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The theatre of scarcity
Mint Bangalore
|March 22, 2025
Restaurants should be transparent about their reservation policies, or it sucks the joy out of dining
I have never eaten at Papa's in Bandra, Mumbai, the 12-seater chef's table run by Hussain Shahzad that was recently named one of Time magazine's World's Greatest Places 2025, but during a recent visit to Veronica's, above which Papa's is perched like a secret little hidey-hole, I did get a tour of the space. It was mid-morning, and the chef was prepping for the 13-course dinner he serves Wednesday through Saturday. "This is the calm before the madness," said Shahzad as he flicked a checkered towel over his shoulder and dived into the tiny kitchen.
This story is from the March 22, 2025 edition of Mint Bangalore.
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