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! 

Photo: Web 

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Tabba Heart Institute's Project DKL creating awareness about heart diseases and stroke prevention

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Heart ailments including strokes are the prominent causes of death. Every year nearly 17 million persons die due to heart diseases. This number of deaths is higher than other serious illnesses for example cancer, HIV, malaria etc.

On World Heart Day, celebrated on 29th of September, Pakistan’s most comprehensive cardiology services providing institute Tabba Heart conducted a session on how to keep a check and balance on blood pressure and spread awareness about all heart diseases, cardiac arrest and stroke prevention through their Project Dil kay Liye (#ProjectDKL).

As a part of the project DKL, Tabba Heart Institute conducted an activity at LuckyOne Mall from 22nd to 24th September 2017 to create awareness about healthy heart encouraging people to focus on their heart’s well-being and keep it healthy and thus reduce the risk of heart diseases.

 
During the activation of Project DKL at LuckyOne Mall, thousands of people were engaged in healthy activities and games. People were given several giveaways on answering a health-related quiz and playing healthy games.

Project DKL is a way of life, it aims to create a healthy environment, encouraging people to switch to a healthier lifestyle through exercising, eating healthy, quitting smoking & getting regular medical check-ups done.

So, avoid oily and junk foods. Eat variety of fruits and vegetables. Don’t forget to give up smoking, do regular exercise to keep yourself fit and fine with a healthy heart.

For more information, 

Follow Tabba Heart on Facebook .

Website: www.tabbaheart.org

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Event Coverage - Blue Band Margarine And Special Olympics Pakistan Organized Both Buddy & Me Race

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Blue Band Margarine with collaboration of Special Olympics Pakistan organized a one of its kind event Both Buddy & Me race to bring inclusion towards differently-abled children to create awareness about inclusive society.

Blue Band Pakistan, the leading spreads brand for over 25 years, launched its campaign ‘Achai Barhnay Do’ this year with the aim to create an inclusive environment for children. As an advocate of children’s growth and development, Blue Band aims to reinforce the importance of social inclusion for parents, guardians to teach children the idea removing barriers for differently-abled kids through Achai Barhnay Do initiative.

Society puts a lot of focus on child’s health and well being which is imperative, however, often the most important lessons of empathy and acceptance that are essential for character building are missed. 

Blue Band Pakistan not only started the conversation about inclusion, but made an effort by joining hands with Special Olympics Pakistan for organising the ‘Both Buddy & Me’ race at Beach Luxury Hotel. The race was conducted at Pakistan’s largest inflatable race course where kids were paired up in a buddy system with differently abled kids to finish the obstacle course together as a team. This helped bring the kids closer, whilst reducing barriers for differently abled kids through an opportunity to showcase their skills in sports and games. 

The race hosted a crowd of over a thousand people which included many celebrities with their families namely Syra Shahroz, Nida Yasir, Shahroz Sabzwari, Zhalay Sarhadi, Shaista Lodhi, Sunita Marshall, Amma Sheikh, YBQ, Muznah Ibrahim, Adnan Shah Tipu, Mohib Mirza, Amna Malik, Faysal Qureshi, Salman Sheikh and Hira, and Hassan Ahmed. The race was hosted by Faizan Haque with special performances by Khaled Anam and Asim Azhar.

Director Foods & Refreshment Unilever, Farheen Salman said, “This event not only brought the topic of inclusion to the forefront, but also provided the start of an actionable and meaningful movement about character development. Children are the future and we need to make every effort to nurture an environment where people of all abilities feel safe, included and accepted and are given a chance to participate to create a more tolerant and well-rounded Pakistan.”

Founder Special Olympics Pakistan Ronak Lakhani expressed her appreciation for Blue Band’s initiative, ‘This event has been a step towards spreading awareness. It helped us celebrate inclusion and spread the goodness. Achai Barhnay Do.’

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National Foods Empowering Women, Definitely Not A Failure!

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Gone are the days, when women were supposed to spent their lives in the heat of kitchen just to show the love and care they have for their families. The 21^st century women have introduced a new concept of spending less time in kitchen while still showing their affection and carefulness for the loved ones.

Today’s modern women select those things that are not time consuming, for example, ready to wear, ready to cook, and most importantly, the hygienic ready to use recipe mixes. Many people, particularly, the older ones, still think that this kind of mentality to choose easy-to-go things, is actually a sign of laziness and failure.

