The sociable restaurateur is also Pisco Bar and Concubine KL's biggest hype man
A rare bird in the food and beverage industry, Nico Fraile Taboada sees little distinction between his 'customers' and 'friends' or 'work' and 'home'. When we first met Fraile Taboada, we mistook him for one of Pisco Bar's most popular customers, not realising he was one of the founders. A man of dichotomies, Fraile Taboada can either be found partying at his own bars (this was well before the pandemic, of course) or spending time with his two adorable sons at one of Pisco Bar's Lazy Sunday sessions. A family man at heart, the Spanish expat from Madrid, who calls Malaysia his second home, has stuck around long enough to weigh in on different aspects of life in Southeast Asia.
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How did the dining scene change for you in 2020?
2020 has been a hell of a rollercoaster ride for the food and beverage industry. Firstly, the uncertainty about the severity of the pandemic changed patterns of social conduct and consumption while the constantly changing SOPs made planning almost impossible. In essence, the industry has been put under lots of stress and required all players to rethink their business models.