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\u201cA Levantine restaurant has been on my mind for many years, ever since Lebanese and Middle Eastern food became my everyday staple when I lived in London,\u201d Miscellaneo, who is executive chef-owner of Petra, told CNA Lifestyle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI was simply waiting for the right opportunity. When it came, the idea had grown beyond a Lebanese cafe into something broader: a restaurant drawing on the whole Eastern Mediterranean, with the Levant at its heart.<\/p>\n
\u201cPetra is my chance to finally bring that idea to life: food that is clean and delicious, the kind I want to eat every day because I genuinely crave it, and because it happens to be good for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miscellaneo started his culinary journey in Singapore with cult private-dining concept Casa Nostra, eventually opening his first restaurant, La Bottega Enoteca, in Joo Chiat in 2021.<\/p>\n
Although he\u2019s known for Italian cooking in Singapore, this is an opportunity to not play to type. \u201cAs an Italian, I know how varied our everyday diet really is. But, outside Italy, people come to an Italian restaurant for pasta and pizza, and that’s what they expect,” he said.<\/p>\n
“With Petra, I wanted to cook a different kind of food: the kind you can eat every day, like fresh salads and grilled meats. The Eastern Mediterranean gave me the freedom to do that in a way an Italian restaurant never could.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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