I challenged Lahore Eat to satisfy my Lahori appetite. Who came out the winner?
When I set out for Lahore Eat I had only one question in mind: would it do justice to my rumbling stomach without bankrupting me entirely?
Karachi’s celebrated Eat food festival finally landed in Lahore yesterday. The three-day food extravaganza kicked off at 4pm at the sprawling Jilani Park (formerly Racecourse Park). The supposedly families-only event is ticketed with each person having to dish out Rs200 (and in some cases Rs250) to enter the food haven.
The ticket booth was well-managed and spacious to accommodate a sudden rush of people if there should be one. Security was pretty tight with groups of policemen standing guard all around. And the bulky bouncers at the entrance made sure no ‘stag’ crashed the party.
Still, one visitor told me that despite the event being publicised as strictly families-only, she saw a group of boys being allowed in, adding: “Maybe the bouncers at the entrance thought the boys were too coolly dressed to be chhichora or rowdy, and not clad in shalwar kameez. Who knows?”