The shop La Maison Rose, is like a mini bazaar, with four shops (I think) tucked into one old colonial era house. Everything is gorgeous. I loved seeing some products by Tse et Tse Associees, whose work I love. My wife nearly lost her mind every time we went to this place: she was in seventh heaven.
We had lunch at La Caravelle twice and dinner once. The gazpacho soup is superb. And they make a killer cup of coffee. Apparently the restaurant and bar are owned by three French partners. The attention to detail at this place is stunning: every thing you look at is just beautiful: the colours, the furniture, the way they lay the tables and serve the food, the flowers, the chairs, even the brightly coloured woven tissue box in the bathrooms! You can just sit there for hours and feel giddy off how beautiful the mise en scene is. At one lunch, they were playing this beautiful piece of music, that totally synched with the 36 degrees heat and two strong coffees and my mood, so I asked the waiter what it was and he came back with a note saying it was 'Tere Bina' by A.R.Rahman with Chinmayee, from the Bollywood movie, Guru. Back in London, I downloaded the track and now when I play it, I'm transported straight back to that lunch at La Caravelle.
