Cafe Spotting #7: Cupcakes Amore

Kavita Chesetty who ran the epicurean magazine Malli now devotes herself to implementing baking techniques an Italian imparted. Fluffy mini pizzas and disarming doughnuts are created with home-made yeast. Her cupcakes are so well-travelled they’ve been known to appear in NYC. If the very lovely Kavita kidnaps you for home-cooked South Indian food spiced with anecdotes of how her family regaled British monarchs, don’t resist! Otherwise, Chennai’s chichi rock up in Versace for the cafe’s homestyle lunches — with fresh-fresh pav payas, sanaas and stew, khow suey and shepherd’s pie, Kavita’s got a finger in every pie.