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Breaking Bread with Chef Miro Mattalia
Staying true to the roots where food is served family-recipe style Interview by Morgan JT
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ppia Bangkok recently reopened its doors after the renovation with a refreshed look and atmosphere while also welcoming a new Executive Chef Miro Mattalia to its kitchen. The restaurant’s new look boasts warmth and family atmosphere with wooden decor and spacious table arrangements. There is a small cold cuts table on one side. A flight of stairs leading up to the wine cellar which houses numerous and choicest
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conventional and selected natural wines on offer next to a private room. The previous bar area at the end has been turned into a welcoming seating area in front of an open kitchen. “We want to bring new things, new talent and new aspects to the restaurant and our food while keeping to the original theme,” Chef-owner Paulo Vitaletti said when asked about the renovation. “We keep the Roman roots but with different approach.
Sometimes more refined, sometimes not, so we can have different textures and dishes and styles but never forgetting the roots of the products we are working with,” he added. Talking to Chef Miro about how he met Chef Paolo, he said: “I was working at Consorzio Restaurant when I met him [Chef Paolo] through a mutual friend. He came to eat at the restaurant. He was there for lunch and dinner for three days straight, I think he must’ve tried the whole menu. bangkok101.com
