Tsubaki, the latest Japanese and Korean cuisine offering in Worli, makes you want to dress up. Done up in black walls, a play of mirrors and lights and highlighting red and golden embellishments, the space has an inviting ambience. Spread across three storeys, the kitchen and hydroponic garden are on the ground floor, restaurant seating on the first, and the level above features a bar and a space to host private gatherings.  We begin at the onyx bar, where we indulge in dark matter (Rs 900), which marries smoky charcoal with floral elderflower in the company of a bubbly champagne. Nihon no natsu (Rs 800) is watermelon juice, elevated with gin and flavoured with the earthy spice of curry leaf. Marshumaro martini (R850), which is next, is just a coffee martini, but made perfectly — coffee and martini get equal screen time on the palate.

Avocado mame nori