Asia's Best Italian Restaurant Hits Bangkok
ASIA'S BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT HITS BANGKOK This November, Bangkok will welcome chef Antimo Merone from the Macau outpost of chef Umberto Bombana's famed 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana restaurant for two dinners of extraordinary Italian cuisine, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna. Merome, who has a background in a number of Michelin star restaurants and has worked with chef Bombana since 2014, will be cooking a six course dinner with wines from the Allegrini Winery in Northern Italy on 3 November, and a set menu, with or without wine pairing the following night, 4 November. Both events will take place at Rossini's at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit , as part of the Fine Dining Lovers Guest Chef series. Left to right: Hokkaido crab with Oscietra caviar; four-textured tiramisu The original 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana in Hong Kong currently holds three Michelin stars of course – the first Italian restaurant to do so outside of Italy – and sits at number four on the Asia’s 50