Social media highlights concern about iconic Indian restaurant's closure in Singapore

SINGAPORE: (Mar 18) Singapore’s iconic Indian vegetarian restaurant, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was hosted to a meal by then-Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, has been closed for nearly two months, with intense speculation surrounding the future of the eatery in the Little India precinct here.

One of the oldest Indian-origin businesses here, Komala Vilas’ prolonged closure for “renovations” has sparked a discussion on Facebook about whether the restaurant has shut for good.

The Komala Vilas vegetarian meal in November 2015 by Lee and Modi was described as “dosa diplomacy”, according to a media report then.