Pakistani Cuisine at Lasania
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As previously mentioned, I had the honour to taste the Pakistani food as dinner on my day 2 in Islamabad.
Our sales colleagues in Pakistan, Yasir and Yasser (yes, you can't really tell the difference of the names if you just hear them) originally planned to bring us for dinner at the Margalla Hill.
On the first day, AC did not really wish to spend so much time for the "long" journey (perhaps 25 minutes one way) due to unfinished work. On the second day, they didn't have enough time left before heading to the airport.
Finally, we went to a restaurant called Lasania located at the Blue Area (the commercial center of Islamabad), which is quite near to our office.
According to Wikitravel, this restaurant (located at 66 West Junaid Plaza, Blue Area)...
Needless to ask, our aim that night was Pakistani food. I had to "announce my wish" first, else my boss will always opt for Chinese food, regardless of where he goes (a very typical Hong Kee).
In general, Pakistani traditional cuisine is a variation of North Indian cuisine, but with the influence of the Mughal Empire very much in evidence, the food has a distinctive taste of its own. Hence, the Pakistani food is also termed as the Mughal Cuisine.
I hereby share with you some of the ordered dishes:
Chicken Handi Boneless. Handi means claypot, or 瓦煲 in Chinese.
Mutton Kabab, which means minced BBQ mutton.
Fish Tikka Seasonal. Tikka means barbeque.
Special Fried Prawn.
All the above are to be eaten together with...
NAAN... please don't ask if they have rice :)
Seems like it was a ALL MEAT feast... it's okay, just once in awhile. During the time in Australia, I was so scared when hearing about BARBEQUE LUNCH, coz it was also like FULL OF MEAT.
Always felt so oily, guilty and unhealthy after dining. Since then, I hate sausages! No joke!
Used to mention in previous post that no matter how, they will still have a plate of salad. A simple one though, consisting of cucumber, tomatoes, cabbages and lemon.
As usual, there were 2 small bowls of yogurt (mixed with water and spices) served together. I was quite amazed when knowing yogurts were served together. YOGURT?? ARE YOU SURE??
Both Yasir and Yasser ate using hand. Three of us did not. We used fork and knife.
Yasser showed me we were supposed to put the Naan on a small plate, and the other ingredients on the big plate. I tried to follow but still ended up in my own way!
I am more used to putting everything on the same plate ^^
The Naan was a bit too salty, and it's very filling. Basically, the Pakistani food is too dry (for me). Luckily they still have some tomato sauces around.
If you don't know, I'm actually a "sauce person". Three years ago, while in Netherlands, the BMC pre-sales manager from Singapore could immediately notice that during my first dinner with him. No matter how many varieties, how many colours, I'd taste and like all!!
Okay, gotta start my dinner. I've been babbling a lot, and people have started to ask whether I want to photograph or eat!!
As previously mentioned, I had the honour to taste the Pakistani food as dinner on my day 2 in Islamabad.
Our sales colleagues in Pakistan, Yasir and Yasser (yes, you can't really tell the difference of the names if you just hear them) originally planned to bring us for dinner at the Margalla Hill.
On the first day, AC did not really wish to spend so much time for the "long" journey (perhaps 25 minutes one way) due to unfinished work. On the second day, they didn't have enough time left before heading to the airport.
Finally, we went to a restaurant called Lasania located at the Blue Area (the commercial center of Islamabad), which is quite near to our office.
According to Wikitravel, this restaurant (located at 66 West Junaid Plaza, Blue Area)...
is very nicely decorated and is also situated in a very nice location. They have a huge selection of BBQ, Pakistani and Chinese food items on the menu. Their food is not extremely spicy like most other places.
Needless to ask, our aim that night was Pakistani food. I had to "announce my wish" first, else my boss will always opt for Chinese food, regardless of where he goes (a very typical Hong Kee).
In general, Pakistani traditional cuisine is a variation of North Indian cuisine, but with the influence of the Mughal Empire very much in evidence, the food has a distinctive taste of its own. Hence, the Pakistani food is also termed as the Mughal Cuisine.
I hereby share with you some of the ordered dishes:
Chicken Handi Boneless. Handi means claypot, or 瓦煲 in Chinese. 
Mutton Kabab, which means minced BBQ mutton. 
Fish Tikka Seasonal. Tikka means barbeque. 
Special Fried Prawn. All the above are to be eaten together with...
NAAN... please don't ask if they have rice :)Seems like it was a ALL MEAT feast... it's okay, just once in awhile. During the time in Australia, I was so scared when hearing about BARBEQUE LUNCH, coz it was also like FULL OF MEAT.
Always felt so oily, guilty and unhealthy after dining. Since then, I hate sausages! No joke!
Used to mention in previous post that no matter how, they will still have a plate of salad. A simple one though, consisting of cucumber, tomatoes, cabbages and lemon. As usual, there were 2 small bowls of yogurt (mixed with water and spices) served together. I was quite amazed when knowing yogurts were served together. YOGURT?? ARE YOU SURE??
Both Yasir and Yasser ate using hand. Three of us did not. We used fork and knife.
Yasser showed me we were supposed to put the Naan on a small plate, and the other ingredients on the big plate. I tried to follow but still ended up in my own way!
I am more used to putting everything on the same plate ^^
The Naan was a bit too salty, and it's very filling. Basically, the Pakistani food is too dry (for me). Luckily they still have some tomato sauces around.
If you don't know, I'm actually a "sauce person". Three years ago, while in Netherlands, the BMC pre-sales manager from Singapore could immediately notice that during my first dinner with him. No matter how many varieties, how many colours, I'd taste and like all!!
Okay, gotta start my dinner. I've been babbling a lot, and people have started to ask whether I want to photograph or eat!!
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