By Carmen Zermeno and Tony Winders At the heart of Bucharest lies Kilometrul Zero, a compass-rose monument outside New St.

After years of working in the kitchens of some of the area's best restaurants, chefs and partners Gabriel and Gabriela Botezan are creating a new destination to reflect their own Romanian heritage.

A confluence of multicultural neighbourhoods, belle époque avenues and functional high-rises, Bucharest wears its past on its sleeve. While the Ceauşescu regime sought to erase all traces of the ...