There’s only one place in town where you get a saag wild mushroom dwaffle (dosa plus waffle), and it’s at Pondi Bake Lab. This bakery and cafe above Pondicheri serves a mix of Indian street food and pastries, and everything is so beautiful you’ll feel like you’re seeing color for the first time. Despite being crammed into a multi-use apartment megaplex in Upper Kirby, it’s basically a chic industrial treehouse that’s perfumed with saffron and hibiscus. There are rows upon rows of chili-laced cookies, turmeric-colored cheesecakes, toast plates, and curries blanketed in fresh herbs and pomegranate seeds. Everyone here is lounging on plush benches, sipping green juice or iced masala chais, and enjoying forkfuls of masala eggs or chai pie. This may be a kaleidoscope, or an Eden, but whether you’re taking a long lunch or picking up cookies to go, anything you order here makes you a more interesting version of yourself.