Good morning from the capital city here in Pakistan. I am in the city of Islamabad today.
And in this video I'm going on a DIY street food tour of the city. I was just going to say, listen to how peaceful and quiet it is.
Not bloody car honked, but these are the streets. Very civilised, very clean and very different
from the videos I created in Karachi. But enough about the streets. I'll show you those later. Let's go get some chai and paratha.
And here is the first location. Right here. Salaam alaikum.
How are you? Looking for some chai and some parathas. Perfect. Okay.
Do you have a menu or? You do Kashmiri chai here?
Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you. So this is the paratha man over here.
Salaam alaikum. How many we got there? About 8 parathas on the griddle. Over here
Salaam alaikum. You're the chai man. Okay. This is the chai’s. You good?
Picture. Picture.Okay. Okay.
That's the milk in there. Got in there. Huge pot of milk. Wow.
Suger? Okay.
I have no idea. You pick.You choose. You make it delicious for me. I haven't got a clue.
This gets absolutely obliterated. Look on the heat.
And then back over here these have been flipped.
Oh, it's mine. Perfect. Shukriya. Look at the absolute state of this.
It doesn't get any fresher than that. Look how flaky it looks.
Oh, beautiful. Perfect. Shukriya. Thank you.
And here is the cha or chai. Oh! Happy days. This is the ultimate breakfast here in Islamabad.
Let's taste the chai, first of all and not burn my mouth.
Oh, so good. So in this video,
I'm on the lookout for Kashmiri chai, which is actually a pink chai. Very famous in this region.
But this place does not do it. So I'll settle for a masala chai to begin with.
That is a lovely. Very creamy. Just so smooth. Not too sure if you're supposed to dip this in something.
Maybe there people were dipping it in the malai or whatever that sort of like skin was on the milk.
Not too sure. I've got no dipping sauce or anything. So, just going for it dry.
Lovely. But I need some sort of flavour, I think, on the side.
Sometimes you can get chicken. You can get cheese. You can get all sorts. I think aloo potato you can get stuffed in the middle of this, but this one is just a plain
Plain paratha. Maybe you're supposed to dip it in the chai.
I've no idea, but I'm going to try that. This could be culturally inappropriate
but we're going for it.
It works.
That tea is so good. I was never a big fan of tea until I came to this region of the world and it's really changed my opinion on how good a cup of tea can be.
Amazing. I'm rating the chai 10/10.
I'm rating the paratha... It is a good paratha but I just need something to dip it in.
I'll rate it 8/10. Total bill there was 150 Pakistani rupees and that is called the Queta Karachi Cafe.
I'll put the link to their Google map pin in the description below of this video. Okay, next location is the most famous bakery in town.
It's a 25 minute walk from this location, which I'm not doing in this heat. So I booked a motorbike taxi on indrive