Karachi has many 'food streets' but the most famous one is Burns Road, which was named after a Scotsman in the 19th century. Its name was changed to 'Muhammad Bin Qasim Road' after the formation of Pakistan but everyone still knows it as 'Burns Road'.
Before heading to Burns Road I had to pick up my Pakistani Cricket shirt from Azeem Sports in the lighthouse market area. I left it with them for printing the name and number 'Babar Azam 56' on the back.
I changed into my new Pakistan top in the back of their shop and was ready to begin my Pakistani street food adventure, in Karachi.
The first Pakistani cuisine I tried at Burns Road was the haleem, at Karachi Haleem. I ate haleem on my first day in Pakistan and loved it, so this was my second time trying it. I loved this just as much as the first one I tried.
Haleem is like a thick lentil soup with shreds of meat through it. The making of it is a very laborious process of constant mixing. Beef and chicken options are available but beef is the most tasty, so that's what I ordered.
At 140 Pak Rupees ($0.80 USD) the beef haleem is incredible value for a meal with meat.
After demolishing the plate of savoury haleem I had quite a thirst. I was looking for some kind of juice, then I came across a dessert shop with a big picture of falooda on the wall. The owner recommended that I try a falooda with pistachio ice cream.
The falooda was a huge glass filled with so many tasty ingredients. Milk, vermicelli noodles, jelly, nuts, pistachio ice cream, rose syrup, basil seeds and rabri. It was both a tasty dessert meal and a refreshing drink, all in one glass.
The falooda normally costs 230 Pak Rupees ($1.28 USD), which is superb value, considering how many ingredients are in there. However, the kind owner would not accept money from me. He gave me the falooda for free as a gesture of hospitality to a foreign guest, and I'm very grateful for his kindness.
I was feeling full after the falooda but it would have been a short vlog if I ended it there, so, for the sake of the viewers, I powered on. I went on the hunt for some biryani.
While roaming all over Burns Road I met two subscribers of mine. One of them had some good suggestions for beef biryani. Al-Naz Biryani and Food Centre were the restaurants that he recommended.
The restaurant suggestions were helpful enough but he was good enough to give me a lift on the back of his motorbike to Food Centre.
The Food Centre weren't stingy at all with the portion size of the beef biryani. At 320 PKR ($1.80 USD), again it was ridiculously good value, considering the daddy size portion that was served.
I found the rice to be very flavoursome. There was a lot of masala in the biryani, and also potato. The only other place I've found potato in my biryani was Kolkata, West Bengal, India. So this Karachi Biryani was similar to a Bengali biryani.
I did find the meat to be a bit dry, but eating it with the homemade raita sorted that out. The perfect spoonful was with rice, potato, beef and raita. Succulent and delicious!
I could only manage to eat half of the biryani but the staff are always willing to package up the leftovers in such a situation. I took the package back to my guesthouse to be eaten for supper, later in the evening.
00:00 Pakistan Shirt
06:05 Karachi Haleem
12:02 Pistachio Ice Cream Falooda
22:13 Meeting Subscribers
26:31 Beef Biryani
📍 Azeem Sports, Lighthouse Market, Karachi 🇵🇰
📍 Karachi Haleem, Burns Road, Karachi 🇵🇰
📍 Delhi Rabri House, Burns Road, Karachi 🇵🇰
📍 Food Centre, Burns Road, Karachi 🇵🇰
💗 Help the channel grow by liking, commenting and subscribing. If you want to be extra nice please share my video with your friends on social media.
📱 Instagram (Live Story Updates): / daleroxxu
📱 Facebook (Shorter Vlogs ~5 minutes): / daleroxxu
📱 TikTok (15 - 60 Seconds Vlog Clips): / dalephilip
📱 Twitter (Not using this for much): / daleroxxu
16 июл 2024
