Palatable opportunity in adversity

Gattopardo

THE old adage that there's opportunity in every adversity proved to be doubly true for chef-restaurateur Lino Sauro.

Faced with a vexing 85 per cent rent hike when Italian restaurant Gattopardo's current lease in Hotel Fort Canning lapses at the end of the year, the Sicilian chef quickly set off to scour for new locations - and stumbled across not one, but two, plum spots.