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Updated 23 Jan, 2017

It's time to dish out the good stuff.

Images sniffed out all the best foods on Karachi Eat Day 1; easy on the pocket and rich on taste. Before you head to Frere Hall today or tomorrow, here are 9 food items you should probably try out which won't give your wallet a panic attack:

1) Stuffed naans from Naan Saab

Who doesn't love stuffed naan? In all likelihood, the chilly weather is going to have you craving garam, garam naan and what's better than naan with cheese?

Naan Saab's got a good serving size and their Cheese Naan for Rs250 looked delicious.

2) Fried Oreos at Lady Marmalade's

What's better than Oreos deep fried and served with ice cream?
What's better than Oreos deep fried and served with ice cream?

This stall had a bunch of things to satisfy our sweet tooth but the one dessert which caught our fancy were the Friend Oreos, at Rs300 for a two-person dessert or snack w/ ice cream, we were in dessert heaven.

If you wish to ditch the ice cream it'll cost you Rs200.

3) Asian cuisine at Soi

This is just a sample size, so just image how big one serving must be!
This is just a sample size, so just image how big one serving must be!

Yes, it's a restaurant and you can very easily go there to eat so why try it at Karachi Eat?

BUT Soi's got some amazing prices for its serving size and though we absolutely loved the Wasabi Prawns (Rs300), their other food items were just as worth trying, like the Oriental Spicy Noodles Rs250, Sticky Oyster Chicken With Rice Rs300 and Mongolian Beef with Rice Rs300.

4) Dosas at Khao Dosa

It's big and it's juicy. Oops.
It's big and it's juicy. Oops.

Their Chicken Dosa at Rs300 is a total steal! And it's filled with lotsa chickeeennn.

5) Samosa Shots at 8Teas

Perfect snack which won't fill you up.
Perfect snack which won't fill you up.

The perfect snack while with a bunch of friends. They're not even super filling and you get to try out other foods as well. At Rs100 we thought 8Teas Chicken Samosa Shots were a total win!

6) Soup at Knorr

Iz got crackers too!
Iz got crackers too!

It's cold and windy in Karachi and nothing tastes better than a generous bowl of piping hot soup in this weather. Knorr's soups are dirt cheap at Rs50.

7) Crepes at Crepe Tease

This crepe was a total tease. No joke.
This crepe was a total tease. No joke.

Just look at it. Not only is the serving size big but this Chocolate Crepe is only for Rs300. We're lovin' it.

8) Unique desserts at Pepperlime and Sugar Plum

These babies were so so good.
These babies were so so good.

For another bite-sized dessert, you must must try the Pomegranate Chocolate balls at Pepperlime and Sugar Plum, they're only for Rs50 each -- but only if you like your chocolate with fruits.

9) Chicken wings at Crunch n Munch

Look at all that delectable sauce.
Look at all that delectable sauce.

Five chicken wing pieces for Rs300 is a good deal! Plus, Crunch n Munch did a great job of The Wild Vengeance wings, they were piping hot when we got them and lathered with sauce.

