Benin City, the Edo State capital, last Saturday witnessed the official launch of the first health-value fast-food restaurant and bar established by Chief Ambrose Osuan, a prominent palace chief of the Benin Kingdom.
In his address to declare the outfit, christened “Costfromi Big Apple Restaurant and Bar” open, the chief launcher of the ceremony, Chief Uyinmwen Okungbowa said the ultra-modern bar and restaurant, first of its kind to be undertaken by any individual in the entire country, is a product of several years of investment in extensive research in human dietary health needs.
Chief Okungbowa, while commending Chief Ambrose Osuan for addressing the health needs of different individuals using modern assessment in dietary science, healthy nutrition in concert with modern practice in medicine, also eulogized the visionary qualities and astuteness of the prominent Benin palace chief in the actualization of his lifelong dream of promoting good healthy living in Edo State by providing affordable healthy diets according to acceptable international standards.
He expressed his optimism that the opening of the outfit in Benin City will reduce to the barest minimum the high incidents of unexpected deaths as a result of irregular and poor feeding behaviour of people without paying adequate attention to the health needs of individual body system based on the blood group system.
Costfromi Big Apple Restaurant and Bar is conceptualized as an outfit designed to achieve success in the area of the health needs and wellness of its teeming customers, speaking earlier, Chief Jenny Atakpo said.
She said the vision and mission of the restaurant as the first to make inroad into health needs of people is to promote a healthy society, which depends on the quality of services it renders in meeting the daily dietary health needs according to international standards.
“We prepare dishes to match your body chemistry for optimal health results on request because we at Costfromi Big Apple Restaurant and Bar offer quality services which thrive both in local and continental dishes,” she said.
Chairman of the occasion, Senator Roland Owie, expressed gratitude to God Almighty for bequeathing Chief Ambrose Osuan with enormous financial wisdom to transform and sustain his late father’s legacies, adding that his foray into the hospitality business of meeting the health needs of different people will further provide employment opportunities to the teeming youths in the state.
According to Senator Owie, the addition of an outfit desirous of meeting the dietary health needs of a population in dire need of fast and effective solutions to the myriads of health challenges caused by poor dietary method and feeding was a clear testament to the fact that the founder and owner of Costfromi Big Apple, Restaurant and Bar, Chief Ambrose Osuan was eager to give humanity a new lease of life by promoting healthy dietary living aimed at extending human longevity.
On his part, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Costfromi Big Apple Restaurant and Bar, Chief Ambrose Osuan, the Osuan of Benin Kingdom, said, “Costfromi Restaurant and Bar” is established with a clear vision to eliminate the health risk from daily consumption of food rich in high dietary components of Omega H6, which according to him is unsafe for human consumption.
“Establishing a unique eatery with special needs to dietary and health needs of customers according to acceptable international practice had been a childhood dream.
“We need to move away from consuming too much Omega H6 and start eating meals with Omega H3, which is safe for healthy living because at Costfromi Big Apple Restaurant it is our desire to serve you meals both local and intercontinental dishes that will promote healthy living in accordance with acceptable international best practice because we have engaged nutritionists and dietitians to help monitor your health using your blood group in order to reduce the high rates of mortalities from diabetes, hypertension and increased blood sugar level.”
Costfromi Big Apple Restaurant and Bar is located at 27, Airport Road, within the popular Vegetable Market, opposite the Nigerian Observer Newspaper.
