We took a dish that everyone knows and cooked it in a different way for a limited time. That's how the octopus sarma came about, out of a desire to try something new while keeping the way we work day-to-day.

The dish was part of a culinary challenge launched on the occasion of the Mediterranean Week in the Magnolia Shopping Center foodcourt, a context in which we chose to bring together familiar tastes and different influences.

At Haplea we like to try out such ideas from time to time, without straying from our core. The food remains simply, cleanly cooked and new directions come naturally when we feel they make sense.

The article captures this initiative and the reactions it has brought, just as it was: a different kind of proposal, from the kitchen.