However, smart women have a very valid answer to this accusation. They establish their point of view by saying that instead of killing precious time in front of stoves, one should take sahulat (facility) of easily available balanced spices for cooking. This is the best way to save time to complete other important chores. Moreover, such sahulat gives women a lot of spare time to spend with their children, husband and other family members. They can also have a “Me time” that has been stolen from the older lot due to the absence of such spicy and tasty sahulat.

Recently, we came across the new TVC of National Foods that superbly highlighted the same fact that kitchen and ability to balance the spices to present a well-cooked dish, is not a litmus test for a woman’s love for family. She should not remain confined to one corner of house just to produce tasty food. All women should Live and love outside the confinements of the kitchen when National Recipe Mixes gives them the “Sahulat” to cook delicious food in less time. This does not make them a failure!

With a history spanning over four decades, National Foods has always tried to do something extra ordinary to empower women. With their latest TVC, the brand has intelligently not only tried to break the stereotype but also introduced a new concept of “Not A Failure”. 

The tag #NotAFailure is a great initiative to tell everyone that if a woman cannot spare time for certain things for example making round chapatis, cooking aromatic curries, washing dishes or doing other household chores, it’s not a failure. Look at the lives of those women who have achieved great things in life, made proud their families, earned name in their respective fields. Those women may not be good cooks and experts of making round roti but have showed their passion and determination to attain their goals. They are definitely #NotAFailure but an inspiration for all.

Hence, women who choose to avail the convenience of National Foods recipe mixes - a perfect blend of traditional, spicy, tantalizing flavors, to make perfect meals for families and manage to take out sufficient time for loved ones, are Not A Failure.

So, ladies, it’s time to grab some of those enriched and flavorsome recipe mixes with a combination of exotic herbs, spices and seasonings, to show our talent and offer a tasteful experience of aromatic Pakistani cuisine to our families without wasting too much time in heat - after all we are #NotAFailure.

Ladies you can follow National Foods social channels here:

Instagram: National Foods

Facebook: National Foods Limited

Twitter: National Foods

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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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Blue Band's New TVC 'Achayi Barhne Do' Is All About Disability Inclusion

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Pakistan’s leading spread brand Blue Band urges all parents to make sure social inclusion of their children, who feel incapable to play sports due to physical or mental health issues, by removing obstacles to joining for kids and encourage the perception of being good enough to participate in any field. 

It is indeed a great message by the brand to break down stereotypes about kids with disability and encourage their parents to promote and teach such kids inclusiveness. 

Blue Band Margarine’s new TVC ‘Achai Barhanay Do’ revolves around the idea of inclusion of differently-abled in the society by showing a group of young boys playing throw-ball using one arm only. One of the boy’s mother watching the game through her kitchen window finds it strange. Meanwhile another boy passes by and the group of boys ask him to join the game. This boy is revealed to be physically disabled with just one arm. As he joins, all the boys hide one of their arms inside their tees and the game starts again. 

The brand Blue Band is taking care of children’s health, so that parents can now focus on their character development, and intends to spread awareness on the very important topic of inclusion of physically and mentally challenged kids in sports and other activities. 

Blue Band Margarine is made with 100% natural vegetable oils as per global and local standards. It is a good source of essential fats and vitamins that help children to grow, develop and thrive in their life with energy and good health.

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Recipe - Chicken Jalfrezi

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Jalfrezi is a delicious gravy that mostly cooked with a variety of ingredients. You can add different vegetables and cheese to make a dish of your choice.

It can be cooked only with vegetables but you can also add meat in it. Chicken, fish and prawns are some of the most favorite meat that can be added in Jalfrezi.

I usually follow my own recipe to make jalfrezi. But, today, I cooked Chicken Jalfrezi for my family with a Mehran Recipe Mix. This is my first time to use a recipe packet for making Jalfrezi.

If you say, what would be my review of this Mehran Jalfrezi Spice Packet. My review will that this Mehran Recipe Mix is very simple to follow. The taste is simply great and me and my family loved it.

So, let's start our recipe.

Ingredients:

Chicken 750 gms
Tomatoes 5
Onion 2
Capsicum 2
Green Chillies 3-4
Yogurt 1/2 cup
Ginger 1 tbsp
Ginger Paste 1 tbsp
Garlic 1 tbsp
Lemon Juice
Vinegar 1-2 tbsp
Oil 3-4 cup
Mehran Jalfrezi Recipe Mix 1 packet

Method:

Blend 3 tomatoes with 1 onion and keep it aside.

