The channel may be best remembered for bringing anorexic models clad in Chanel and Valentino to the Indian living room, but at the F Bar & Kitchen at Cyber City, Gurgaon, it is all about a different category of haute dishes: an impressive mix of oriental stir fries and European platters, with fusion food thrown in. You would find salmon steaks, flavoured with yogurt and pink peppers and char-grilled in tandoor, olive murg tikkas and mozzarella kulchas.

Bharat Sheth, COO of FTV India, loves to call “it world cuisine”. “F Bar & Kitchen brings a new concept in luxury dining and space while keeping the elements of fashion and style intact,” he says.

On a nippy evening, we began with Mountain Garlic Soup (Rs 125), a viscous brew of mushrooms with a warm garlic flavour. We skipped the tikkas and burrahs in the tandoori section and headed for sautéed chicken wings with thick, ruby-red pomegranate molasses, a common ingredient in Middle Eastern cooking, and prawns served with fresh cilantro chutney. The Turkish pizza (Rs 395), with its thin crust topped with minced mutton minus mozzarella and tomato base, tasted different though the side helpings of oregano and chilli flakes were a mismatch.

Caesar salads with six different options were good and the portions worked well for one. Among the entrées, chicken and mushroom stew with tomatoes and red wine (Rs 450) was sumptuous. The tangy flavour of this thick brown stew went well with the mildly flavoured saffron risotto. Pastas come in many choices, and the dessert section buzzes with tiramisu and chocolate lava cakes.

The service could be a little disappointing. Even on a Monday night when the lounge was sparsely occupied, it took several minutes before we got our batch of glossy-black leatherette menus and our orders arrived a quarter-hour later. If you run out of topics to chat, you can stare at the 14 LCD fixtures on the walls, showing skimpily clad models, while a deejay plays live music.

Spread over 6,000 sq ft, it is tastefully furnished in ivory and amber, with bright crystal chandeliers over head. The F Bar & Kitchen also has a private lounging space called F Prive that offers signature dishes in a classic European setting. It plans to introduce membership schemes soon. Till that happens, choose between the couture diner or the stylish lounge; fashion is no longer the privilege of a pampered few.