With almost 100 food stalls offering both sweet and savoury items, the sixth edition of the festival is all set to commence on Friday and will continue till Sunday.
It is that time of the year again as Karachi Eat 2019, one of the highly anticipated food festivals, is all set to commence from January 11 to January 13, 2019. The fact is that Karachi Eat food festival has become an event that everyone looks forward to every year. The sixth outing of the festival will be held at the Beach View Park adjacent to Dolmen Mall as opposed to Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park where it took place last year.
Organized by CKO Events Architecture, the main idea behind changing the venue is to promote public spaces and parks around the city and bring people together in public spaces.
While last year’s footfall was over 100,000 and featured a diverse range of cuisines including Parsi, Mexican, Sri Lankan, Middle Eastern, Thai, Chinese, Swiss, South Indian and many others, according to the organizers they are expecting more or less all of Karachi. So, we’ll have to wait till after the festival to find out the turnout at this year’s Karachi Eat.
Among the 100 eateries (chosen out of 500 applicants) that will be putting up their stalls at the festival this year, over half of these have never been at the Karachi Eat before.
It will feature a wide range of continental and desi dishes including biryani, burgers, doughnuts, cakes, snacks, smoothies, chullu kebab, khausuey and much more.
However, what makes the festival unique this year is that every eatery that is showing will have a star entrée - specifically created for Karachi Eat - which is not part of the regular menu. The organizers asked each one to prepare a unique item specifically for Karachi Eat. They were judged based on flavor, innovation presentation and food quality.
Instep lists down five of them that are making their debut at Karachi Eat 2019.
Tantuni House
With the promise of bringing the unforgettable taste of Turkish street food, Tantuni House will offer Turkish Tea and Ayran (Lassi). Not to forget their special entrée the ‘Turkish Tantuni’, which is created exclusively for the eat festival. Want to witness a little bit of Turkey in Karachi, drop by at stall # 31 to delight your taste buds with authentic Turkish cuisine.
I Scream Sandwiches
The trend of ice-cream sandwiches is catching on quite rapidly and this time around I Scream Sandwiches will be debuting at the Karachi Eat 2019. As for the special item, they will be serving ‘The Big Chip’. This will surely be one of the 90 new tastes that you will find only at the festival.
SpicOgetti
SpicOgetti, which has been delivering Khausuey across Karachi for the last three years, is all set to make its first public appearance at Karachi Eat. At the festival, SpicOgetti will be serving Khausuey and Singaporean rice, which are a part of their regular menu, while they have a surprise entrée ‘Malpura Madness’ that is sure to satisfy your desi meetha cravings. If you are a Khausuey lover and want to enjoy live Malpuras then don’t forget to visit stall # 41 as they promise to leave you crave for more.
Omnom Brothers
Omnom Brothers will be bringing African Cuisine to the food festival for the first time. They will offer some amazing street food from Nigeria, Greece, Brazil and a special dessert formulated to tantalize your taste buds. Apart from that they’ll serve a refreshing drink to cleanse your palate. Though, Omnom Brothers have not shared the name of their star entrée, visit stall # 81 to find out what they have to offer.
Chaatora
If you are a fan of desi snacks that don’t forget to visit Chaatora’s stall this year. Chaatora will be offering ‘Dahi Bara Burger’ as the special entrée that is not available on the eatery’s regular menu. Sounds interesting!
Mark your calendars (January 11 to 13) so that you don’t miss out on the biggest eat festival of the year and indulge in some of the unique flavors that Karachi Eat 2019 has to offer.
