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| Carnivale |
I was invited together with other bloggers and influencers to attend Carnivale's media event last January. I got so excited when I was invited to this event cause i've been eyeing for the hippy nostalgic concept of the restaurant which did really caught my attention that makes me want to visit.
Carnivale is a circus whimsical themed restaurant located in Conrad Hotel's S Maison Mall, 2nd Floor. The interior looks like a circus specifically designed with vintage marquee lights that gives the feeling that you are in a carousel.
Carnivale is a creation of Chef Mikel Zaguirre - the same master behind the famous Locavore, Empingao and Taqueria 101 Fame. Carnivale's main inspiration according to Chef Kel are our childhood greasy favorites like burgers, fries, and nuggets. He wants to create a play in the food's character - of its texture and temperature which just suits how Carnivale would want its image to be presented.
During the event we were greeted by Sous Chef Patrick who explained how their burgers and patties are made and all the process they go through to create these remarkable dishes.
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| Sous Chef Patrick |
Their cashier area looks like a circus ticket booth, fineeee it is too adorable. Props to the man who conceptualize this restaurant and took every detail seriously. Their bill trays even have stuffed toy animals attached to it. Pinch me!
Some of us were also given a chance to spin our own cotton candies during the event and we were all like kids watching our candies being spinned inside the machine. <3 Such a nostalgic moment!
On the normal days though it's priced at P60 per cotton candy and when I visited Carnivale the 2nd time around I keep seeing kids persuading their parents to go to the cotton candy cart, halt for a moment and just watch their candies be made.
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| Menu |
And Oh! Their menu looks like Tarot Cards too so if you have a hard time choosing which one to order just take a pick and you're good to go! Haha!
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| Food Line Up the Event |
For our Starter we were served to try the French Onion Croquettas. It's made of french onion jam, tri-color nacho chip crust, red onion mayonnaise, gratinated gruyere cheese and sriracha. I really love how the gruyerre cheese was incorporated to this dish that added a saltiness to it. The mix of sweet and sour taste were the dominant flavors which i'm not much a fan of so i'm giving it a 3.5/5. Just a plus point for it being easy to eat!
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| French Onion Croquettas P280 |
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| Salted Egg Fries P220 |
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| Truffle Fries P220 |
What makes their fries different from others would probably be it's CRISPINESS. Regardless if you had your fries sitting their for more than 20 min. it'll still be CRISPY AF!
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| Wangus Burger P360 |
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| Cut in Half |
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| Ferrero Burger P380 |
For dessert, it's a FERRERO BURGER. Dang! Wasn't ready for this. It came to our table shining, shimmering, splendid. LOL. My jaw drop when it came out and I was literally just looking at it for a couple of minutes. It was so beautiful. The gold edible glitter gave it a sparkle it was almost not edible and too pretty to eat.
The Ferrero burger is made of gold dust giant profiterole, sugar kracklin, dark chocolate and kahlua ganache, toasted almond flakes, Nutella ice cream and dark chocolate bits.
I'm rating it a 3.5/5 for the reason that the presentation looked too beautiful but it didn't taste like it. Adding the almonds was a mistake it didn't went well with the other ingredients included. Everything was good except for that one ingredient that ruined it all. Though I love the Nutella ice cream and it didn't melt quickly. Still a must try for people who love desserts like me! It's a bit too pricey for a dessert that i'd rather order 2 Wangus than order this, I think they have to adjust the prices of their desserts.
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| Menu |
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| Restaurant |
Overall, I had a fun experience attending the event and going back the 2nd time around was worth it. I will definitely come back for the fries. I just wish they'll have burgers in smaller servings and cheaper price. This is a place I would love to dine with my family. It feels so surreal that the ambiance and the food combined altogether will just make you reminisce the best times of your childhood life.
