During our Lamp Quarters Marikina food crawl, we first visit
Chives Bistro & Market.
Lamp Quarters is one of the newest
food hub opened at the famous Gil Fernando Avenue (a long
strip in Marikina full of restaurants and food hubs). With the tag
line, “Live. Love. Local”, the owners of Lamp Quarters want to
create a venue and environment that gives opportunities for local, up and
coming, talented entrepreneurs and starters to showcase their talents and
craftmanship in the community.
Chives
Bistro & Market is one of the restaurants in Lamp Quarters
offers cuisines from Europe and Asia. They’ve incorporated French, Italian and Spanish
cooking techniques with Asian elements to cater to the Filipino palate. Also,
their restaurant works closely with the Helping One Person Everyday – H.O.P.E.
Inc. – a socio-civic organization which helps the underprivileged children and
the needy. A portion of the sales from different Chives products helps fund
different outreach programs of H.O.P.E. Inc. Talk about a helping a person
every time you dine in here sounds nice.
By the way, they opened their first branch in Antipolo City in
January 2016 and quickly became one of the top restaurants in the area. Now,
they opened their 2nd branch here in Lamp Quarters in Marikina.
Place is spacious and I like that they have a huge glass windows
as one can dine and relax while having a nice view outside. It has a mix of
vintage, classy and native décors.
Here’s what they we ate:
Complimentary
Bread
-This tasty bread comes in olive oil, balsalmic vinegar and
oregano. It was the perfect appetizer as the bread was soft and has a buttery
taste. I personally love the dip along with it.
House
Salad (Php195)
“Green
ice lettuce topped with crispy dilis, roasted cashew, calamari, sliced apples,
tomatoes, grilled kesong puti, cracked black pepper and oregano dressed in
honey lemon vinaigrette”
-A huge fan of salad, I personally love their House Salad as the
lettuce was fresh and crunchy. I like the combination of the salty, sweet and a
bit sour flavor as it compliments very well. And yes, I can eat this all day!
Frutti
di Mare (Php250)
“Shrimp,
calamari, clams, mussels, linguine, Pomodoro, pesto”
-I like that the pasta was cooked to perfection while the taste
was superb. Not a fan of red sauce pasta (since I don’t like tomatoes) but this
one’s an exception. The amount of sauce was good and the taste of seafood would
make one crave for more.
Pork
Belly Crisp (Php295)
“Bagnet
style Pork belly, seasoned vinegar, pickled vegetables”
-The pork belly was crispy and cooked well though I just noticed
that the meat is a bit dry inside (I personally like a juicy one) and the dip
or vinegar along with it compliment the taste very well. The red/brown rice
also gives a different taste to the pork belly.
Overall, I LOVE all
the dishes they served to us. And I was surprised that the place may look
expensive but the price is AFFORDABLE.
They still have lots of other dishes to I want to try so will definitely come
back here.
Chives Bistro & Market
Located at: Unit 5G, | F Gil Fernando
Ave., Centro Buenviaje, Sto. Nino, Marikina City
Phone number: 0917 875 7150
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChivesPH
Instagram: @ChivesPH
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