Singapore: Jamie's Italian opening in summer of 2013

[makanputra]

Can hardly wait! Jamie's Italian opening at Vivocity next July 2013:-
http://travel.cnn.com/singapore/eat/j...

[M_Gomez]

I was looking at the web and seems like Jamie Oliver has already opened his Italian restaurant in Sydney and will also do so in Perth soon. He also has a branch in Dubai. So Singapore's really quite late coming in.

[klyeoh]

Same here. Jamie's Italian fits the profile of a casual mall eatery. Vivocity has good Brazilian (Carnivore), Japanese (Sushi Tei), Chinese (Crystal Jade Dining), German (Brotzeit), Indian (Go India), Indonesian (Garuda), amongst others, but no decent Italian spot to speak ... until Jamie's Italian comes!

[PhilD]

"....but no decent Italian spot to speak ... until Jamie's Italian comes!..." And IMO, after giving it a couple of try's still no decent Italian after it arrives. However, they are generally wildly successful as his name is a big draw - but to me lacked the simplicity and freshness you associate with truly great Italian. It will be interesting to see how it goes is such a competitive food city.

[Julian Teoh]

Not to mention that in Singapore, freshness or product is a significant problem for all bar the truly high end who can afford to get their stuff flown in daily.

I don't think Jamie's Italian falls in that category.

[klyeoh]

Ok, maybe I should say "decent" for a Singapore mall ;-)

I'd only tried Jamie's Italian on a couple of occasions previously - at the Covent Garden outlet in Upper St Martin's Lane (next door to Dishoom's) this Jan, and the one in Oxford back in 2009. But I think they really *are* quite decent for a chain.

[makanputra]

In Singapore, we import everything anyway:- vegetables from Malaysia & China, ducks from Canada, pigs from Australia & Indonesia, beef from USA, fish from everywhere, even waiters from Philippines.

I wonder if Jamie Oliver himself will be here for the launching, I don't even remember him ever even stepping onto Singapore soil before.