Malhotra Sushi

We are located over in Panchwati Colony on Kalwar Road, which isn't the first place you’d think to find a sushi spot in Jhotwara. The kitchen is small and it gets quite warm when we are prepping everything for the day. I spend a lot of time making sure the rice is just right, which is harder than it looks when the humidity changes. We don’t have a big dining room with fancy lights. It’s more of a local setup where you can see us working right behind the counter at Malhotra Sushi. My hands are usually busy with fish and seaweed while the radio plays in the background. It took a while for people in this part of town to get used to what we were doing, but now we have a few regulars who come in from the neighborhood. The street outside is always noisy with traffic from Kalwar Road, but inside we just focus on the food. I usually have to go out early to find the best ingredients, which can be a bit of a trek. There are always boxes of supplies stacked up in the corner because we don't have much storage space. It’s a bit cramped and the floor is always a little wet from cleaning, but it’s a good place to work. We just keep our heads down and make the rolls one by one. It’s honest work and we like being here.