Can't quite remember who said this but, "people both hate and are obsessed with the same thing — change." It is both easy and difficult to move on. So, the closing/alteration of a culturally significant institution, too, is often met with excitement and suspicion, both amalgamating into a brouhaha. And the underlying question behind all the ominous headlines and forebodings is, what next?

Mumbai was asking the same question eight months ago when news broke that the iconic Chinese diner on Churchgate, Kamling, was shutting down. Weeks later, we had reported that Keenan Tham, whose grandfather opened the restaurant many moons ago, will be taking over, sparking a fresh set of conjectures, until it was settled that their 2019 property, Foo (the franchise), will be replacing the once tony address as Foo Town.