An exciting young Spanish chef is injecting new flavours into KL's Bocado


The octopus is very tender and offers silken bites of the sea that tick all the right boxes. — Photos: Bocado KL

Growing up in Galicia, Spain, 24-year-old Victor Santos was a hair’s breadth away from the Atlantic Ocean. As a consequence, the meals of his childhood were moulded and framed around the bounty of the sea.

“In Galicia, we are like the seafood suppliers for the rest of Spain,” he says, laughing.

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