Carnivore is a new restaurant in Mabolo that all meat lovers will surely love!
The restaurant’s official logo
Why Carnivore, you ask? “Because most of the Cebuanos really love meat, and that’s exactly what we want to offer them”, says Chef Barbra Sia, one of the owners of the restaurant.
Chef Barbra on the move; she’s a Food and Beverage graduate from Punlaan School in San Juan, Metro Manila
“One of the reasons why we opened our restaurant is because we want to share what we’ve learned for 3 years from our previous jobs in Canada. We also want to introduce Sous Vide (cooking in slow fire or low temperature) here in Cebu. We like to use every part of the animal as much as possible, especially the not-so-famous cuts like the veal cheeks. Our restaurant is a Chef-driven restaurant. Us owners are hands-on. We not just supervise but we also work the line. We open and close the restaurant. That’s how we love so much what we do.” says Chef Kurt Famador, the other owner of Carnivore. He’s a Culinary graduate from the Philippine School of Culinary Arts in Cebu.
Chef Kurt explaining to Everything Cebu his unique and fresh way of preparing food in Carnivore’s kitchen; he spent 3 years in Canada and wishes to bring Canadian food with a touch of Filipino to the Cebuano diners.
The restaurant boasts of a cozy ambiance and a cool open kitchen, which is intended to show customers how they prepare all their dishes with utmost cleanliness, organization, and quality.
Carnivore’s open kitchen with their diligent staff and dynamic chefs/owners
A closer look into their clean, well-organized open kitchen
Here at Carnivore, you get to see how your orders are prepared, cooked, and served.
They also have a variety of wines to complement all your meat dishes.
A cool mural at the right side of the restaurant’s entrance that shows the different parts of farm and poultry meats that you can eat at Carnivore.
Inside the neat restaurant
The simple yet striking exterior of Carnivore
Their main dining area (inside) can accommodate 18 people, while the al fresco seats can cater up to 30 pax.
When asked about their menu, Chef Barbra said “Our menu is globally inspired. If given the chance to open up a second restaurant, we want to do a “farm to table” dining/concept.” Carnivore comes with a small select menu, which changes every 2 weeks. This is because the owners want to make sure that they don’t overstock and can consistently use fresh ingredients for all their dishes.
Everything Cebu took the time to check out this new and exciting restaurant last week, and here are the delectable starters that the owners generously served our hungry stomachs!
Apple & Feta Salad – organic greens from Liloan (179php)
Poke Nachos – Topped with sweet soy and spicy mango sauce, and kinilaw’ng Mamsa (159php)
“Maskara” Poutine – Canadian fries with homemade dressing (160php)
Their equally tasty main dishes, on the other hand, include the following:
36-hour Sous Vide Local Kitayama Wagyu Shortplate – Australian Veal Cheeks, Mushroom Marsala Sauce (420php)
Steak and Marrow – US certified Angus Beef, Wagyu Beef Bone Marrow, and Peppercorn Sauce (475php)
The tender and fresh Snapper Fish cooked the Sous-Vide way (special edition)
Carnivore Burger (250php)
What’s our verdict? 10/10! GREAT food matched with a cool place and amiable staff and owners – the whole team really enjoyed the sumptuous lunch at Carnivore, and these pictures are proofs. 😀
Group pic before we get our mouths busy
And the gastronomically satisfying dining chaos commences!
Jason (owner of Everything Cebu) enjoying the nachos
Oh those organic greens! Just a perfect partner to a meat-filled lunch.
Carnivore is specifically located at The Gallery, Juan Luna Ave., Brgy. Kasambagan, Mabolo, Cebu City. They’re open from 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM on Mondays-Thursdays, 11:30 AM-10:00 PM on Fridays, and 6:00 PM-10:00 PM on Saturdays. For more info, you may call them at (032) 513-0558 or visit their Facebook page. Don’t know where The Gallery is? Well, the map below may come in handy. 😉
(Ride 03L if you come from Colon/downtown area, 62B or 62C from Talamban, and 04L from SM area.)
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