Pakvan Dining Hall

We've been here in Ellisbridge for a while now, right across from VS Hospital. It's a busy corner of Ahmedabad, especially with people coming and going from the hospital all day long. The Tulip building is where we set up. Most days, it’s just about keeping things moving. We start early to get the kitchen ready. There’s always someone coming in looking for a meal, maybe they’re visiting someone at the hospital or they work nearby in one of the offices. It gets pretty loud during lunch. We try to keep the tables clean, but sometimes it's hard when it's packed. The staff has been with us for a bit, so they know the drill. We don't do anything too fancy. It's just a dining hall where people sit down and eat. You can hear the traffic from the road outside even when the doors are shut. Sometimes the power goes out for a minute and we have to sort that out. It’s just the usual stuff you deal with running a place in this part of town. We see a lot of regular faces. Some people come in every single day. We know their names and what they usually like. It’s not a quiet place, but it works for us and the people who live around here. We’re just part of the neighborhood, really. Nothing more, nothing less.