Chef Shusaku Toba's sio pasta opens in Singapore's Raffles City March 26

Chef Shusaku Toba will bring sio pasta, the casual offshoot of Tokyo’s Michelin‑recognised sio AOYAMA, to Raffles City Shopping Centre in Singapore on March 26, 2026, marking the brand’s first outlet outside Japan and introducing a menu of more than ten handcrafted pastas to the city.

sio pasta is positioned as a more relaxed sibling to sio AOYAMA, the Tokyo restaurant that earned Michelin recognition under Chef Shusaku Toba’s leadership. The Singapore opening is the first international expansion for the label that built its reputation on precise seasoning and ingredient-driven pasta, translating that approach into a casual format for Raffles City shoppers and nearby office workers.

The menu at the new outlet will focus on handcrafting techniques and a compact selection: more than ten pasta dishes drawn from the sio lineage rather than the extensive tasting sequences associated with AOYAMA. That emphasis on handmade shapes and sauces aims to deliver the chef’s core pasta philosophy in a faster, more accessible service model at a mall location known for high foot traffic.

Raffles City Shopping Centre will host the outlet when it opens on March 26, 2026, placing sio pasta in a central Singapore retail and dining hub. The move gives Singapore diners the first chance outside Japan to sample pasta concept work from Chef Shusaku Toba in a standalone casual setting, and it establishes a base for potential further expansion beyond Tokyo.

For Singapore’s pasta community, the arrival of sio pasta offers a direct connection to a Michelin‑recognised Tokyo kitchen without the formality of AOYAMA’s full tasting experience. With the opening date fixed and a menu explicitly built around more than ten handcrafted pastas, Chef Toba’s Raffles City site sets a clear expectation: refined pasta technique repackaged for everyday dining starting March 26, 2026.