff, we chose from a row of raw meat and seafood for them to grill. I decided to get some stuffed squid and garlic beef. I was disappointed with the taste...and again vinegar and soy sauce did the trick. I was expecting to see bigger squid and not tiny ones and the beef lacks marinating. 


I was quite full and craving for some sweets  so I decided to try their desserts. I got pandan cake (not sure if there was macapuno in it because I did not taste any), ube creme brulee and truffles. I was not able to try the mango with small sago dessert because it would get messy on a plate. They should have placed it in small cups already so it would be easier for guests to get it. The verdict! Tada, I did not enjoy all the desserts...no need to explain further because it really was not that good and no more room for improvement. LOL. But if you are hungry then I am sure you will eat it just like what I did.

Since I was not satisfied with the desserts, I decided  to go back at the buffet table to eat something that would make me happy before I go so I tried the roast beef since they told me it was good and my fave salad again. I did not try their pasta anymore because there were only two choices...oriental sauce (too sweet for me) and the white sauce (still waiting for it to be refilled). The roast beef  was not that great but better than the other dishes. The salad was my last hurrah and because that was the taste I would like to remember. 
If I was the one who paid P595 for the buffet, I would be really pissed because I did not get my money's worth...but since it was my friends' treat, I am quite happy with what I had and grateful too. I hope that next time, I would be the one treating them to a fine restaurant :)

I took some pics of the menu but not sure if you can read them...sorry for a lowtech camera and bad lighting since we sat outside the resto. 







Food & Drink - Top Blogs Philippines
  

Comments

  1. this is our fave restaurant in eastwood and the buffet was worth it!

    ReplyDelete
  2. there are cheaper buffets nowadays so i think paying for that amount is too much...unless it is really that good but according to your review it was not so thankfully i got warned before i tried it. keep me posted for new buffets :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. I find their buffet to be quite expensive because other high-end restaurants now offer cheaper buffet rates.

    ReplyDelete
  4. being a good friend starts with a good childhoodPlaygroup Singapore :)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Eastwood New Year Staycation

Sorry that I have not been updating my blog post (as if someone reads it  LOL). It's been almost three years I think since I last wrote here that's why I made it my New Year's resolution to fix up my blog and write more often. Don't be surprised if you see stories about my adventures for the past few years since I will be doing a lot of catching up. Let me begin with my Eastwood New Year Staycation. Why Celebrate New Year in Eastwood?  I chose Eastwood City because it is closer to my place making it more accessible and there's a free New Year Countdown concert. I was considering Mall of Asia since they also have a free concert, but I already felt tired just thinking of my travel time and traffic. I originally booked a hotel near Ayala, Makati thinking that they still have a street party. After doing some research, I think they already stopped doing it for a few years now so Eastwood it is! Where to stay in Eastwood Eastwood Richmond Hotel is the most ideal p

Get A Taste of Hong Kong at Eat Fresh Restaurant

Holy Week is all about fasting, but it is really hard to do that when the food in front of you is tempting. Every Holy Thursday, it has been a family tradition to go on a Visita Iglesia. For those who don't know what that is, it is a religious practice of visiting at least seven churches and praying the Stations of the Cross. When we were younger, we used to visit like 14 churches and that's quite tiring. Today, it is faster with seven churches and more people are out of town taking advantage of the long weekend. After Visita Iglesia, with sadly a few family members getting sick because of heat and exhaustion, the rest decided to go to Eat Fresh Famous Hong Kong Street Food for late dinner. It was located along J.Abad Santos Street in San Juan near Xavier School and Wilson. From the outside, you wouldn't think that it is a restaurant because people choose the Hong Kong street food on stick displayed in front. I thought you would have to wait until they grill the f

All Iz Good at 7107 IMF: Day 2

After a night of EDM and hiphop music, the next day of the 7107 IMF was expected to have a different crowd. This is my chance to bump into people my age unlike Day 1 where I felt like a wannabe teeny-bopper. haha! I can't even keep up with all the non-stop dancing and drinking like I used to during my techno rave days in Malate and Makati. We got to the venue around 2:30 pm and the front area of the stage was already crammed with people. There goes my chance of getting up close with the Red Hot Chili Peppers . But I still got my hopes high...even if the chances of meeting them were really slim. So we settled in the middle part, which we called our home base cos that's were we meet when we get tired of roaming around.  Since the only bands that I was interested in watching at 7107 IMF that night were Empire of the Sun and RHCP, I ended up hanging out with some of my pals who I haven't seen for years.  Finally! Some people I can relate to...and they luckily got t