Rude food by Vir Sanghvi: Welcome back, restaurants!

Yes, it’s time to eat out again and enjoy the full experience. As long as you follow physical distancing and remember to sanitise and wear a mask except while you’re eating!

This may sound like wishful thinking on my part, but I do believe that restaurants are staging a comeback. On Valentine’s Day weekend in Delhi, I hit four different restaurants to see how they were doing. I found that though Valentine’s Day eve (Saturday night) was better for the restaurant business than Valentine’s Day itself, the whole weekend was a triumph.

(Top) Gong Bao chicken at Hyatt Regency; Mai Bao restaurant was jam-packed for an event on Valentine’s Day

Le Cirque, Delhi, offered this stunning red-hued cake on Valentine’s Day

At the Hyatt Regency, China Kitchen is managing fine without expat Mainland chefs

To enjoy the last few sunny, but cool, Sundays of the season, the garden area at Elan at The Lodhi is ideal

Chef Kamlesh Singh cooking live at The Lodhi hotel, New Delhi