Comments

Jamal Jan 21, 2017 01:48pm
Overpriced, overcrowded, no where to park and damaging national heritage of Frere Hall. Eat, Karachi, Eat.
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saadch24@gmail.com Jan 21, 2017 01:50pm
plz do same for Lahore also
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Faiza Jan 21, 2017 02:00pm
The Eight-Nine Cuisine covered by Media that has catch eye during EAT KARACHI 2017 event are included among EXTREMELY HIGH RISK FOOD, that have been found to cause endemic to spread whereas elderly people kids pregnant women cancer patients and people having mental illness are among the most sensitive people to get affected with their harmful components. Have the organizers nominated any committee of experts to evaluate the quality and safety of food products, health status food handling personals and to provide them the basic hygiene and food safety guidelines to follow while handling the food. Not meeting the international guideline for handling food, in case if any endemic appears who would bear the responsibility? Who will pay the HEAVY MEDICAL BILLS. Have the FOOD ITEMS been assessed for their BIOACTIVE INGREDIENTS. PUBLIC is NOT MEANT for EXPERIMENTS to make money out of FOOD CONSUMER S LIMITATIONS (IGNORANCE POVERTY)
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Hassan (Karachi) Jan 21, 2017 03:21pm
@Jamal, Overpriced, yes it is overpriced, everything in Karachi is overpriced impart to inflation of the currency and imports of foreign products for everything. Overcrowded, what is not overcrowded in Karachi, we got one of most densely populated cities in the whole world. No where to park, I used to attend Goethe Institut (next to CM house) and had the same problem, this area is congested. Damaging National Heritage, I don't think so, it is using the garden of Frere Hall, not the Church itself. Its easy to criticize, would've been better if you gave an alternative solution instead.
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m.waleed Jan 21, 2017 06:21pm
All the outlets were extremely expensive ,i got a burger of RS 250 which was smaller than my palm.....then ate fish and chips with one piece of fish about the size of long finger with 8 fried pieces of chips ......every thing was expensive except the stall of Shan which sold 50 RS biryani and Mehran masala which sold 80 RS haleem full plate which tasted great..
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m.waleed Jan 21, 2017 06:24pm
@Hassan (Karachi) but at-least they can give full plate of food what we bought ,if not so big the size and quantity should have been normal as it was soo less..even i bought a burger of RS 250 which was smaller than my palm with no fries etc .....
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bilal karachi Jan 21, 2017 06:27pm
densely crowded place with no seating arrangement...there was a table with four chairs ,people kept occupying those seats even those who were not eating.....pathetic management .
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ali fakhar Jan 21, 2017 06:30pm
The entry price of food festival was 250 RS ,if a man with kids and wife want to experience this then they have to pay 1250 RS with out any food...govt. must take action against them.....
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hIRA MAZHAR Jan 21, 2017 06:33pm
the food was quite opulent and expensive even what we got ,it did not even fill one fourth of our tummy.....one burger was size of two bites of a burger available in shops......govt. must take notice against overprice with meager food quantity.
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qaDIR KHOKHAR Jan 21, 2017 06:36pm
those who could not go there are fortunate as they would have seen saturated crowd ,high food prices,mal_practices..i will never recommond any one to go any one...i just got back from there.
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Harris Siddiqui Jan 21, 2017 08:20pm
Waist of time, extremely crowded, hell expensive not worth. if you want to go there just keep 90 mins for ticket line and 45 min for each food outlet line.
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Maxx Jan 21, 2017 09:06pm
Frere Hall is a heritage site...it should not be used for such commercial activities which damages the area, the plants and trees. One of the few well kept parks in Karachi with very old and magnificent trees. In rest of the parks trees are brutally cut and chopped to no more than 3-4 feet. There are thousand of eateries in Karachi in just about every locality...no need for this festival.
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bk Jan 22, 2017 01:42am
There are people dying without food on one side and people dying to have food on the other side. What a pathetic situation. Atleast do something good to poor with the entry fees .
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Be Fair Jan 22, 2017 03:14am
Such an event could be held at some 5 star hotel,there every dish remains hot & hygienic. Frere Hall a heritage site is not meant for feasts.The 8 dishes mentioned are familiar to Karachiiites who may have ate more dishes in wedding feasts or other banquet halls. Best practice for Karachiiites should be to clean city prior to any feast.The heavy pollution,stinking smell all over DHA upto coastline,does not allow the appetite to try food outside home these days.
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Omar Jan 22, 2017 04:09am
Food, is this FOOD! Sorry, but this is definitely a flop event. Over crowded venue, coupled with high entry fee and oddball things cobbled up on a plate is not the food that's representative of any of our cities .
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Kashif Jan 22, 2017 04:59am
Everything is fried and full of sugar - no wonder we are dying so early of preventable diseases!!!
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Ali Jan 22, 2017 06:09am
Has any one tried Beluge choclate?
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NKAli Jan 22, 2017 11:32am
OVERPRICED! Then no one from home will go there. Typical Pakistani money minting scam. Affordable prices will invite more people and land more profits. Good! I have not gone. Salams
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Masood Jan 22, 2017 11:48am
@Maxx : Absolutely. Leave that beautiful place alone. Find somewhere near the beach or some other ground in DHS. As far as the prices are concerned, this is just an introduction to what is available in the city, where the prices are half or a third. Like in a fashion show if you want to by that dress on the spot it is $1200, the same dress in their retail shop is $400.
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Paki - OZ Jan 23, 2017 03:19am
everyone one wants parking. lazy karachietes never take public transport or walk 100 meters. they all want parking at the door step.
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Islamabad Calling Jan 23, 2017 09:05am
Rs 250 for stuffed naan sold across the country is not only a rip-off but unfair to naan-walas who have been selling similar naan with less fancy names and stuffing at one quarter of the price.
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Alexa Jan 25, 2017 05:18am
A festival for the elite and all those who want to socialise and show off their class, lifestyle and money to their similar peers in order to impress them.
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Pune India Jan 25, 2017 05:02pm
Dosa is a south Indian dish...but we put potato chatani inside not Chicken..
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