Khao Piyo Suey Karo!

Hello Again Foodies!

This is one I just had to blog about!

Shazia suggested we order something nice, something Burmese... it took me a while to pronounce it right but it's called Khao Suey. Everyone said it was pretty good, skeptical, I gave it a go. Beef Khao Suey from a place called "Simple Dimple"

It took an hour to deliver the order, but it came neatly packaged and still hot, which is always a good sign. Being my first experience with Khao Suey I needed expert advice on how to recognize it and how to proceed to eat it.

Apparently, fried vermicelli and red chillies come seperately and are added to ones' taste.

The experts I was referring to, loved it so much they all just had to have a bite. I had to fight for my food, which was worth it.

It smelt a little like Daal at first but when mixed with the vermicelli and the red chillies came tigether very nicely with the beef and the noodles to make something that tasted a lot like Knorr noodles. It was actually pretty good and I would not mind having it again. The soft noodles, and the crunchy vermicelli and a nice combo. Same with the flavour of the chilli and the strong taste of the noodles and the beef.

It simply had everything in it meat, flour, seasoning, more flour and just a hint of lemon. I recommend that everyone try it atleast once. According to my friend Sani, the chicken Suey is supposed to be much better.

Since, I've never had Khao Suey before, I cannot compare it to other "Sueys", however, it was refreshing to have something unique that did not taste all that bad and coted only Rs. 200 for a tummy filling serving.

Suey to the music guys,

Z

In Search Of Desi Cuisine

I don't know what possessed us, maybe it was the absence of the entire management from the office, but the lot of us decided to go out for lunch on a Thursday. The destination of choice... Zahid Nihari on Tariq Road.

We were going to do an entire nihari experience. Zahid Nihari has a pretty ok family room on the first floor where we sat, myself, Yasir, Nadia, Sherry and Mahreen. I'm going to guess that this was the girls' first experience of eating out of a steel plate.

The Nihari was fine, not very spectacular, but just ok. The experience of pouring out the oil, and eating with fresh tandoori nan, made it all worth it. Nadia had decided on having the chicken quorma and ate nothing but the chicken and some of the quorma leaving the rest claiming it was greasy.

She was absolutely right about the grease, in case you are wondering after looking at the picture, the grease did stick to the plate upside down.

The Blacklist

Dear Foodies,

You may have noticed the recent addition of the blacklist to the right of the screen.

The places on the list are chosen by popular vote of those who have experienced the place. Right now its just two places on the list but as the quality of food deteriorates, the list will increase.

Unless I receive intelligence that the place has picked up its game, that will warrant a review and hence will follow a revote. People authorized to vote are my foodie posse, Yasir, Nadia, Sherry, Mahreen, Misbah and of course the mighty me. All Ogilvy!

If you have an opinion on the restaurants leave a comment or send an email, we'll review it.

Bon Apetit!

Zubair