Idioms, poetic as they may be, are based on observations. For instance, the postulate about food bringing people together happens all the time. Just visualise a house party. The crowd is segregated — musicians and music-enthusiasts are sitting around the phone that's playing the tunes, friends who have known each other for long have formed a cosy corner in the room, and people who like dancing are twirling around in the centre.

Then, you place the pizza that just arrived on a table, and suddenly there's a confluence, such that the musician is sharing a slice with the girl your colleague brought along. It's funny, isn't it? It is this underlying thought — of bringing people together through food — that is driving a series of collaborations between SamBar Pub and Kitchen and a host of home chefs from the city which first kick-started in October 2017.