, the restaurant was busy with a very much family orientated clientele: suited grandfathers and well-heeled grandmothers were dining en famille with their children and grandchildren, all no doubt elegantly attired from the chic local boutiques like Bonpoint

for the “Healthy” option. The waitress commented on the amount of noodles that I’d left and offered to change them for thinner Japanese rice noodles or extra vegetables if I’d prefer (both are available as an alternative), but I was saving myself for dessert. While

Procuring the top table at a restaurant usually means you have the plum seats from which to survey all comers. At Bangalore Express, it means you can take your seat in a ‘floating’ booth, reached by a bunk-bed style ladder. A perfect enticement, you

ponder the other appetising choices, but invariably fall back on my favourite, in this case, a flattened breaded chicken breast with a green salad. We always try to save room for a little dessert because we know how good they are. In this instance

that children eat with the family, no?”He’s absolutely right, of course, but I can’t help feeling a slight sense of trepidation at the prospect of taking Joe into the refined setting of Blanc’s haute cuisine restaurant. Our table for three is booked for 7.15pm