Our curiosity was aroused when we called up SoBo's China Garden, Nelson Wang's enduring legacy at Kemp's Corner, to book a table and were told by the nice man at the desk, "And you do know our admission policy - no shorts and no children."

Now given that half pants were not our usual attire and neither was it that of most Mumbaikars, we wondered why it had been stated so specifically. Now we know. Apparently, India's beloved funny man, the irrepressible Cyrus Broacha, has been carrying on a running battle against the eatery ever since he was denied entrance because of his sartorial discrepancy last month.