Chefs Viraf and Prakriti Patel’s new restaurant concentrates on the unexplored culinary heritage
of the Himalayan region
Sherene Vakil
The high-altitude flavors of Himalayan cuisine are celebrated in Across, the newest fine dining restaurant of celebrity chefs Viraf Patel and his wife Prakriti Lama Patel in the Kala Ghoda art precinct. "We often fear what we do not understand. When Prakriti and I got married 18 years ago, I wasn’t sure what to expect when it came to the cuisines from her Himalayan heritage,” Viraf told Parsiana. "However, as I began to explore and appreciate these dishes, I grew to love them more and more. At the same time, as she embraced the flavors of my Parsi heritage, I......