(Clockwise from top left) Sakura, Tout Chocolate, Jardin and Paris Brest. Pics/Bipin Kokate

"Let's begin with the dessert dégustation," says chef Sanjana Patel as she sharpens the edge of a knife. On cue, we shift our attention from an intriguing installation — a number of hands protruding from the wall, engaged in techniques that go into making confectionary — to an inviting platter laid out in front of us. We are seated under the warm glow of exposed light bulbs and lamps designed like bowl gardens at La Folie Lab's latest outpost that opens in Kamala Mills tomorrow.