Shop after shop and restaurant after restaurant sell a variety of barbecued meats, Haleem, Kachori, Qulfi and ice-cream.
Karachi is famous for Biryani, and the street has all its types, mutton, beef, potato, mince, barbecue and chicken biryani, among many others.
The Ghousia Restaurant is also one of the oldest establishments of the locality. “It was set up 45 years ago as a single shop,” said Ghulam, one of the senior workers. “At that time we only served simple food. Now we also offer a variety of Chinese dishes alongside the Pakistani delicacies.”
A little further ahead, a large group of customers throng a small ice-cream stall and shout their orders at the shopkeeper.
“Every time we come to Hussainabad we have Karachi ice cream!” said Mureed, one of the customers. “The prices are nominal but the taste is unmatchable.”
After so much scrumptious food, what more could Hussainabad offer for people who feel they might burst any moment?
It has just the thing to wash all the food down with and ease digestion — Zamzam’s Limka (sodawater) and its many varieties catering to everyone’s taste.
Its proud owner, Muhammad Hussain, said, “We have been running our Limka business here for 15 years. No one can compete with us because.”
Stuffed to the brim and satiated, although a little relieved after sipping the soda water, there is paan for those who want a final finish to orgy of food in Hussainabad.
A sweet paan from the Faisal Paan Shop, is there to further satiate your craving for a food experience. Its customers range from elders to young children who cant leave the food street without having a paan to remember their trip by.
When asked what the secret of his famous paan was, the owner, Faisal, replied,” Fennel, chocolate, sweet rose paste, sugar syrup as usual ... but saffron is what gives our paan its unique lasting smell and taste, and makes everyone remember their trip to Hussainabad.”