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Shahid Afridi is opening up his own restaurant in Dubai

Shahid Afridi is opening up his own restaurant in Dubai

The cricketer teased the opening of a restaurant called Lala Darbar, which will be offering authentic desi food.
08 Feb, 2022

We have seen Shahid Afridi with a bat and ball but an apron was the last thing we had expected him to put on. The cricketer’s newest venture may be opening his own restaurant.

He shared a video of himself in a chef's jacket, slicing tomatoes and showing off some of his culinary skills. The cricketer is opening a restaurant in Dubai that will offer authentic desi food to people residing in the city.

Afridi, who is currently playing for the Quetta Gladiators this PSL season, shared the news with a video and wrote, "one step closer to the big announcement". He said he will be revealing other details very soon.

"Get ready to give your taste buds a mouthwatering triple tarka," Afridi wrote in his post along with hashtags of his restaurant's name, Lala Darbar.

The business page says that it is an "authentic desi restaurant chain" by the cricketer. Details such as the location or menu haven’t been revealed yet.

Of course a restaurant by an athlete means it will have a touch of the sportsman's passion for cricket and we can already see that in the logo of his restaurant. His famous victory pose made it to the restaurant's banner but the intriguing part is always the menu, the names of the dishes and if they will be named after him. Will we be getting a Lala karhai with a side of Boom Boom naan?

Afridi also has a skincare line called Ooh Lala which is marketed as a premium quality range that offers quality personal care products. He also owns a clothing brand called Hope Not Out that has leisurewear for both men and women.

Afridi isn’t the only Pakistani athlete to have ventured into food-related businesses. Inzamam Ul Haq, Saeed Anwar and Shoaib Malik have all dipped their toes in the food business too. Haq and Anwar run a meat store by the name Meat One that offers fresh and healthy meat whereas Malik opened a restaurant in Lahore called The Rice Bowl which offers comfort food.