Mix 4 tbsp Mehran Jalfrezi Recipe Mix in Chicken with yogurt. Marinate it for 20 minutes.

Mix rest of the spice mix in vegetable. Keep it aside.

Heat Oil, add blended tomatoes, onion mixture in it. Fry for few minutes.

Add ginger and garlic paste. fry it well.

Add Chicken and vinegar in it and fry for 3 minutes.

Now cover it and let it cook till chicken becomes tender and oil comes up.

Now add ginger julienne, vegetables and green chillies.

Cook for 2-3 minutes.

Squeeze lemon juice. Mix and remove.

Serve with boiled rice.


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Pond's Think Pink Session Speaks About Breast Cancer

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October is dedicated to spread "Breast Cancer Awareness" all over the world. The annual awareness campaign is focused to highlight the importance of early detection, treatment and prevention of this ailment.

In Pakistan, breast cancer is the fastest growing form of cancer among women, with around 90,000 new cases and nearly 40,000 deaths annually. According to local statistics, every 9th woman is at risk of breast cancer in Pakistan. The fatal consequences of the disease can be reduced if a healthy lifestyle is maintained and it can be totally prevented with proper awareness, support and education among the masses.

This year, the beauty brand Pond’s started a breast cancer awareness campaign in Pakistan with the help of its health experts. In this regard, Pond’s Pakistan recently hosted an informative breast cancer awareness session "Think Pink" to spread the knowledge for a better and healthier future.

The event was held at Avari Towers with Pink color inspired creative theme. Clad in pink, women supported the session and gained a lot of information about the illness and cultural taboos attached to it.

Pond’s Think Pink session was conducted by Doctor Kashifa Ehsan from Shaukat Khanum Cancer hospital and Doctor Yasmine. Both doctors stressed the significance of self-examination, early detection and provided their expertise regarding signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, misconceptions and psychological disorders of the deadly disease.

The session highlighted following important points to keep in mind concerning breast cancer.

Always remember that Breast Cancer is not a genetic illness.

For prevention, make sure you do regular self-examination to detect any abnormalities. In case of any suspicion, get yourself checked by a doctor.

Pakistan’s young women in their 20s and 30s should have a medical breast exam after three years.

Do regular exercise to reduce the chances of breast cancer.

Maintain a healthy lifestyle with balanced diet to avoid such illness.

Regular intake of vegetables and fruits reduces the risk of cancer.

Keep in mind that not all lumps are cancerous, hence it is best to seek medical help if there is any lump in breast.

Never be embarrassed to talk about breast abnormalities or consulting a doctor.

Last but not least, always remember that prevention is better than cure. So, make a promise to yourself to take care of yourself.

Stay healthy and safe!

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Recipe - Vegetable Filled Sandwich

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Yesterday, I made vegetable sandwiches for my friend, who was visiting me after a long gap of three months. I was really excited to meet her. So, I also decided to try a new recipe of sandwiches to go with tea.

There are lots of varieties of vegetable sandwiches. I selected Potatoes as the main ingredient and added Peas and Carrots in it. The result was very good and my friend loved the taste and the look of the sandwiches. That’s why I am sharing this recipe with all of you. Hope you people will also like it.

Let’s start the recipe:

Ingredients

Potatoes 3

Carrots ½ cup

Peas ½ cup

Green Chillies 2 tbsp

Black pepper

Salt

Lemon juice 2 tbsp

Red chilli Crushed 1 tsp

Bread Slices 8

Butter

Green Chutney

Coriander Leaves 1 cup

Mint leaves 1 cup

Green Chillies 4

Garlic 2 cloves

Salt ½ tsp

Water 4-6 tbsp

Method

Blend all the green chutney ingredients in a fine paste. If needed add some more water in it and keep it aside.

Boil potatoes. Peel and mash potatoes well.

Boil peas with chopped carrot for few minutes.

In a bowl, mix mashed potatoes, peas and carrot.

Add finely chopped green chillies.

Add black pepper and salt as per your taste.

Add crushed red chilli and lemon juice in above mixture and mix it well.

Take bread slices and spread butter very lightly on both sides of the slice.

Spread blended green chutney on the slice.

Spread mashed potato mixture on the green chutney layer.

Potato mixture layer should not be very thick.

Cover it with another buttered slice.

Complete all the slices in the same manner.

