Maria adds pork vindaloo to the brun pao as Lolita Sarkar looks on. Pic/PRADEEP DHIVAR

Maria Goretti has always fancied running her own bakery, aimed at tempting passersby with mouth-watering aroma of freshly baked bread and muffins. Only, she would like to down shutters each day by five pm. "This, I believe could be a bad business venture because nobody shuts their cafe at 5 pm, not in Mumbai, at least. But I want to go back home and have a life beyond work," says the former MTV VJ, as she pets Ziggy, her year-old Labrador who's happily plonked at her feet. The work-life balance, she says, is why she ditched the idea and instead teamed up with Lolita Sarkar, owner of Desi Deli, to curate the Andheri outlet's new brunch menu.