Although they are both of Italian origin, Andrea Rossi and Filippo Tomelleri actually met in Kuala Lumpur. The two were managers in a restaurant who became fast friends. Soon, fledgling dreams of opening their own restaurant began to bloom. Over a year ago, the friends opened Ra-ft (the restaurant is an abbreviation of their initials) in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. And just a few months ago, they opened their second Ra-ft outlet in the spanking new Arcoris Mont’Kiara.
“When we first started planning Ra-ft, we had three areas in mind: Ampang, Mont’Kiara and DesaPark City. All three have a common target audience: expats and travelled locals familiar with this kind of concept. So two down, one to go,” says Rossi, laughing.