Following his departure from Singapore in June 2018, two of the late French chef Joel Robuchon’s gastronomic ideas appear set to make a comeback.
The founding father of high-end Japanese restaurant Sushi Kou, Aimi Shibuya, is bringing Robuchon restaurant and cafe to Singapore, in line with an article within the January Chinese language luxurious life-style journal Icon. No additional particulars had been launched and he or she declined to remark when contacted by The Straits Occasions.
Ms. Shibuya, who calls herself a Robuchon fan, instructed Icon that she goes to their eating places in Paris 4 occasions a 12 months and that every expertise is all the time “unforgettable.”
Sushi Kou is positioned on the Vacation Inn Singapore Orchard Metropolis Heart and a second institution is within the works for this 12 months.
The now-defunct three-Michelin-starred Joel Robuchon restaurant and its two-Michelin-star sister institution, L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, opened to a lot fanfare in 2011 at Resorts World Sentosa.
Just a few months after they closed, the revered chef and restaurateur died of most cancers on the age of 73.
Though there was speak of the reopening of L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon on Orchard Highway on the time, it by no means materialized.
Different openings we stay up for this 12 months embrace the primary Carne burger joint by acclaimed Argentine chef Mauro Colagreco. His restaurant Mirazur in France, awarded with three Michelin stars, was voted primary within the listing of the 50 finest eating places on the planet of 2019.
Carne, the primary outdoors of Argentina, will open its doorways in February on Amoy Avenue.
Additionally opening on Amoy Avenue is Japanese chef Kenjiro Hashida’s eponymous restaurant, Hashida Singapore.
The two,772-square-foot restaurant launches January 16 in partnership with OUE Eating places, the meals and life-style division of world actual property developer OUE Restricted.
Hashida Singapore first opened at Mandarin Gallery in 2013 and was beforehand positioned on Mohamed Sultan Highway and the non-public OUE Social Kitchen eating room at Downtown Gallery.
The brand new area at 77 Amoy Avenue, which Chef Hashida calls his “Hashida Universe,” includes a 12-seat eating room and two non-public rooms.
“Our objective is to take diners on a pilgrimage to find a few of Japan’s items of nature, impeccably collected and ready on the chef’s desk. We’re devoted to serving our distinctive omakase expertise,” says Chef Hashida.
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