EL COCINERO (Tagaytay)

El Cocinero is a restaurant which offers spanish-filipino cuisines.

It is actually named as El Cocinero by Chef Arnaldo.

Chef Arnaldo, the owner of the restaurant worked and lived in Spain for 14 years which gave him an idea to start a restaurant with touch of spanish style. 

He have a lot of experience in the world of foods and cooking. He always have the passion on cooking even if he started as a diswasher in Spain then his boss, Vicente at Sam's Restorante noticed his efficiency around the kitchen. He is observing and watching how Vicente cooked and prepared the dishes. Until one day, when Vicente was not around, and one customer ordered paella, and he is the only person available. It was the first time he was given the chance to cook paella and the customer love it. More than that, it was a break given to him. (Source: El Cocinero)

The place is cozy and as you can see, it is surorunded by nature. Good choice of location, in the land of Tagaytay.

You can see paintings at the wall of inside the restaurant. The nature-style, the unique style caught our attention.

The ambiance, the displays, the tables, all around the restaurant is just appealing to eyes. It gave us the feeling of calmness wgile you're dining in.

Their food are all recipe's made by Chef Arnaldo.

El Cocinero Pizza

They used a homemade dough which made it really tasty and soft. This pizza is a version of Chef Arnaldo. It's addicting. You would want to eat the whole pizza because it's really delicious and easy to eat. It's recommendable to those people who also love lettuce.

Rating: ★★★★★ (5 out of 5)

Gambas

This is seriously the best! I love the taste. It's spicy but bearable. You would love to eat it specially with rice. I don't mind of it's spicy. I just mind about the taste!

Rating: ★★★★★ (5 out of 5)

Callos

It's Chef Arnaldo's version of Salpicao. It gives me the feeling to just sit and eat. It's both good with or wothout rice.

Rating: ★★★★ (4 out of 5)

El Cocinero Paella

Honestly, this is the first time that I tried paella and thanks to El Cocinero for making me inlove with it. It's am own version of Chef Arnaldo. This big serving is good for 3-4 person.

I can't say any negative thing about this paella. All in all, it's just so perfect. This is a must try! Hinestly, I can eat this whole big serving in just one sitting. Funny but true. You should tey this when you visit El Cocinero.

Rating: ★★★★★ (5 out of 5)

Churros de Chocolate

Everyonne who lives churros would love this! It's not oily like others, the dough they used is also homemade that makes it tastier. It's perfect when you dip it in chocolate.

Rating: ★★★★★ (5 out of 5)

Cucumber juice is available. It tastes good.

They do serve a complimentary bread. They will serve it once you placed your order since it will took a couple of minutes to cook your orders.

The dough used here is also a homemade. There are 4 available dips and they all tastes good with the bread.

If you have a cravungs for spanish style cuisines, or paella, you should visit them. All foods are great and I'll give it a big thumbs up! My tummy is not just full, but happy.

EL COCINERO by Chef Arnaldo

BRANCHES:

TAGAYTAY

(Inside La Bella, Radar Taas)

NASUGBU BATANGAS

Check their facebook page for more details:

https://www.facebook.com/Elcocinerobychefarnaldo/

You may call them through this contact numbers for reservation and inquiries.

Thank you so much to ElCocinero Tagaytay branch staffs for accommodating us and making us feel comfortable. More power!