The restaurant also introduces modern touches, including Guntur chili chicken bao and coconut fried chicken bites.
The drink program includes wines selected to complement Indian spices, including Riesling, Albariño, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir options.
For decades, New York City’s dining scene has thrived on reinvention, with chefs borrowing across cultures as naturally as neighborhoods blend into one another.
But now, in the age of Instagram and TikTok, dining has increasingly become performance art, with restaurants pairing traditional techniques and contemporary influences to create meals designed to engage every sense.
“Now we have to use the element of five senses,” Sharma said. “It has to look good, it has to feel good, the texture has to be there.”