The restaurant opened on Friday, July 29, at 153-35B Hillside Avenue, between Parsons Boulevard and 155th Street, with a bigger menu that includes new labor-intensive and time-consuming street foods.

In the heart of bustling Dhanmondi, where car horns and cafe music mix in the summer air, a modest food cart stands surrounded by curious office-goers, students and families.

Between 2022 and 2023, food prices in Bangladesh jumped by 9%, the highest average rate in 12 years, according to the country’s Bureau of Statistics.