Goli Vada Pav No 1

We are down in the basement of Cross Road Plaza, shop number 11. This is on Faizabad Road in the Mahanagar area of Lucknow. It’s an interesting spot because we are right near the Mahanagar girls college and just opposite the Badshah Nagar railway station. So, we get a lot of students and people catching trains. The basement stays a bit cooler than the street, which is nice during the Lucknow summers. It’s not a big place, just enough room to get the frying done and serve the customers. We hear the trains coming and going all day long. The students come in groups between their classes, and they are usually in a hurry. We’ve gotten fast at what we do because of them. It’s a humble little shop. We don’t have any decorations to speak of, just the counter and the kitchen stuff. The plaza has other shops too, but we mostly just stick to our corner. Being near the station means we see people from all over. It’s a bit of a trek down the stairs, but people find us. We’ve been here at 226006 for some time now. It’s just a regular job for us, making sure the food is hot when the train passengers arrive. There's always some noise from the road and the station, but you get used to it after a few weeks working here. That's just our daily routine.