Spinach shakshuka at LPQ; Granola chunks at Salt Water Caf; A doppio espresso at Soho House Mumbai. Pic/Ashish Raje

We join them at one of their regular haunts, Salt Water Cafe, where they order without really looking at the menu: homemade granola chunks, eggs florentine, bacon pancake, Earl Grey tea and two shots of Kalledevarapura espresso on ice with cold milk and sugar syrup. "You'll be surprised by how much we eat," says Isaac. Kapoor moved to the city in 2016, and Isaac in 2017. "She helped me find my flat and before we knew it, we were neighbours," says Isaac. "So, Saturday mornings became our way of [catching up]. It's so funny, you can live in the same building and just not see each other 'coz your lives get so busy." The first place they picnicked was La Folie Lab in 2017. To this day, they remember what they ate: Isaac had the mushroom omelette; Kapoor had the scramble. "We are crazy foodies. You have no idea," says Kapoor.

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While both love to eat, their tastes naturally differ. Isaac says, "Anushree orders the healthiest food on the menu, and I order the cheesiest, baconiest, most extravagant thing. She's more likely to order salad, granola and cereal, and I call myself the cereal offender." Which is why one of her favourite places is Mavs Cakes & Bakes on Waroda Road. "But, you should order her food when you have 10 people coming over. It's great to feed the masses. Her ham and cheese roll-up is a heart attack on toast." Another duo favourite is Prakash Shakahari Upahar Kendra in Dadar. "It is as old school as it gets," says Kapoor. "The people are still in light-blue uniforms. It's just about 17 things on the menu. It's Maharashtrian with items from before the time of Portuguese influences. For example, they have the vada, but not the pav." The breakfast joints they haven't warmed up to, such as Kettle & Keg and Grandmama's Cafe, are labelled "Amul Cheese and Kissan Tomato" places. "Actually, a lot of people love Grandmama's Cafe," says Kapoor. "But, I think that's a food aesthetic, which is not ours. Because Grandmama's kind of breakfast you can easily make at home with very less effort."

The time they spend together has another cherry on the cake. "Enjoying food is a major part of being in the present," says Kapoor. "A lot of people who don't enjoy their food, eat just for the sake of eating. Our breakfasts work in very magical ways. We were discovering Bandra and Mumbai, but I think our conversations became very rich." Isaac says, "Both of us were in a certain phase in our lives when we moved here. We were living in the same city together after eight years, and our lives had taken all sorts of strange twists and turns. We used our breakfast time to go over all that stuff. To actually dig deep and figure out what we plan to do in the future." Kapoor says, "What we feel after that breakfast is like a day well spent." And, Isaac adds, "We feel like we've had a therapy session."

Your morning fix

Salt Water Cafe's omelettes and eggs Benedict
Kapoor's Review: "They get it right every time, which is very hard because in poaching, you can either overdo or under-do it."

The Nutcracker's Turkish eggs and truffle scrambled eggs
Kapoor's Review: "One of their waiters told me, 'Madam, we follow Nigella Lawson's recipe only.'"

Poetry by Love and Cheesecake's eggs blackstone and avocado croissant
Isaac's Review: "We were surprised. It was one of those places you walk in and not expect to have a great breakfast. But it was excellent."

Oye Kiddan's parathas
Kapoor's Review: "They are incredible: very fresh and not very thick."

The Village Shop's kheema pav and potato rosti
Isaac's Review: "[Those dishes] were outstanding. They had a strawberry granola that was really something you'd remember."

Koinonia's espresso, cortado and Vietnamese iced coffee
Isaac's Review: "I go to Koinonia every weekend because I know I will get a coffee that I love."

Cafe Condi has the "freshest crepes and pesto," says Isaac

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