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Shoaib Manzoor Feb 08, 2022 06:21pm
Shame on him.
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James Feb 08, 2022 06:37pm
no one to go to his restaurants if opened in Islamabad?
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Fast comment Feb 08, 2022 06:45pm
Good idea, good job go ahead do it.
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Alam Feb 08, 2022 06:55pm
Everyone in Pakistan is very fond of 'Darbar", its just the ruling and princely mentality to gather and impress people of inferior quality as per their standards !
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Ibrahim S Feb 08, 2022 07:03pm
Anything wrong in opening a restaurant in Pakistan and helping the economy by hiring locals
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NYS Feb 08, 2022 07:10pm
Lala inaugurated all three fame departments as side hassle ,upcoming venture could be beauty saloon for men...yeah
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NORI Feb 08, 2022 07:17pm
Even Lala doesn't invest in Pakistan !!!
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NORI Feb 08, 2022 07:17pm
Even Lala doesn't invest in Pakistan !!!
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NORI Feb 08, 2022 07:17pm
Even Lala doesn't invest in Pakistan !!!
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NORI Feb 08, 2022 07:17pm
Well, IK and SMQ plead with the world to invest in Pakistan and Afridi invests in Dubai !!!
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NORI Feb 08, 2022 07:17pm
Well, IK and SMQ plead with the world to invest in Pakistan and Afridi invests in Dubai !!!
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faisal Feb 08, 2022 07:18pm
Now he will be serving rich sheikh
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Zulfiqar Feb 08, 2022 07:37pm
Good luck. Dubai is a tough place to do business
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M. Emad Feb 08, 2022 08:46pm
50% Pakistani suffering from malnutrition & are stunted.
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Hyra Feb 08, 2022 09:38pm
Retirement plan. Its ok
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Syed Hasni Feb 08, 2022 10:38pm
My chef was a better cricketer than Shahid, its time for him to take revenge and prove to me that he is a better chef than him. Best of Luck!
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Ash Chak Feb 08, 2022 11:31pm
I remember Afridi biting on a red cricket ball in Australia for ball tampering. Is that going to be on the menu too?
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Multani Feb 08, 2022 11:31pm
Hope his cooking is as good as his batting
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GreenAura Feb 08, 2022 11:49pm
You legend. I will come to Dubai just for this.
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Syed Ahmed Feb 09, 2022 12:14am
Good luck an keeps feeding hungry fan,s off your,s Your poor fans like to open restaurant in well needy places were can get fresh an healthy meals
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Dr. Asim Maqbool Feb 09, 2022 12:18am
These cricketers are following up madly to one and each other - a business / charity tradition that was set up a number of years ago... Money talks!
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M. Saeed Feb 09, 2022 12:23am
It is a project to save self from mega-inflation eating his savings.
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Alam Feb 09, 2022 02:02am
@Ibrahim S Regardless where money come from , but it always goes to Dubai !
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VoiceOfReason Feb 09, 2022 02:25am
@M. Emad You must be a prime example.
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A Khan Feb 09, 2022 03:22am
@Shoaib Manzoor why shame on him? What's wrong in opening up a business in Dubai?
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A Khan Feb 09, 2022 03:23am
So why all this hate against Lala if he's opening a restaurant in Dubai. He earned respect and he worked hard for his Country, scandal free. If any person can invest anywhere in the world and it is not an issue, why not Lala?
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A Khan Feb 09, 2022 03:24am
Great job Lala, we will try it out in Dubai, love the name!! LalaDarbar!!
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bhaRAT© Feb 09, 2022 03:25am
@M. Emad You mean Indians and Bangladeshis!!
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Jaredlee007 Feb 09, 2022 03:28am
His restaurant will be as unreliable as his batting was in cricket.
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Jaredlee007 Feb 09, 2022 03:28am
Who cares.
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N Feb 09, 2022 03:57am
@Syed Hasni it's time time your chef proves he's a better cricket than Shahid!!
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Rafique Feb 09, 2022 04:11am
Wish him the best! Prayers for succes!
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Rafique Feb 09, 2022 04:14am
@M. Emad , it his not his fault!
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raj Feb 09, 2022 04:38am
Lala is smart, he knows where his future and money safe.
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Zulfiqar Feb 09, 2022 05:00am
@M. Emad that is absolutely incorrect and what is the point of this observation anyway?
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Dollarman Feb 09, 2022 05:10am
He has been through out of his career more of a businessman more than a cricketer; had he focused more on his cricket, he could have become one of cricket's greats rather than just boom boom!
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Ikram Feb 09, 2022 05:42am
Every celebrity run restaurant goes bankrupt. Opening a restaurant is easy, running it is a nightmare
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Henchi Feb 09, 2022 06:12am
Cooking up new fix now in the kitchen.
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Feb 09, 2022 06:13am
What else can he do to make a honest and honorable living?
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Ahmed Feb 09, 2022 06:16am
best ok luck lala
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Shikar Feb 09, 2022 06:27am
And he will call it "Indian restaurant" or "indian -pakistani restaurant", I am +ve.
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Hdhd Feb 09, 2022 06:35am
@Shoaib Manzoor why?
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Elaine Murphy Feb 09, 2022 07:25am
Well DONE LALA! I will come and invite all my Friends from UK
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Asif Feb 09, 2022 07:28am
A good initiative. Dubai is a good place to invest specially good quality Pakistani food. Don’t agree with the name, it should be able to attract and understandable to the foreigners and tourists as well, so something better should have named.
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ENGR Hamid Shafiq Feb 09, 2022 07:32am
Why not open a restaurant in Karachi?
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sach baat Feb 09, 2022 08:34am
There are 3.28 million Indians and 1.5 million Pakistanis in the UAE. That's his market.
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Omveer Singh Feb 09, 2022 08:46am
What's wrong with investment in pakistan? Wonder why ? Are Pakistanis not worthy of authentic Desi cuisine?
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shubs Feb 09, 2022 08:49am
Will female patrons have to be accompanied by a male relative?
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time_travel Feb 09, 2022 08:54am
Need to feed hungry Pakistanis first.
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Sayyar Khan Feb 09, 2022 09:01am
@Shoaib Manzoor Why shame on him? What’s wrong in opening a restaurant
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Sayyar Khan Feb 09, 2022 09:02am
@NORI Why don’t you invest instead of commenting only
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Sayyar Khan Feb 09, 2022 09:03am
@M. Emad What’s your point. It’s for business not for charity
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Abdullah Feb 09, 2022 09:45am
Lala darbar will have to compete with karachi darbar,muree darba ,pak darbar,pathan darbar and so many other darbars that in competition lala will be left with no other option to close his darbar as those who go on these darbars dont pay much .They are not the rich ones.
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Neha Singh Feb 09, 2022 11:11am
Here is another one taking his lot of money out of your country.
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Salman Feb 09, 2022 11:27am
@Ibrahim S YES. Everything is wrong. Most wrong thing is, that the locals don't spend as much as Dubai-wallas.
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Salman Feb 09, 2022 11:28am
@Ash Chak Sure. It is Chefs special.
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Shah Feb 09, 2022 12:37pm
Good going. Pakistanis should be creative and business minded.
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Syed Hasni Feb 09, 2022 03:47pm
@Salman Hi Dear, I fired my Chef just because he was playing better than him, I am a fan of Lala myself! Love you lala!
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Sane Mind1st Feb 09, 2022 04:23pm
The Baloch people have had very genuine grievances, but, instead of these being addressed, force has been deployed to suppress their protests
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IRFAN Feb 10, 2022 05:48am
Zabardast Lala...He was a legendary Cricketer and now he is turning into a legendary entrepreneur! Can't wait when he joins the political arena. We need a honest, successful and visionary guy like him to run our country! All the best Lala....hope u will turn this restaurant into a franchise like KFC and McDonald's with branches all over the world from India, U.S, Singapore, Egypt to Australia!
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Pak Pashtun Feb 10, 2022 10:59pm
Why not invest in your own country? Greed is unbelievable, he could have provided jobs in Pakistan. Shameless.
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