Ibid, a word usually seen in the seldom-read footnotes or end pages of an academic tome, might seem an odd name for a restaurant. Not so in the case of the maiden F&B venture of lawyer-in-training turned chef and first winner of the inaugural MasterChef Asia season, Woo Wai Leong. ‘Ibid’, which is abbreviated Latin for ‘the same place’ or ‘from the same source’, is an apt description for a project that seeks to explore birth, roots, origins, and heritage as the springboard for new inspirations and innovations. Indeed the Chinese form 源 ( ‘source’ - yuán) evokes more vividly than its Latin counterpart the vital impulses churning at the heart of Restaurant Ibid -- and the many ‘sources’ it drinks from.
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