Brick Firewood Pizza

Our little pizza shop is over at Sigma City in Zirakpur. It’s Shop No 2, right there where people pass through to Chandigarh. The main thing here is the oven. It’s big and takes up a lot of space, and we use actual firewood to get it hot. Every morning someone has to haul the logs in and stack them up. It makes the whole place smell like smoke and toasted bread. The kitchen is small, so we’re usually bumping into each other when it gets busy. There’s flour everywhere, on our clothes and on the counters. We don't have a fancy menu or anything. We just make the dough fresh and hope the fire stays at the right temperature. Sometimes the wood is a bit damp and it takes forever to light, which is frustrating. The floor gets sticky from spilled soda and bits of cheese. We put out a few tables, but it’s mostly people from the local neighborhood popping in to grab something to take home. It’s loud because of the traffic outside and the crackling of the logs. We’ve had the same regulars for a while now. They know if they come late, we might be out of certain toppings. It’s just a simple spot. We don't use timers much, we just watch the crust turn brown and pull it out when it looks right. It’s hot work, but we like the routine of it.