JAIPUR AL DENTE

1932 Trevi by Shantanu Garg Design is the sum total of both Italy and India, serving margheritas straight out of a peacock-arch shaped oven in the Pink City

- CHIRANSHA PRASAD

Before 1932 Trevi in Jaipur could take shape as a restaurant, Shantanu Garg thought of the space as a person. The interior designer envisioned it as an extension of a well-travelled Indian royal: someone with a burgeoning travel schedule coming home at last, bringing back souvenirs, spoils, anecdotes and an irrevocably changed self. "Like a royal who travelled the world and he comes back and presents it to the public," avers Shantanu.

True to this perspective shift, you'd be hard-pressed to know where Italy ends and India begins at Trevi, the brainchild of Founder Namokar Jain. But while the white courtyards echo their namesake fountain only in hue and material, the Pink City is an inseparable part of the property. Ask how, and Shantanu rattles off a long list.