Jaya Ice Cream & Fast Foods

The shop is tucked into the Main Bazar area, at 4/54-57 on Old Badvel Road in Giddaluru. Being in the market means it stays pretty crowded from morning till night. We do the fast food on one side and the ice cream on the other. Sometimes it gets a bit chaotic when someone wants a hot snack and a cold cone at the same time. The air smells like frying oil and sweet syrup most of the day. We have these plastic chairs that we have to keep moving around so people can sit. It’s a bit of a tight squeeze when a big group comes in. I usually spend the afternoons prepping the ingredients while the sun is hitting the front of the shop. The Old Badvel Road is always dusty, so we’re constantly wiping down the counters. It feels like as soon as we clean one spot, another layer of dust settles. But that’s just how it is in the bazaar. We see all kinds of people, from shoppers to bus drivers. The evenings are the best part when it cools down a little and the lights in the market come on. We stay busy until the shutters go down. It’s a lot of standing on your feet, but we’re used to it. My cousin helps me with the billing when things get too fast. We have to keep the stove going for the snacks and the freezers going for the sweets, which makes the electric bill high. Jaya Ice Cream & Fast Foods stays open as long as there are people in the bazaar.