Kerala Food Channel

We’ve been running Kerala Food Channel out of this spot at Kalkaji 1220/52 for a while now. It’s not one of those big fancy restaurants you see in the malls. It’s just a small kitchen where we cook the kind of food we know best. Being in Kalkaji, we get all sorts of people coming in. Some are just looking for a quick lunch while others miss the taste of food from back home in the south. We spend a lot of our time back there in the kitchen, dealing with the heat and the steam. We don’t have a big team of waiters or anyone to do marketing. It’s just us. The walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint, and the tables aren't anything special, but we try to keep the place clean enough for folks to sit down and eat. We get our spices and rice delivered, and we just get to work. Some days are better than others. Sometimes the curry comes out just right, and other times we’re running behind because the delivery was late. That’s just life in a small shop. We don’t really have a big plan for the future or anything. We just want to keep the stove going and serve the neighborhood. It’s a lot of work, and our hands are usually busy with something, but we’ve gotten used to the routine. We don't have fancy menus with photos. If you’re walking past 1220/52, you’ll probably smell what we’re cooking before you see the sign. It's just simple food for people who are hungry.