Ever wondered if the Haas avocados from Peru, Mexico or New Zealand are really worth the significantly heftier price tag as compared to their humbler South Indian counterparts? Or, if a rustic caviar was better suited to your dinner party than, say, a buttered or a pressed alternative? What if you could not only obtain accurate answers to these ephemeral questions but also stock your pantry with the top-shelf versions of every essential (and indulgence) under the same roof? And, what if you could savour produce that has a better-travelled passport than you, in ingredient-forward preparations, rustled up in a live kitchen even before you paid for your purchases? That’s exactly what Food Square — a gourmet food destination that’s replaced erstwhile Food Hall on Linking Road — purports to do.

A plate of avacado and halloumi fries