Chit Chaat offers Lahoris delicious comfort food
The man behind the high-end traditional restaurant Andaaz recently opened doors to a bistro offering local street food in the comfort of an air-conditioned, colourful little space.
While Andaaz faces Badshahi Mosque on Fort Road, Chit Chaat is tucked away in a service lane on main Jail Road. It assumes its name from the concept of chatting away with friends or family while relishing some papri or fruit chaat.
The place elicited my interest as soon as I entered: my favourite Bollywood music from the 80s and 90s blaring from a speaker in the corner. The wood ceiling, green walls, commercial music and old school treadle sewing machines revamped as tables lent the modest place some street touch. As soon as one places an order, the waiter places an hourglass on the table denoting that the order would arrive before the sand slips down.
My accompanying friend and I started off with the papri chaat and dahi barray. While the names were familiar, the presentation was anything but.