How I ate a 5-course meal at Lahore Eat in just Rs1,000
It’s THAT time of the year.
The time for the annual nom-nom fest, the ultimate almost-winter treat, the time when you cheat the cheat day. We’re talking about Lahore Eat!
The 2019 edition of the three-day food fiesta kicked off on its expansive home ground (pun intended) of Jilani Park (where it all started) on Friday with Sunday being the last day.
Not only will one find around 70 stalls at the festival running the whole gastronomic gamut from hardcore traditional – chholay bhatooray, hareesa, gol gappay – to downright foreign – pretzels, churros, chimichangas, there’s also live wrestling, musical performances and a play area for kids.
On a bright, warm Saturday afternoon, we headed off to Jilani Park to check out if this year Eat had what it takes to satisfy a Lahori’s appetite and tickle the taste buds.
On reaching there, we realised us Lahoris really are lazy when it comes to not just waking up early, but also getting out of the house on a holiday, because the venue was sparsely populated.
But, nothing holds us back when it comes to food, so only a few hours later the crowd had swelled to a decent number.
Now covering all the stalls is nearly impossible especially when one’s on a budget. So we decided to try and squeeze in a five-course meal in Rs1,000 (because all the kiosks here have a price cap of Rs400).
Soup
We kicked off the food tour with a traditional Kashmiri soup, called Om Dudh, from Waza.