Karachi Eat Is Back With A Bang!

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The seventh edition of the biggest eat festival – Karachi Eat 2020 is back with a bang. This year, there are more than 100 eateries to tempt foodies. The three-day festival will give a chance to food lovers to taste sweet, savory and delicious food till 12^th January at the Beach View Park.

The 100 plus food stalls are set up by big multinationals to startups or home-based businesses. Keeping in mind the haphazard of previous experiences, the organizers are more precautious and have made some changes to accommodate the crowd. There are clear signs for directions, entry, and exit to avoid the rush.

The eateries will include Chipseez, (introducing their signature Beetroot, Sweet Potato, Potato Chips), Zoya’s Kitchen giving Cannoli (Italian pastries) and Lemon Grass, introducing Crying Tiger, Rigos ice cream, Churrosity will have Churro Hot Dog, Cloud Naan will have Chicken Naan, Spicogetti will introduce their new starter Chic ‘N’ Cheese Spaghetti along with signature Khausa, Singaporean Rice and Wrappeite will give you Bread Bowl Lasagna.

Some very distinctive titles will also be at Karachi eat 2020. These will include Drty Dogs, Khichdi Express, Brew Factory, Abid Chatkhara, Punjabi Dhaba, Arabi’s, Clucky’s, Lemon Grass, Leena’s Cevapi, Burger Boss, and D’oh.

Following are some picks from Karachi Eat 2020 that you must try out,

Made Easy

For a yummy sweet dessert, visit Made Easy stall by National Food Ltd. Here you will find the tasty Royal Falooda. Made Easy is also offering delectable Bun sliders with a unique filling made up of Nihari, Karhai, and Tika Boti. Their other items include Chullu kebab and other BBQ wraps Scene on chaat Lebanese magmour and Kachori. You can win a Free biryani on a digital game at the stall.  

Ice Cream by Rigos

Select the base of ice cream asper your choice and Rigos will add two gold flakes.

Brew Factory

As the Karachi is witnessing extra windy weather, the Brew factory’s coffee is favourite among the foodies.

Khichdi Express

This traditional food stall is offering yummy dishes including the khichdi, poppadoms, bhagaray baingan, khattay aloo, chutney, etc.

Delina

Don’t forget to try their latest addition, the Hot Mess dessert. Taste the unique taste of Lotus crumble, layers of caramel sauce, cream and cake all covered in a delicious sauce made from condensed milk.

2 Guys 1 Grll

If you are a fan of typical Chicken and Beef Burger than this 2 Guys 1 Grll is the place for you at Karachi Eat 2020.

The Nugget Town

Who can resist nuggets? Yes, no one can! The Nugget Town is offering crispy nuggets with Korean sauce, served with mac and cheese. A taste that you will remember.

Khan Haleem

You have heard about Matka Biryani and Matka Chai but this is something new. Khan Haleem will serve you their hot Haleem in a matka with a savory topping.

The above mentioned are some of the picks from the eat festivals. There are numerous others as well that you should try. 

On Sunday, the festival will be open for the public from 12:30pm to 10:30pm.

The Ticket costs Rs450. 

Happy eating! 

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Accu Chek Pakistan Held 'Healthy Me' Poster Competition

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The theme for World Diabetes Day 2019 was Family and Diabetes. The theme was aimed to raise awareness of the diabetes effect on one’s family and promoting the support as well as the role of the family in managing, carefulness, prevention and acquiring knowledge of diabetes.

A lack of knowledge about this silent disease – diabetes means that noticing the early symptoms is not just a hindrance for family members, but it’s a bigger concern impacting the whole society. Do you know that diabetes was responsible for four million deaths in 2017? It was due to untreated or unmanaged diabetes that leads to life-changing impediments.

In order to create diabetes awareness in country, the Roche Pakistan, the pioneers in Diabetes Care, took a great initiative by engaging young children and school going students to highlight the significance of diabetes care, prevention, and alertness about the silent disease. The main focus was to educate them that how changing a lifestyle can prevent diabetes or help in managing it. The initiative aimed at helping students in understanding the symptoms and complications of diabetes. Diet plans were shared to teach them healthy eating routine from an early age to avoid obesity that can lead to diabetes.

The Accu Chek Pakistan, a brand of blood sugar-testing devices manufactured by Roche Diagnostics, organized a poster competition ‘Healthy Me’ as a drill to tell young minds that healthy living amongst children ensures a healthy future. 

