Well-liked homegrown open-fire grill restaurant Revolver, which is thought for highlighting Indian flavours, will open its first abroad department in Dubai by the final quarter of this 12 months.
The 140-seat restaurant, which will probably be about 4 occasions the scale of its Singapore’s flagship in a Tras Avenue shophouse, will probably be positioned in The Opus by Omniyat, an expensive mixed-use growth designed by feted architect Zaha Hadid. The complicated, which contains a resort, workplace and F&B institution, is positioned within the Enterprise Bay monetary district.
Culinary Arts Group, a Singapore-based restaurant group, has formidable plans to broaden Revolver globally, with Dubai being the primary cease.
Tristin Farmer, the group’s culinary director says: “Revolver is a enjoyable, distinctive and approachable idea – it was conceived with the intention of changing into the ‘Nobu’ for Indian delicacies.” He’s referring to the famend Japanese-Peruvian restaurant chain Nobu by chef Nobu Matsuhisa, which has spawned quite a few retailers around the globe, together with in Singapore. “Revolver is a grill restaurant with Southeast Asian influences and highlights Indian spices,” Farmer provides. “It’s a idea that works properly in numerous markets.”
On selecting Dubai, Farmer shares that the demand for eating and scale of enterprise within the Gulf Tiger is way bigger than in Singapore because of the excessive inflow of tourism from all around the world. Town additionally attracts an everyday stream of enterprise travellers with occasions and conferences. In 2023, Dubai welcomed over 17 million worldwide in a single day guests. He shares: “What we earn in Revolver in Singapore in a 12 months could be made in a number of months in Dubai.”
One other boon for beginning F&B companies in Dubai — there isn’t any scarcity of attracting worldwide skills to work in eating places with extra relaxed international employee quotas as in comparison with Singapore’s.
The design of Revolver Dubai will probably be largely much like the Singapore mothership with an open-concept wood-fire and binchotan grill and tandoor, some counter seating, and the darkish and horny vibe that will probably be replicated. Whereas the construction of the tasting menu (it usually contains eight programs together with snacks, paneer, seafood, beef, kulchette and dessert) will probably be related, some dishes will probably be tweaked based on native components and tradition. There are additionally plans to broaden Revolver to different cities akin to New York and Miami.
New chief for Revolver
This growth comes scorching on the heels of the appointment of Jitin Joshi, the freshly-minted group govt chef and companion of Revolver. The India-born chef, who was the manager chef of Gymkhana, a two-Michelin-starred Indian restaurant in Indon, joined Revolver earlier this week. Joshi, who has additionally labored in fine-dining institutions in Dubai and Paris will probably be in command of Revolver’s Singapore menu (It’s 14th version of the menu, or ‘bullet’, will launch later this month), in addition to lead the Revolver idea globally. Joshi will shuttle often between Singapore and Dubai, the place he’s primarily based at.
Going huge in Dubai
In addition to opening Revolver in Dubai, the Culinary Arts Group can even open an off-the-cuff restaurant Maison Dali in The Opus by Omniyat. The restaurant, which is known as after Spanish artist Salvador Dalí, can have a contemporary grill idea with influences together with these from the Basque nation.
Come early subsequent 12 months, Farmer, who used to go three-Michelin-starred trendy Nordic restaurant Zen, will helm his fine-dining restaurant in one other venue in Dubai. The group, which is a part of funding agency Everstone Capital, additionally has plans to carry over kappo restaurant Hamamoto to Dubai subsequent 12 months.