Poodar Mishtan Bhandar

We have been here at Johari Bazar Gopal Ji Ka Rasta 1245 for a long time now. People around here know Poodar Mishtan Bhandar. It's just a regular shop where we make sweets every morning. The staff comes in early, usually while it's still dark out. We set out the trays and get the stove going. Sometimes it gets really busy in the lanes of Gopal Ji Ka Rasta, especially during the festivals. Most of our regulars just stop by on their way home from work. It’s a small place, nothing fancy at all. We just focus on getting the milk and sugar right every single day. The kitchen is always warm and smells like cardamom. It feels like a second home to most of us who work here. You can hear the noise from the market outside all day long. It’s noisy but we actually quite like it. We have a few wooden benches for people to sit down. Some stay for a bit to chat, others just grab a box and go. We don't really do any big advertisements or anything like that. Most people find us because they live nearby or their parents used to come here when they were kids. Everything is kept very simple. We clean up every night and start over the next day. Sometimes we run out of things by evening, but that’s just how it goes here. It’s just part of the routine. We’ve seen the street change over the years, but 1245 stays pretty much the same.