Oriental Chinese Cafe

Our little cafe is in Trichy, specifically Kattur. We are at 75/2 Anna Tower, on the ground floor. It’s right on Tanjore Main Road. If you see Joshi & Joshi, we are opposite that. Kailash Nagar is just there too. We make Chinese food, or at least our version of it that people here in Trichy like. It’s a small place. I started it because I wanted to work for myself and I knew how to cook. We have a few tables for people to sit at. Most people just take their food home in parcels. It’s busy in the evenings when everyone is coming back from work and doesn't want to cook at home. The stove is always going and it gets loud. Trichy can be very humid, so the kitchen gets quite sweaty. I do the cooking mostly. My cousin helps with the orders and handles the cash. We don't have a website or anything like that. People just know where we are by looking for Anna Tower. It’s a good landmark. We’ve been serving the Kattur neighborhood for a while now. It’s simple food like fried rice and noodles with different spices. We don't use anything too fancy. It’s just a regular local cafe. Sometimes we run out of certain ingredients and have to tell people we're out of a dish, but that's rare. We just keep it honest. It’s a lot of work but we like it.