Now, you can grill them in oven for 3-5 minutes or toast it in a grilling pan.

I made them in a sandwich maker because I love the shape and marks that a sandwich maker leaves on slices.

Serve them with ketchup.

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Recipe: Delicious Chicken Spaghetti

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Photo: Oh, Lady Mania 

During Ramazan we all eat fried foods in iftar and love to have heavy meals during sehri time. Sometimes, these fried and heavy meals are not easy to digest. It is the reason, we, at our home mostly opt for simple and less spicy food for iftar and sehri.

Chicken Spaghetti is one dish that can be easily digestible during any time of the day or night. It is light and healthy. The addition of vegetables in it gives a refreshing look and unique taste.

So, let’s start our Delicious Chicken Spaghetti;

Ingredients

Spaghetti 1 packet

Chicken boneless 350 gms, cut into thin strips or cubes

Green onion 1 cup, cut into 1 inch pieces

Carrots 1-2, cut into thin strips

Cabbage 1 cup, cut as per your choice

Capsicum 1 cup, thinly sliced

Garlic 2-3 cloves, chopped

Sauce:

Soy Sauce 3-4 tbsp

Red Chili Sauce 2 tbsp

Vinegar 1 tbsp

White pepper powder 1 tsp

Cayenne Pepper 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil 4 tbsp

Method

Bring a pot of water to boil, add spaghetti with 3 tbsp oil and boil till cooked.

Drain the water and keep aside boiled spaghetti.

Now in a wok heat oil and stir fry garlic till light golden.

Add all sauce ingredients and mix well.

Add chicken meat and cook till tender.

Add all the vegetables and mix well and cook all for 5 minutes.

Now add boiled spaghetti, gently mix it with the vegetables and chicken.

After mixing when ingredients are incorporated, cook for just 2 minutes.

Delicious Chicken Spaghetti is ready.

Dish out in a large dish and serve it with ketchup.

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Review - Big Thick Burgerz Offers Charcoal Grilled Burgers

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Big Thick Burgers Photo: Oh, Lady Mania

It is impossible to find a person who doesn't like burgers, but the real question is to find the right place, the right combination of ingredients and meat to entice our taste buds as well as a good customer service. 

Recently, we tried the Texan Style, only in beef, burger by the Big Thick Burgerz. Today, we are going to share our experience of these tasty burgers with all of you.

Photo: Oh, Lady Mania

Big Thick Burgerz offers perfectly charcoal grilled burgers. The BTB brand claims to use freshly minced meat, less oil, fresh iceberg along with other vegetables including tomatoes,onions and herbs. Each hand-made beef or chicken patty has very different taste because of its unique ingredients.

We discovered about BTB through internet. The name and photos were attractive but one can't say much about food merely based on colorful photos. So, we decided to try it and preferred to order our burgers online. 

We selected the Texan Style, which is a very distinctive burger that would remind you of a typical American taste. It has beef patty with lots of BBQ sauce, jalapenos and melted cheddar cheese. 

Photo: Oh, Lady Mania

Our order arrived in a very neat foam box packaging, as there were no signs of excessive oil. Each burger was carefully wrapped in a grease free paper.

At first glance, we noticed the freshness of the buns. They were neither cracked nor soggy. The size of the burger was good and pretty enough for a single person.

Photo: Oh, Lady Mania

Upon lifting the top bun, there were layers of fresh tomatoes, onions, iceberg, beef bacon jalapenos with Mayo Sidney sauce and melted cheddar cheese. It was enough to further accelerate our hunger.

Photo: Oh, Lady Mania

The handmade beef patty was juicy as well as succulent with a strong charcoal grilling flavor which was a true delight to eat. The meat portion was perfectly grilled and seasoned with balanced spices. There was no smell or strong flavor of any single ingredient.

The overall combination of vegetables, sauce, meat and soft fresh buns left a unique feeling to remember the taste and texture of Texan Style for many days.

The idea of “Big Thick Burgerz – charcoal grilled to perfection” is something that makes them distinctive in their style and unique taste. 

Rating:

We would love to rate it 4.5 / 5 stars.

Will we try it again?

 Most definitely Yes!

Price:

Texan Style (Beef Only) – Small Regular Rs 390

Texan Style (Beef Only) – Large Rs 510

Availability:

Dine – In: Phase 7 – DHA Karachi

It also offers on-line services.

Official Facebook page: BigThickBurgerz

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