Visakhapatnam: Vizag City’s bustling street food culture has an unexpected but pleasant addition. Its family bakers are setting up weekend stalls along popular streets to offer affordable cuisine while pursuing their passion for baking.
Now, coastal cities have 250-300 street food stalls, and about 40-50 are operated by family bakers. Cooking entrepreneurs for these weekends can be found in Rushikonda, Sagar Nagar, Park Hotel Junction, Old Arain Road and NAD Street Food Aregy. They usually run from Saturday and Sunday from 5pm to 10pm.
Among these entrepreneurs are young women from nearby villages who have found their way to financial independence by baking. A software engineer takes care of family responsibilities through cooking wishes, keeping his company 9-5 during workdays while running a bustling food stall over the weekends.
One of the entrepreneurs is Micky, A B.Sc. Students managing their own baking stalls on Park Hotel Junction over the weekend. He specializes in croissants and pancakes, ensuring his own price minimum (starting at Rs 80) so that street food lovers from all walks of life can enjoy his baked goods.
For siblings Taslim and Faiza, their weekend cheesecake stalls represent the pursuit of passion and overcoming family resistance. “My family doesn’t like cooking as my profession,” Taslin said.
