It is official, Cheong Liew is finally abandoning the sinking ship of The Grange Restaurant at The Hilton Hotel.
Change is inevitable and you have to work very hard to stem the tide if you wish to remain a stick in that mud - Over time this pressure will surely engulf you. This news is clearly proof of the Hilton Hotel's inability to change over time, to attract new clientele to the restaurant and they (Hilton) are now moving to amputate the gangrenous limb (The Grange). Cheong is probably 4 or 5 years to late in his departure. It may have been better timing to leave on a high, and to pursue new ideas and challenges without the doubts of the public and the weight of bad press over your head. On the other hand Cheong may be an institutionalised Luddite who knows only the confines of the Hilton Hotel, longing for the heady days when rattan and wrought iron were fashionable and fusion was merely a spark of insecure genius! Let's wait and see how this plays out.
So long Cheong... we might miss you?
Giles
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