Malan Gharguti Khanaval

If you go to the A Ward area of Kolhapur, you will find Malan Gharguti Khanaval. The exact address is 1834 A Ward on Tarabai Road. We are located right opposite Urmila Talkies. It’s an old part of town and we’ve been here for a good bit. We call it a khanaval because that’s what it is—a simple place for home-style food. We don’t have a big staff or a corporate structure. It’s mostly just family and a little extra help when we need it. The atmosphere is very basic, like eating at someone’s house. We don’t use fancy plates or have air conditioning. We just have fans and wooden tables. The pin code is 416003. Being across from the talkies means we see a lot of people coming and going for the movies. It gets quite lively in the evenings. We spend our mornings buying vegetables and meat from the local market. There is no grand plan here, we just want to cook food that tastes right. Sometimes the kitchen gets really hot, but we stay at it. We don't have a website or anything like that. People just walk in because they are hungry and they know the name. It’s a honest way to earn a living. We just keep doing what we do every single day without much fuss. That is how we have always operated the place.