Worli mein kahan?" the cabbie asks us when we hail one in Lower Parel. All we say is "Flora", and in 10 minutes, we arrive outside the familiar green-tiled roof property. The vintage-looking Chinese signboard is hard to miss, as is the glass door with dragon motifs, red lanterns and ceramic pots in corners.

On August 12, Sunday Mid-day broke the news of the impending closure of Worli's famous Chinese restaurant that will be shutting shop on August 31. The decision comes after the building was declared unsafe by the BMC, with Flora and Rakhangi General Stores next door being the last occupants to move out. "The restaurant still has a permit room, like at the old-time restaurants of Mumbai," says Aditi Limaye Kamat, whose father, Rahul Limaye (owner of Dadar's Gypsy Chinese) helps run the restaurant, due to a long friendship with its late owner,
Anthony Leo.