Everyone knows him in Jodhpur. Patrons can pass many convivial hours at the Omelette Shop reading testimonials in the 15-odd notebooks stacked somewhere between the egg cartons and the cold drinks.
"Every three months, we need a new notebook," he said, "that'll tell you how many customers we get daily!"
There were also bundles of postcards he's received from travelers, all of them addressed to: Omelette Shop, under Clock Tower, Jodhpur India. That's all it took for the mail to reach him!
Pretenders to the throne have sprung up everywhere. The one next door declares that it too is highly recommended - by a Japanese guidebook relatively unknown in India.
But Gawlani's unperturbed: "They can sell as many eggs as they like, I'm the only one who the world knows as Omelette Man!"
Image: Ramkishan Gawlani reckons he now cracks open about 1,000 eggs a day. | Photograph: Tanushree Punwani/Reuters
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