Last week, we got a fat hamper, holding a card that announced: "The cat's out of the bag." It took us a few days to do justice to its contents — decadent brownies, airy sour dough, baguettes, chocolat au pain and a honey mustard sauce that won our heart, among other goodies.

On the second day of Ganesh Chaturthi, when the meme: "Dear Ganesha, it is supposed to be your visarjan not ours" did the rounds, the hamper sets us on a trek to Lower Parel. We spot the few cats that got out of the bags loitering in the alley of a revamped Smoke House Deli 2.0. The minimalist décor with new and improved illustrations in red, white and black by Priya Dali make the space seem more open.

Chef JD Mukherjee, who joined Impresario a year ago, looks chuffed for he has pulled off a sincere attempt to create a New World European menu along with a Goodness to Go (GTG) section that reminds us of our beloved Pret A Manger, the UK chain of healthy sandwiches and good eats.