The name Saga represents both Singapore and Sweden. As a kid in warm and humid Singapore, it was once a past-time to pick saga seeds, bottle them and gift them to a loved one. These beautiful red seeds are also called 相思豆 (xiang si dou) in Chinese and it symbolizes love across several cultures. In the restaurant, you will find a bottle of saga seeds picked by my late grandmother that I have brought with me from Singapore. In Sweden, Saga is a name and can mean a story or a tale, with its etymology stemming from Sága, the Norse goddess of history.

Every dish I make here tells a story. It is pieced together by different facets of memories of food I have eaten, flavours I remember and fragrances that linger in my mind. After working in various dining establishments, from brunch restaurants to Michelin kitchens, the food I always gravitate back to are the flavours that I grew up with and this is what I want to cook for you at Saga.