Baba Ling in Bangalore

You are the discerning diva. You can tell at a glance if the Miu Miu bag came from Manila or Milan. Just as your palate can make out if pomegranate reduction was slow-cooked, or rushed with roux.

If your senses are tired of loud music, garish lighting and con-food, hop across to Nanking. After Mumbai and Delhi, super-restaurateur Baba Ling’s newest baby is wooing namma Bengaluru with classic Cantonese cuisine.

Starters that whet the appetite, not vanquish it. Stirfries with just the right bite, not overdone indistinguishables. Pork ribs that fall apart at the merest touch of a chopstick.

And the seafood, which had our Trendy Taster all a-tingle. Fish, of course, but also lobsters, crabs and other marine creatures that you can single out in their tank for transportation to your table. For a two-in-one experience, try the half-and-half prawns, two dishes on one plate.

The service is quick and unobtrusive, but steal moments between courses to appreciate anew the niceness of spacious seating and subtle lighting. It’s perfect for date dinners.

Like your relationship, this is the real thing.

Nanking, 2nd floor, Sigma Mall, Cunningham Road, Bangalore. Telephone: 41472281, 41472282. Average meal for two: Rs. 1,200. Liquor licence awaited.