Shiv Sagar Fast Food

We’re over at Mission Road Bajaj Road 30/1, running Shiv Sagar Fast Food. It’s a small place, and it gets pretty loud when the lunch rush starts. We’ve got those stainless steel tables that are easy to wipe down because things get messy fast. People come in for pav bhaji or a quick plate of noodles. The kitchen is right there, so you can hear the spatulas hitting the griddle all day long. We don’t have a big menu, just the stuff people usually ask for. It’s a lot of standing on our feet and moving between the counter and the stove. We get all kinds of people, from laborers to office folks, all looking for something quick to eat before they head back out. The Mission Road area is always busy, so there’s a lot of noise from the street coming in through the door. We don’t have air conditioning, just a couple of ceiling fans that spin as fast as they can to keep the air moving. We’ve been here for a while now and we know the rhythms of the street, like when the traffic is going to be worst. We just keep the water jars filled and the plates moving. It’s just a regular fast food joint where we try to keep things simple and get people fed. We close up once we finish cleaning everything at night and then do it all again the next day.