Daniel and Tamara Chavez, well-known champions of South American food in Singapore, have opened another eatery serving up their brand of Spanish classics. Tinto is a space that encourages long, laid-back lounge sessions lubricated by red wine.
Chefs Daniel and Tamara Chavez got married at the height of the pandemic in 2020, so they couldn’t fly to his hometown in Peru or her home in Mexico to celebrate with family and friends until earlier this year.
“While we were there eating, and drinking amazing wine, we realised, ‘Hey, there’s a chance that maybe we could do this in the right time and place’,” he said. During the “circuit breaker” period, Tamara recalled, the couple made paellas at home for their friends, who then kept asking when they were going to open a paella place. “Now, we see our friends, and new friends here.”While a vast amount of good food was consumed on that honeymoon in Spain, the main takeaway was more a feeling than a flavour.“When we arrived in Toledo, an ancient Roman city, I was like, ‘This is a place straight out of the movies!'” Tamara said.
"But, when I saw the uncle, talking to us so happily, slicing up the bottarga from a can, I thought, ‘Why do we complicate our lives? Why don’t we just enjoy what we do?’ We don’t always need to complicate things. We are cooks and we want to create something special for our guests, yes, but sometimes, people just want to relax. They don’t want to read menus and say, ‘What’s that?’”
“There's something that bonds us Latin Americans and Asians, which is that we like food that is flavourful,” said the chef, who has made Singapore his home for the past 17 years.
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