Bikaner Sweets Corner

Bikaner Sweets Corner is over in Mangolpuri at H-23-24. We open the shutters early when the air is still a little cool. The glass cases get filled up with different sweets we made the night before or first thing in the morning. It’s a lot of work standing on the tiled floor all day, but that’s just how the business goes. This part of Mangolpuri is always moving, and we are right there in the thick of it at the H-block. People stop in for a quick bite or to take a box home for their families. We don’t do much advertising; the smell of the sugar and the frying usually does the job for us. The counters get sticky sometimes, and we’re always wiping them down with old cloths. It’s a simple setup with bright lights and a lot of steel trays. We know most of the people who live in the nearby houses because they’ve been coming here for years. The guys in the back are always busy with the large vats and heavy spoons. It’s not a quiet place, especially when the evening rush starts and everyone wants something at the same time. We just try to keep the trays full and the floor swept. We have boxes of all sizes stacked against the wall. Sometimes we get the order slightly wrong when it's busy, but we fix it. It’s just a corner shop at H-23-24 doing the same things every single day.