WHEN I was still on a high-carb diet, I always dropped by Cibo at Greenbelt 5 whenever I was in Makati for its pasta and pizza.
The resto has expanded outside of Metro Manila and opened a branch at Ayala Center Cebu last year but I was already on a low-carb diet then. Still, I wish for it to have a branch here in Cagayan de Oro.
The news that Cibo founder Chef Margarita Fores died on Tuesday shocked the resto industry but surely her legacy will continue.
Metro Manila has the best restos that Pinas could have. A probinsyana like me can only wish for them to open branches here in CDO so that when I’m in Manila, I don’t have to panic anymore in going to those restos considering the limited duration of my stay there.
Mamou is another resto in my wishlist. Its ribeye and Lorenzo’s truffle cream pasta are the yummiest.
Cebu’s Abaca is one more favorite although I now have to remove the carbs from my order.
The Cagayanon is lucky to have good restos and cafes, too, like Fat Chef, Roadhouse, Totsy’s, Annabel’s at the Xavier Estates clubhouse, Arturo’s, Barkadahan Grill, MiMo Cafe, this list can go on and on, depending on the Cagayanon’s preference.
Since I am now trying so hard with the carnivore diet and have focused on beef, pork, fish, and eggs, the food that has those ingredients will now be my usual order.
At a house blessing of the elder sister of my high school classmate on Wednesday night, I focused on the lechon, dinuguan, beef stew, chicken, and fish at first. Operative words: at first. But then my kumare, who was seated right beside me, was starting to eat some desserts and who was I to ignore that? So, I went to the dessert table, and the rest is history.
The carnivore diet is not the most restrictive. The ultimate elimination diet is the lion diet, which Urban Dictionary describes as “a diet in which you eat anything you want and then take a nap. A lion is not picky about what it eats. A lion eats what it wants and then takes a nice nap under a tree.”
Wow! So that’s the lion diet! Love love love!
But wait, that’s not the lion diet. The carnivore community describes the lion diet as eating only ruminant meat—usually beef—cooked with salt and/or water. Ribeyes, anyone? No wonder the best Valentine dinner date has steaks.
Aside from cows, other ruminant animals include sheep, goat, deer, giraffe, gazelles, antelopes, moose, camels, and buffalos. In other words, if you want to be a lion dieter, just ask, What does the lion eat? Or better yet, if you’re about to devour a plate of carbs, What will the lion do?
Based on that ruminant list, it’s now clear why the lion dieter will choose beef. I mean, try to imagine eating a giraffe or camel.
There are animals who are better off as pets, not as food. Fur parents will never think of their fur babies as food.
And it’s not only in the Year of the Snake that some people adopt snakes as pets.
So, should the food department have a contest for pizza and pasta versus ruminants? Hmmm.
