Difference between Pakistani and Indian cooking?

[AFayiz]

Re: Difference between Pakistani and Indian cooking?

@khattichic

Who is labeling? Just like you claimed Indian food to be smelly and lacking in richness, queer, myself or any other Indian has the right to refute that sentiment because honestly it is nonsensical.

Read again where have I said specifically “SMELLY”. Probably saying that all have same smell doesn’t mean so anywhere in dennotative sense, connotations can be many.

[system]

Re: Difference between Pakistani and Indian cooking?

@AFayiz

Surely Indian food is different to ours. I have felt that Pakistani food is more richer in taste n **Indian food has a typical smell **that is in all cuisines. Hyderabadi cooking is surely different, they have variety in their taste, although I like very much hyedrabadi food but its only to twist my taste buds and in regular routine I’m much addicted to the Pakistani food of my household

Its not said that Indian food is smelly and lacking richness. and similar smell thing has been pointed out by other posters too. And afayyiz didnt include hyderabadi in the list.

[khattichic]

Re: Difference between Pakistani and Indian cooking?

^ it doesn’t matter if Hyderabadi was included or not. Indian cooking is so rich and varied, and encompasses many different styles, depending on what part of the country you’re in. I don’t think it’s right to lump it all as tasting the exact same and having a particular “smell”.

[MustafaQuraishi]

Re: Difference between Pakistani and Indian cooking?

@Muzna

Cafe de Khan is amazing! Love it.
While I can’t say that Bar B Q Tonight is authentic Pakistani, if you enjoy the food at Cafe de Khan then you will enjoy Bar B Q Tonight as well. They are located just west of Hwy 10 on the north side of Dundas.

I stopped going to Bar.B.Q Tonight because of their horrible service .. .. Seems like they don’t treat you well if you go there all by yourself !!! … You have to have a huge family with you to attract waiters attentions. Once I went there and stood at the door for at least 15 minutes and not a single waiter bother to ask me how many people, or show me the place where to sit! I left the restaurant the very moment and never went back.

Though i loved their chargha and chana masala. Can’t deny that it was one of the best one.

@madz124

My family usually orders from Biryani King (at Rexdale, not brampton) for catering or takeout. The owner is from Lahore and we like pretty much everything we have tried on the menu.
My best friend loves karachi kitchen but I prefer lahori food over karachi food.
Lahore tikka house used to be good back in the day. I don’t know what happened.
Others you can try: zauq, tandoori time (at albion) and cafe de khan. There is one small takeout shop in a mall in Thorncliffe. I can’t remember what it’s called or if they even have a name. I really like their food as well. It tastes similar to my mom’s cooking.

Check out zabihah.com for more.

I haven’t heard about karachi kitchen in my 3 years of stay in Canada .. Will try it out (where is it btw ?)

Zauq: its average .. been there only once and never tried to go there again

I have never been to TT at albion, added to my list. will try it out.

Could you try to figure out that thorncliffe shop Please!

[madz124]

Re: Difference between Pakistani and Indian cooking?

@MustafaQuraishi

I stopped going to Bar.B.Q Tonight because of their horrible service .. .. Though i loved their chargha and chana masala. Can’t deny that it was one of the best one.

I haven’t heard about karachi kitchen in my 3 years of stay in Canada .. Will try it out (where is it btw ?)

Zauq: its average .. been there only once and never tried to go there again

I have never been to TT at albion, added to my list. will try it out.

Could you try to figure out that thorncliffe shop Please!

lol ok, I’ll ask my dad where it is. He used to work in the area a few years back, so we went there a couple times. Haven’t been there in recent years.

karachi kitchen is in mississauga.

You know the thing is, as with any other food place, these recommendations too can sometimes be a hit or miss. Like depending on how busy the place is when you visit, the number of staff they have available at the time, or the master chef not being available etc.

[Mostar95]

Re: Difference between Pakistani and Indian cooking?

@Jolie

I’d be fascinating to note the evolution of Afghan cuisine in Pakistan, since we have a large group of Afghan settlers living there. It’d be interesting to see the extent of influence of local culinary traditions on Afghan food.

This had already happened in the last 1000 years esp when Pathans ruled the area of UP in the 18th century. That resulted in Indianisation of Central and Afghan dishes took place.