The electronic music (dreamy loops), the big city (Paris), the wine, the views, the drifting clouds, the shimmering lights.

The temporary glass and steel restaurant accommodated 12 people at a time and existed in this location, the roof of Le Palais de Tokyo museum, in 2009.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...