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Recipes, people, ingredients and the work that happens before the doors open.

A spread of seasonal dishes from Mitti and Ember

Featured · From the kitchen

Why our kitchen begins with fire

Chef Ira Sen on patient heat, whole vegetables and the flavour hidden inside a good char.

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From the kitchen · 12 August 2026

Why our kitchen begins with fire

Chef Ira Sen on patient heat, whole vegetables and the flavour hidden inside a good char.

People · 30 July 2026

Meet the growers behind our monsoon menu

A morning with the small farms growing our amaranth, chillies and fragrant herbs.

At the restaurant · 14 July 2026

A slower kind of Sunday

How the weekly mehfil became our favourite table of the week.

Behind the bar · 28 June 2026

The zero-proof drinks changing dinner

Kokum, tea, smoke and spice—built with the same care as any cocktail.

Design · 9 June 2026

Designing the Courtyard Room

Terracotta, timber and a room that changes character after sunset.

Ingredients · 21 May 2026

One ingredient: green mango

Five ways the kitchen uses acidity, perfume and crunch from a single fruit.