Ideally I would have chatted to Daniele in Canggu once he is there in April and working as head chef at Squid Inc., but, you know, Richmond is fine. Really. But make a note of Squid Inc. for your next trip to Bali because you will be in excellent hands. Daniele Piras was born in Sardinia, but his family moved to a little town near Venice when he was 5 years old and he has many happy memories of eating delicious bowls of pasta with friends growing up there. At 18, he came to Australia as a landscaper but quickly gave that away for the kitchen where he has worked his way up through the ranks and fortuitously landed in the kitchen of Vaporetto, the Venetian eatery run by Greg Feck, Kim Coronica and David Wickwar. Perfect. Even more perfect is Greg opening a balinetian (Balinese Venetian fusion) restaurant in Bali and taking Daniele with him. Living life like its golden and well deserved, I say.
