Zorawar Kalra is a quick learner. After the Kamala Mills fire of December 2017 caused restaurants to shut shop and move out, he waited with Kode and planned his next move. The brown and beige façade of the former restaurant is dressed in a bright pink flower cascade. The space now houses a retro Chinese offering which opens doors on January 11. "Welcome to ShangHigh; you're in for a surprise," says Kalra, dressed casually in a leather jacket [he's flown in from cold Delhi].

Once inside, our eyes fall on the bright fuchsia lights around the bar, and paintings of dragons on the side wall. A two-faced red dragon installation is suspended from the ceiling in the main seating section near the open kitchen that has optional wooden dividers. A line of lanterns create an ambience of a Shanghai supper club.