In A New York State Of Mind

Aneesha Veriah, director of The Bowery Group, divulges to Samantha Lim on how travelling hones her business acumen

Trading vignettes about The Big Apple causes her eyes to sparkle, whereas mulling over Fog City makes her brows furrow. Worldly and beautiful, Aneesha Veriah is confident in her own skin and unwavering about her likes and dislikes, a case in point being that of New York City versus San Francisco.

Like the quintessential New Yorker, the lady boss behind The Bowery Group is constantly on the go with her well-inked planner. It’s little wonder that in two years, the restaurant group has grown to encompass Bowery Petit in TTDI, Bowery Kitchen and Bar in Publika, and Bowery Metro in Menara Hap Seng (this not counting their catering arm, Made by Bowery, or retail at Ben’s Independent Grocer and Village Grocer).

While a restaurateur’s workload is Sisyphean, the self-professed globetrotter insists on, and persists by way of travel as an instrument for self-improvement.