Cafés and shops in the bylanes of Kala Ghoda are like shimmering bookmarks upping the cool quotient of the area. The latest entrant is Rue Du Liban, a fine-dine restaurant serving food from the Eastern Mediterranean region, which includes Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Turkey.

Done up in maroon furnishing and black marble tops, the space is a luxury tavern with intricate golden jali-work, glass-shard hangings, blown-glass lamps, and a ceiling covered in patches of jute work. Our table for two along a wall, which has velvet comfort sofas, is one step up and designed to give us privacy and enough space to sprawl like cats. The mosquito repellent under the table is a bit of a hindrance to our olfactory nerves, though. But once ask them to, the staff pulls it out.