Pleasures of Eating Well

Christina Ong is one of the world’s most successful lifestyle entrepreneurs, as well as a busy mother and grandmother. Having brought some of the world’s most recognisable fashion brands to Asia, including Giorgio Armani, Donna Karan and Calvin Klein, Ong has developed thirteen unique hotels and resorts across eight countries from the Caribbean to Bhutan. Each showcases COMO Shambhala, the flexible, holistic approach to wellness that marries healthful eating with pleasurable gastronomy, exercise with mental repose, and thought with action. In particular, Ong advocates the instinctive desire to eat well, with our bodies and palates telling us all we need to know. Over the last fifteen years, she has worked closely with chefs and ingredient suppliers to articulate this vision in COMO Shambhala Cuisine, with each dish delivering energy, flavour and pure, unadulterated pleasure.