Service isn't an alien concept for Mukesh Talwar. After all, he did serve the country for 15 years as a marine engineer with the Indian Navy. "I was eligible for pension after that [compulsory service], and I was just 32. I wanted to do more and was inclined towards business, so I ventured into the textile industry," the 57-year-old reminisces. When the business began incurring losses Talwar considered opening a cloud kitchen, Punjab Da Chulha, which specialises in Amritsari food.

"I always enjoyed cooking, and realised that no one was serving authentic chole and kulcha in Mumbai, so I felt it might be a nice idea to begin something on those lines," Talwar shares looking back at how he began his venture three years ago even as he gears up to usher his patrons into a newly opened venue in Juhu where his erstwhile kitchen stands in flesh and blood, in the form of a food truck.