Shiv Shakthi Sweets Center

You can find Shiv Shakthi Sweets Center over on Saki Vihar Road in Doorvani Nagar. We are right in the middle of the Saki Naka area in Andheri East. It’s a very busy part of Mumbai, always cars honking and people walking by. We’ve been at this location for many years. We have the glass counters filled with all sorts of sweets and snacks. Some people just stop by for a quick snack while they are waiting for a rickshaw. We make everything in the back room. It’s a bit cramped back there with the big vats of milk and the sugar sacks. My father started this shop and now I run it with my younger brother. We have a few guys who have been making the sweets for us since I was a kid. They know the recipes by heart, they don't need to measure anything anymore. The morning time is for making the fresh batches, and the evening is when most people come to buy boxes to take home to their families. We get a lot of people during the festival seasons. Then it gets really crazy and we hardly have room to move. But on a normal day, it’s just a steady flow of people from the neighborhood. It’s a simple shop, nothing too fancy, just plenty of sugar and snacks. We like being part of the noise here in Saki Naka.