I can`t wait for all this to pass, so I can return to “social distancing” on my own terms.’ Etched on a pair of wooden, saloon-style doors leading to the restaurant’s restrooms, this quote is a truism we’re living by today. Dining companion-bereft (due to a last-minute ditch), we play the part of a solo diner at our table and at Recca; the ennui is exacerbated by the gloomy, rainy weekday afternoon we choose to drop by.

Never once making us feel conscious or uncomfortable in our forced solitude, the restaurant’s waiting staff lavish their undivided attention on us, as they help us navigate their interesting, eclectic menu conceptualised by chef Sabyasachi Gorai of Lavaash, Delhi and Byg Brewski of Bengaluru. The Euro-Mediterranean cuisine restaurant takes patrons through the Levant, Greece and Armenia, with a few stopovers in Spain and Portugal.