Gowri Pande Biryani House

Down on 60 Feet Road in Gajuwaka, you will find Gowri Pande Biryani House. We are right across from the AR Grand Hotel. It is a dusty part of Visakhapatnam with all the trucks and traffic, but people still find their way to us for a meal. We spend most of the morning chopping onions and getting the meat ready for the big pots. The smell of the spices usually hangs in the air even before we open the shutters. We are not a big fancy place with air conditioning or soft music. It is mostly just the sound of the big metal spoons hitting the pots and people talking loudly. We have some wooden tables and stools where folks sit down to eat. Most of our customers are workers from the nearby industries or people living in the colony. They want a plate that fills them up after a long shift. We use a lot of rice every single day. Sometimes we get a bit overwhelmed during the Sunday lunch rush. Everyone seems to want their food at the exact same time. We do a lot of parcels too. People pull up on their bikes, grab a bag, and head off quickly. The floor gets a bit greasy sometimes, so we have to scrub it down every night. My brother handles the cash while I stay near the kitchen area. It is a small operation. We just keep the stoves burning.