New Udipi Hotel

Byculla is where we set up. New Udipi Hotel is on Muddappa Road 295. It’s a narrow street, and it gets packed with people walking to the station. We see them every morning, rushing along. We are already busy by then. The kitchen is small but we make it work. There is always steam in the air. It makes your hair curl. We use metal plates mostly. They make a loud noise when you stack them. New Udipi Hotel isn't a place with velvet chairs or anything. It’s just benches and fans on the ceiling. The fans are old and they click a bit as they spin. We don’t mind. Muddappa Road 295 is a good address for us. We know the milkman and the newspaper guy. They stop by every day. We don’t do any fancy advertising. If you’re in Byculla and you’re hungry, you just find us. We keep the water jars filled and the floor mopped. It's a lot of physical work. My back ached when I first started, but you get used to it. We don't have a big corporate office telling us what to do. We just do what needs doing. When the day is over, we wipe down the last table and turn off the stove. It’s quiet then. Byculla feels different when the shops are closed. We’ll be back tomorrow to do it all again. There's always more work to be done, so we don't worry about much else but keeping things moving forward.