It was just 37 days after the opening date; it already felt like a well-oiled machine that’s been operating for a year. Of course, you would expect nothing less from hotelier and restaurateur Adipoetra Halim. With no sign of stopping, his ‘Johnny Depp to Tim Burton' Khanh Nguyen delivers the goods on this strong sophomore blockbuster.
The space is designed for high energy. Wide service and traffic paths, feature hearth and fermentation shelves are the first things you see; kitchen pass front and centre like a beating heart pumping through to each table, a bar area that continues the long space, and a temperature-controlled wine section that’s somewhat ‘open' for anyone to admire yet neatly tucked away, nice and dark. Dining spaces are divided into smaller zones — it seems like a subtle but clever pandemic-ready design if space restrictions ever get activated again.