When Gino Iovino decided to open his Italian restaurant Girasole in 1992, he was a bit nervous … and rightfully so. After all, this particular dining location on the south
food while he spins records. his stage name is don pasta. >> i have seen some of this stuff. it really is fantastic. it's really great. i was pretending for the audience i didn't know, i lied. it really is great. don pasta has promised me the greatest dish of spaghetti carbonara i've ever tasted. and on the way he tells me why pasta matters so much to him. >> i realize italian food is popular food. root food. italian food is reticent of the normal people or working class people that eat well because the working class people create the roots of italian food. >> yes. today we may think as a bowl of pasta as the ultimate comfort food, but there's a distinctively uncomfortable history of italians fighting oppression through pasta. in the early 1930s, mussolini and his fascists imposed import bans on various foreign goods.
Startup haven one-north isn’t just a incubator of innovation and new ideas -it’s got some pretty good grub to fuel those active minds as well. With a collection of malls, cafés, and Timbre+ one-north in the area, you can count on a satisfied stomach whether for a work lunch or a weekend brunch. Here’re the best restaurants, hawker eats, and...