India, Feb. 7 -- Petite, feminine, pretty, candy floss - some of the words that come crowding around as soon as we ascend the steps to reach Tera Vita, a new restaurant in Khan Market. Done up in shades of pink and blue, the restaurant has small niches, quirky posters and more which add to its hip young image ideal for a girls' night out. It has an old-world charm which transports you to a corner of Europe. Certainly a place where you can click Instagram-worthy images.

The brain behind the restaurant is the very young and affable Chahat Jain, who tells us it was two things that inspired her to start the place. Having travelled the world, she felt that there were certain segments in food that lacked authenticity in India and she wanted to...