Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design ‘s concept for La Folie Lab traces the ingredients from the outdoors to the plate, emphasising the freshness of the food in all aspects. The entrance of this Mumbai restaurant is like a terrace garden, with a porch. It has a resin-tiled façade, with exotic ingredients such as Tahitian vanilla pods and candied oranges \'petrified\' in the resin. The bar is like a live kitchen space, where customers can see how their order is being put together. Concrete tiles in grey, black and white are laid on the floor in a herringbone pattern, with different concentrations of colour subtly demarcating the spaces within the walls. From dark in the customer area, they progress to a lighter tone in the service area and climb up one wall. Architect Rooshad Shroff experimented with someone who makes perfumes, to create a smell which makes people hungrier. To this end, there is a large 7 ft x 2.5 ft diffuser suspended from the ceiling. The aesthetic apart from successfully achieving a balancing act by being clinical and appropriately living up to the \'Lab\' in the name of the restaurant, is also welcoming at the same time.
