The GRAND Tour

John-Paul Fiechtner

IF you're the sort who keeps up with the new restaurants scene, you may have heard rumblings about a modern Australian eatery called Thirteen Duxton Hill, run by Australian chef John-Paul Fiechtner and sommelier Sally Humble. It was a "blink and you miss it" situation unfortunately, since the restaurant closed after barely two months of operations.

"It was just an unfortunate situation that we found ourselves in, but it led to better things," says Chef Fiechtner, who is now working on a new project - Bistro November at Keong Saik - after the duo teamed up with local restaurateur Loh Lik Peng.

"We just want to create a friendly neighbourhood bistro, like the ones you find in Paris or New York. It's going to be produce-driven, simple, interesting cooking with no pretentiousness whatsoever," says the 36-year-old chef, who has spent a few years working in Eu…