Suneheri Magic Chicken

If you’re walking down Salapose Road in Ahmedabad, you’ll probably smell the kitchen before you see us. Suneheri Magic Chicken is right near the Sunheri Masjid. It’s a busy spot, especially with the Relief Cinema right across from us. People are always coming and going. We spend most of our day prepping in the back. It gets pretty hot near the stoves but that’s just part of the work. I’ve lived around here for a long time and seen the neighborhood change, but the hunger for good food stays the same. We aren't trying to be some five-star place with white tablecloths. We just have chairs and tables and plenty of napkins. My cousins help out sometimes when it gets really packed after a movie ends at the cinema. You see all sorts of people here, from students to folks just finished with work. Sometimes we run out of things early if it’s a big night, which is a bit of a headache but it happens. We try to keep the floor swept and the counters wiped down as much as we can. It’s a lot of manual labor and long hours on our feet. But being right here on Salapose Road feels right. It's loud and messy and full of life. We just open up the shutters every morning and get the fires going. That’s our life here really.