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: What is the secret to the success of Sass Café ?
mas all together , but unfortunately this tradition has been lost with time .
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The other secret of Sass Café ’ s success is that we constantly evaluate the demands of the customers . Every 5 years we redesign Sass ,
Monaco has become a very open-minded place and I find that very important .
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SS : We wanted , well , when my dad started the business , he wanted people to feel like they are at home . He was at Sass every single night to welcome everyone and did not take a single day off for the first 5 years or so .
It ’ s very important that staff have the same DNA . Most of the people have been working in Sass for over 20 years , it ’ s like a family .
At the time we had a very good tradition ; every year on December 24th we would host a dinner which we called ( laughs ) “ Orphans for Christmas ”. All the clients who were alone for Christmas were welcome to join , of course , for free . We were celebrating Christ- we change the menus , trying to see how we can get better and better . You know , today if you stay static and you don ’ t change anything then it ’ s over . After 29 years there are always things to be done and changed .
: How did you come up with the idea of opening THE NIWAKI restaurant in addition to Sass Café ?
SS : About 10 years ago I visited Japan for the first time and fell in love with the country , with Japanese culture and food . Once you are there
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THE NIWAKI
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