Name: At This Buffet Restaurant, You Pay As You Wish
Uploaded: 2020-06-30T10:00:15.000Z
Duration: 4 min 3 s
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We have people who come in and give $2 for a buffet meal

I don't think it really matters how much everyone gives

We always make enough for us to open the next day

Annalakshmi is an Indian vegetarian restaurant

that functions on the (Hindu) philosophy of 'Atithi Devo Bhava'

So tomorrow, if god were to come to your house

you wouldn't give god a bill at the end of the day

For a lot of people, the first thing that comes to mind is

to anyone without them having to worry about the money

Initially, when I first started out volunteering here

It would really make me very angry and upset

to see people giving $5 for a (buffet) meal

This guy gave a very small amount for his meal

It was at that point that I really thought to myself

you know, it was so easy for me to judge the person

what was going on in their own personal lives

I realised that it's not my job to question how much people give

the money will come when it needs to come

Because you need the thosai to actually stick a little bit

For lunch time, you can see me behind the thosai counter

It's not like a teppanyaki bar or something like that

being at the live station helps me communicate with people

Indians, especially, giving a lot of wrong information

to people who don't know much about thosai

For example, we have a special type of thosai

which are actually two different styles of thosai

so I'm always happy to stand there and correct them

but I always knew I wanted to help people

there's nothing more important in life than your own peace of mind

and your own mental and personal happiness

[Chopping sounds] [Indian Instrumental Playing]

were one of the first few volunteers to come in

Seeing my grandparents come here and effortlessly

it was a group of grandmothers and mothers who came together

it feels like they are being fed by a loved one

but today you helped me remember my mother."

It's because the volunteers who come here are so involved

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At This Buffet Restaurant, You Pay As You Wish

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