Children were asked to draw, make posters to express their knowledge about World Diabetes Day theme; Family and Diabetes. The contest further enabled students to absorb the maximum information about the symptoms of diabetes and how Accu-Chek can help to monitor blood sugar levels.

The Healthy Me poster contest was judged by cricketer Mr. Wasim Akram, who himself is a diabetic patient and an inspiration for many people who want to be active and fit. The competition administration received hundreds of entries from schools all across Pakistan showing that such activity can really promote awareness among children and their families.

Following are some of the creative posters and illustrations that children made to highlight the importance of a healthy lifestyle and diet to prevent and control diabetes in families and children.

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Be Smart! Do Quick & Sharp Online Shopping With mycart.pk

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With the advancement of technology, the e-commerce has emerged as a main source not only for entrepreneurs but also for the shopping lovers. 

In the beginning, there was a fashion websites boom and frankly speaking it attracted a huge number of potential customers. In spite of this, there was some hesitation among prospective buyers due to trust issues related to product quality. However, with the passage of time the trust deficit has been covered enormously as the brands have learned their lesson and now know it well that only with quality products and efficient customer service they can stay in e-business.

In Pakistan, the online shopping scene is not different from other parts of world. After the fashion, gadgets and electronic items, now people can shop their favourite grocery items through website. Yes, this is a new trend, and believe me it is the most convenient way to buy your kitchen items with ease.

Recently, the management of mycart.pk arranged an iftar meet-up for bloggers at Dunkin Donuts. It was a wonderful idea to give an introduction to blogger community about the brand and business. It is an online website that offers a wide range of kitchen grocery, household items, gadgets, sports, beauty products, baby stuff along with home textiles, toys, gifts, etc. 

At present, the website is well known for 24/7 speedy deliveries in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. The most attractive feature of the website is that customers can enjoy free delivery option if their order is above Rs.500. 

The website cater nearly 20,000+ grocery products; it means the brand offers variety of stuff to its customers with convenient shipping schedule and best savings. Along with grocery items, mycart is also offering pharmacy products from big names like Getz Pharma, Abbot, gsk, ACCU Chek, Johnson and Johnson, searle.

At the meet-up, Waqas Pervez, the Head of Marketing mycart.pk, not only shared vouchers from mycart partners such as Foodpanda, BOGO, Vouch365, but also talked about some of the very interesting facts and figures with bloggers. 

These included why people like to shop online and how online shopping is the need of the hour for Pakistani women. You would be surprised to know that 92% orders contain more than 2 items for any e-commerce store but for mycart.pk it is 23. With the help of google analytics, the brand determines demographics on their website to enhance their performance. 

The event served as a platform for both the bloggers and the mycart team to share experiences and discuss statistics to understand the habits of an average Pakistani online shopper. The info-graphics that were showed to bloggers indicated that by using the collected data, brand has increased its sells triple times in just one year. 

The future business objectives of the brand includes a seamless shopping experience for its customers with a larges product selection. After this, a dedicated customer support is another milestone that mycart wants to surpass.

After attending this session, I decided to give it a try. So, I logged in and ordered grocery items. For my surprise, mycart.pk delivers round the clock by offering delivery options.

I selected the time that was convenient for my home. The order was delivered on time. Received all items except one that management informed me "is not available at the moment, but will be delivered soon." 

I found mycart.pk very efficient and ideal place to order grocery items. 

So, if you would like to save your time, then I would recommend that you should also give mycart.pk a try to order your grocery items. 

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Dolmen Shopping Mall Turns 25!

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Dolmen Mall is celebrating its 25 years with a big shopping festival  at all three malls. Silver jubilee celebrations began with a grand opening ceremony for the 25^th Dolmen Shopping Festival. The celebration featured an opening act by Dolmen Management who performed a flash mob with a human formation of the words “Dolmen Shopping Festival 25”.  The ceremony was followed by a cake cutting ceremony amidst Dolmen Mall management, renowned celebrities, brand partners and customers. 

Khalid Malik hosted the inauguration ceremony while celebrities Ali Azmat and Ahsan Khan interacted with mall visitors and announced discounts and flash on choicest top brands. An enticing Dolmen Draw was launched to attract shoppers to win gifts and prizes through daily draws till January 6^th 2018 on shopping of Rs. 5,000 or more. Grand prize of Rs. 2.5 million of shopping spree, airline tickets, watches, phones, jewelry and gifts from top fashion and retail brands can be won at all three malls starting Friday, 22 December 2017.  The prize distribution ceremony will simultaneously take place on Sunday, 7^th January at all three malls where Dolmen management and brand partners will distribute and award prizes to the winners.

