On a Tuesday afternoon, we set out to try the ‘Gourmet’, ‘funky’ Asian food joint, Go Panda, located at Lokhandwala.
A gourmet meal is a fine-dining experience with high-end cutlery, and the food involves high-quality or exotic ingredients tossed in skilled preparation. So, we are rather confused when we walk into the self-service eatery, which serves its food in thermocol trays and take-away boxes.

Phathimlai is potato fries tossed in a honey garlic tangy sauce

Done up in red, black and white colours, there are high chairs along a community table inside, and four other tables in the outer area. We decide to sit out in the open. For a month-old space, the red paint on the tables has already chipped at places and the floor is in dire need of a mopping.