An exercise in elegance and efficiency, Dewakan 2.0 on the 48th floor of Skyviews, Naza Tower at Platinum Park was realised after months of back-breaking work and number crunching. We spoke to executive chef Darren Teoh about finding two very able partners in Kitchen Inc and DWG Studios
"Those final weeks were a mess," intones Wayne Wong. Dewakan's sous chef, whom I've probed to paint a picture of the restaurant's exit from Shah Alam, says, "We had to meet a tight deadline to leave our old place, but the new space wasn't ready yet."
Eschewing their starched whites for casual sweats, the chefs and interns packed, sealed, and loaded a seemingly endless succession of cardboard boxes without forgetting that they'd have to repeat the process in reverse. "No third party was involved," underscores Wong. The team 'moved house' themselves between November and December 2019.
Said to be more stressful than splitting from a spouse or starting a new job, the process of moving took a lot out of everyone, but once the dust had settled ("And believe me, there was a lot of dust," says Wong. "Construction was still happening all around us when we started")...
Tabula rasa.
There can be no clean slate without first dusting off one's hands.