Radiant Restaurant(Hotel Radiant)

Radiant Restaurant is part of Hotel Radiant, located at 204 KH /23 E Ward in the Patankar Colony area. We are right on Station Road in New Shahupuri, so it stays pretty loud outside with the trains and the rickshaws. Being near Hotel Perl, we get a lot of people who are just passing through Kolhapur. The restaurant isn't something out of a magazine, it’s just a practical space for guests to sit down and eat. We’ve got the usual tables and the kitchen is right in the back. I’ve worked here long enough to know the sound of the morning train, which is usually when we start setting things up. We serve the people staying in the rooms and also folks who walk in off the street because they’re hungry from their travels. The menu is just things we know how to make well. We don’t try to do anything too complicated because it’s better to keep it simple. Sometimes the power goes out or the water delivery is late, but we manage somehow. It’s a regular business run by regular people. We spend a lot of time cleaning and making sure there's enough salt and spices in the pantry. It’s not a glamorous job, but it keeps us busy. We just want to make sure the food is hot when it hits the table and that everyone gets enough to eat before they head out.