Q. When Dishoom began in 2010, did you imagine that you would be looking at a third outlet by November 2014?
A. We first opened in Covent Garden. This is our third permanent site in over four years. We’re not focussed on rapid expansion. We want to make sure each restaurant we open, feels a bit different to the other Dishooms — we invariably like to look at things afresh. We love digging into a completely different aspect or period of Bombay (now Mumbai), and bringing that alive.

This wall at Dishoom’s King’s Cross outlet includes photo frames of some of India’s biggest national leaders, from Bhagat Singh to Tagore, Gandhi and Nehru.

Q. Tell us about your (Shamil and Kavi Thakrar’s) approach to this new project.
A. My cousin Kavi and I have been completely involved in this project from the start. We are completely committed, and give all of ourselves and more to Dishoom — making endless trips to Bombay, researching to the most painful degree of detail, doing the historical research and worrying over things that nobody will ever even notice. As a team, we all work really hard to create the vision we share, but Kavi and I are at the helm, holding it all together. We are also highly committed to making sure the whole team has a great experience pulling together the project. We have an enormous focus at Dishoom on making sure our people enjoy what they do.