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After 33 years of serving up Italian fare in Singapore, Porta Porta Italian Restaurant is saying goodbye.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Muslim-owned restaurant at Simpang Bedok will close its doors for good on Dec 31, the owners announced on Monday (Nov 9).<\/p>\n
“It’s been a long and tiring but beautiful journey. For 33 long years it was a daily commute to the restaurant, serving our guests, making wonderful connections and many customers have become family friends,” they wrote.<\/p>\n
“Some of you started dating in the early years and now you’re bringing your children to have dinners at Porta Porta, we are so honoured to have been part of your lives.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dfg2neNSRiN\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Porta Porta Italian Restaurant opened at Changi Garden in 1993, as Rozianah Baharudin, also known as Rozi, and her late husband Antonino Laino were inspired by the five years they spent in Carrara, Italy.<\/p>\n “Nino and I opened this restaurant because we wanted to bring Italian homely traditions to Singapore, sharing food together as a family at the dinner table, laughing and filling our bellies,” said Rozi, who’s also executive chef.<\/p>\n In response to AsiaOne’s queries, Danesh shared the reason for closure \u2014 his mum wishes to retire.\u00a0<\/p>\n As for their future plans, the 38-year-old said he will continue with his career in the tech industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n He hopes that his mum, who is 65, would travel the world to “make up for lost holidays” over the past decades of running the business.\u00a0<\/p>\n There are no plans to continue the business anywhere else.\u00a0<\/p>\n