Talking to the press, Dolmen Real Estate Management Chief Operating Officer Faisal Nadeem said, “Dolmen Mall has been the destination of choice for a lot of Karachiites. It is not just a mall, it has a legacy of twenty-five years where people have come and multiple generations have grown with the mall. This year, we would like to celebrate the silver jubilee of Dolmen Shopping Festival with people of Karachi who will witness one of a kind event with mega prizes, lucky draws and grand entertainment.”

The festival will host activities and fun engagements for its customers for 17 days through a specially created indoor carnival with games having instant prizes for all players, cultural and winter themed bazaar, mascot performances, art gallery, fashion shows, and a food bazaar along with daily and grand draws. as a tribute to the incubator of fashion and brands in Pakistan.

As a tribute to the incubator of fashion and brands, Pakistan’s top fashion designer; HSY will display a stunning piece from his latest collection at Dolmen Mall Clifton for the very first time. Simultaneously, renowned Pakistani artists will pay a tribute to the founder of our nation and an installation of the journey of migrants from 1947 will be presented throughout the festival in collaboration with the British Council and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Films.

Dolmen Mall Clifton has revolutionized the retail landscape of Pakistan. Located at the waterfront, this mall integrates the best in food, fashion and leisure. It provides the Pakistani shopper exclusive access to some of the world’s most popular retail brands and eateries, attracting customers from all over the country to its doors.

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Review - Pizza Hut Introduces Its New Affordable WOW Deals

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We are true pizza lovers who can eat pizza at any time and when it comes to the brand Pizza Hut we can't resist its most popular food. So, you can imagine our delight when we got a super yumlicious WoW deal from Pizza Hut Pakistan. 

The topping selection was pretty hard as there were so many options. So, after a few minutes, we came to conclusion that Chicken Fajita topping would be best for this deal and it turned out that our selection was good as it was perfectly balanced in spices. 

One thing we would like to add here is that Pizza Hut should start adding some more chicken in its toppings. It would enhance the overall taste of pizza. 

The deal also included two 345 ml soft drinks and four pieces of tasty garlic bread. The taste was as usual awesome with perfect baking of the dough; neither hard nor too flat. The crispy garlic bread was good in taste. 

The most interesting part of Pizza Hut's new affordable WoW deals is that these can be customized according to the taste and desire of the foodies. The discounted deals are not too heavy for your pocket. 

If you are feeling hungry after reading this detail, you too can enjoy it. We are adding the whole details of the deals for your convenience. 

Deal Ideas:

The first deal has one Personal Pan Pizza, 2 pieces of Garlic Bread and 345ml soft drink, a perfect meal for a pizza lover. For a two persons, the deal has one Regular Pizza, four pieces of Garlic Bread and two 345 ml soft drink bottles. For a larger gathering, the third WoW deal includes one Large Pizza, six pieces of Garlic Bread and a 1.75 liter soft drink.

Toppings:

The foodie can change the flavours as per personal preferences. These spicy and tasty toppings are available to adjust one’s pizza,

Cheeky Chicken

Classic Pepperoni

Chicken Supreme

Fajita Sicilian

Chicken Fajita

Hot Stuff

Chicken Tikka

Very Veggie

Margherita

Tropical Hawaiian

Chicken Behari

Afghani Tikka.

And if that’s not enough, the deals also include options to upgrade your meals with some discounted add-ons for example Potato Wedges, 6 pcs of Chicken Wings, and Salad.

All of the deals are so economical you cannot help but keep on buying more and more and stacking 'em up!

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Review - Exotic African Hot Chilli Sauce By Chatkhaar

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Every one would agree that tasty spicy sauces, chutneys and pickles are the best way to compliment any cuisine. It is also a fact that not all sauces are great in taste and it’s really hard to find a scrumptious sauce in the market.

However, our problem for a real yummy and spicy sauce has been solved by Pakistan’s most premium brand “Chatkhaar”. Like its name, the brand adds “Chatkhaar” (spicy flavor) to our meal by literally bringing the flavours of different regions and countries on our dinning tables.

