Blah"sphemy"

Two dishes into my meal, I realised that Kaspers is a restaurant that defies logic. A four month old restaurant shouldn’t be in the conversation as one of India’s best restaurants. But Kaspers most definitely belongs in that conversation. It’s up there with The Table and Kikli and Navu as the best à la carte menus in India.  Kasper’s a lively, packed little space, a place that feels both intimate and buzzing, where you walk in and you feel a jolt of energy, an expectation of a good time. And that’s exactly what you get with both the food and drinks. I find Will Aghajanian a genius of a chef, and part of his genius comes from the confidence and lack of “showing off” with which he creates dishes. His creativity doesn’t manifest itself in big ideas but in little details. There’s no pressure to come up with a dish that no one has ever thought of. But there are creative flourishes, minor improvisations, that come together to create dishes and flavours that feel completely original, that...