Don't call us veterans, yaar," Riyaaz Amlani of Impresario Group quips, adding, "It's a tag for people whose career is over." Point taken, we catch up with the illustrious line-up that will be debuting at The A Club's Turning Tables Sunday Brunch, titled Return Of The Veterans, in collaboration with Food With Benefits. These are some of the names that caused a watershed moment in Bombay's food scene, starting from the 1990s, when Rahul Akerkar's Indigo moved the party to standalone restaurants from five-stars in 1999. AD Singh's Olive made the SoBo crowd drive all the way to Bandra for a meal in 2000, and in the same year, Riyaaz Amlani's Mocha Café in 2000 turned hanging out into an occasion.

Romil Ratra