Launched in 2012, Chatkhaar is offering a wide variety of ethnic chutneys, exotic sauces and unique pickles. It is important to note that Chatkhaar’s all products are made in 100% Olive Oil. The addition of olive oil makes the sauces, chutneys and pickles very healthy. The health benefits of olive oil are numerous; it is rich in vitamin E and antioxidants which help in fighting several ailments.

Chatkhaar’s exotic sauce range includes African Hot Chilli Sauce, Moroccan Harissa Sauce, Chilli Garlic Sauce, Mango Chilli Sauce, Arabian Garlic Sauce, Honey Mustard, Sweet Chilli Sauce, Portuguese Piri Piri Sauce, and Moroccan Harissa.

African Hot Chilli Sauce

Chatkhaar’s new product African Hot Chilli Sauce is a real treat for all the spice lovers. It is a best choice to serve with any food including Fried meat, rice, kebabs, snacks, burgers, fries, sandwiches, pasta, etc. We tried the sauce with rice, kebabs and sandwiches. The sauce added a unique zesty taste to each dish.

The African Hot Chilli Sauce is a balanced taste of spicy and tangy ingredients. The presence of garlic, ginger, sugar, citric acid and chillies makes it very hot and sizzling condiment for any main dish. The moment you taste the sauce, you will be jolted by the high spices along with the strong flavour of citric acid but in a moment of fraction it will be balanced by the sweetness of the sauce. 

The bright red colored sauce has ideal consistency; it is neither thick nor watery. This is the thing we really liked about this African Hot Chilli Sauce.

It can be used not only as a complimentary sauce, but also as a marinade for making different recipes. Due to its spice intensity, it is safe that you should taste it first before giving it to your kids.

Availability:

Chatkhaar’s whole range of sauces, chutneys and pickles are easily available on their website and other stores. 

You can order online at Chatkhaar Shop

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Recipe: Tasty Chicken Burger

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Photo: Oh, Lady Mania

Are you the same person who always pick burgers for meal? If yes, than you should be happy because today we are going to share a very yummy and quick burger recipe with you.

Photo: Oh, Lady Mania

Chicken burger is one specialty that everyone likes to have anytime. Our tasty recipe of chicken burger is different yet easy to make at home. These burgers are truly tempting that you would love to share with your guests. 

Photo: Oh, Lady Mania

Moreover, when you are confused in choosing between grilled and a burger with meat patty, these will be your first choice to make at home with easily available ingredients.

Let’s start our recipe;

Ingredients

Chicken mince 500 gms

Green onion finely chopped 2 tbsp

Green chilies finely chopped 2 tsp

White onion finely chopped 1 tsp

Black Pepper powder 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Egg 1 lightly beaten

Oil for frying

3 sesame topped buns

Tomato ketchup and mayonnaise for serving

Method

In a mixing bowl, marinate chicken mince with green onion, green chilies, white onion, black pepper and salt for at least 20 minutes.

Shape the mixture into 3 – 4 palm size patties.

In a frying pan, heat oil 3-4 tbsp.

Cook patties over medium heat for 3-4 minutes per side.

Lightly roast the inner side of the buns.

Spread tomato ketchup on one side of buns and place the cooked patties.

Add mayonnaise as per your taste and top it with upper side of the bun.

Tasty Chicken burgers are ready to serve.

You can add lettuce, tomato and cucumber slices as well. 

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The Launch Of Potato City

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Recently, the launching event of Potato City hits Faisalabad with great enthusiasm. Everyone present at the event welcomed the new food place. 

Potato city is perhaps the only take away spot in Faisalabad which specializes in flavored fries. It offers a huge variety of flavored fries, which includes ginger, garlic, tandoori, achari, fish, broast, tikka and chatpatta. 

The fries are served steamed hot which are not at all greasy or oily. They offer various homemade sauces and dips to enjoy the taste at fullest. The prices are quite nominal. 

Potato City was well appreciated by the people due to its unique concept. The Potato City has plans to spread its wings all over Punjab.

At The Event:

It was inaugurated by W. Iftikhar and A. Akbar along with their team. Many talented people were present at the event. There was live Road show by Fm 103. The Fm103's Rjs entertained the guests with attractive music and lots of fun. 

Although Potato City is only for Takeaway but still it got crowded in no time. Bloggers, media personalities and business representatives were invited to taste and try the food. They all attended the event and showed a positive response. The Social Rainbow being the only PR and publicity company of Faisalabad, organized the event.

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