Located on the bank of Arabian Sea in Karachi, Port Grand is one of the largest food streets of Asia.[1]
Food street located on Stadium Road, Sargodha
The Anarkali Food Street in Lahore, Pakistan

The food street is a street lined with food stalls, restaurants, and other food shops, and are typically pedestrianized.[2] Food streets, and food parks, exist in several metropolitan cities in Pakistan, and attending them has become a social norm, with people using them as both formal and informal meeting areas.[3][4]

The first food street in Pakistan was Gawalmandi Food Street located in central part of Lahore.[2] This has been followed by Melody Food Street and the food street in Blue Area in Islamabad,[4][5] Burns Road in Karachi,[6][7] the food street near Ghantar Ghar in Peshawar, Qissa Kahwani Bazaar Food Street, Peshawar[8] and a second food street in Lahore at Anarkali.[9] In 2012, a new food street was inaugurated in Lahore near Badshahi Mosque and Lahore Fort. It was named Fort Road Food Street.

In Islamabad, prior to the creation of Melody Food Street, restaurants were scattered around the city. Members of middle class society prefer them because they are less expensive than hotels or high-quality restaurants.[4][10]

These food streets are a source of good food and relaxation for the busy shoppers. This is the reason these streets have gained popularity. Today, these food streets have small cafés as well where pedestrians stop to refresh themselves with their favorite coffee or tea. Pakistani street food consists mostly of fried items such as samosas, vegetable rolls, kachoris, gol guppays, chaat, several kinds of fried fish and finger fish, and french fries. Other popular street foods include Bun kebabs, Chapli kebabs, burgers, and biryani. Many stalls offer Asian Chinese food that consists of rice and chicken or beef gravy. Some particular food streets are popular for desserts, such as gola ganda (which is crushed ice with sweet syrups topping it), rabri and all types of juices.

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References

  1. ↑ "Port Grand (Karachi) - 2021 All You Need to Know Before You Go (With Photos) - Karachi, Pakistan".
  2. 1 2 Qurratulain Poonawala (2006-01-26). "Pulsating street drama". Dawn. Dawn Group. Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  3. ↑ Mohammad Kamran (2005-01-26). "Food streets take off in Islamabad". Daily Times. Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2006-05-25. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  4. 1 2 3 Mohammad Kamran (2007-01-04). "Food parks gain popularity in Pindi, Islamabad". Daily Times. Pakistan.
  5. ↑ Shabnam Nasir (2002-10-03). "A street full of food". Dawn. Dawn Group. Archived from the original on 2013-01-20.
  6. ↑ "KARACHI: Food Street to open on Aug 14". Dawn. Dawn Group. 2005-07-31.
  7. ↑ Nimra Khalid. "Karachi's very own food street". Dawn. Dawn Group. Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  8. ↑ "PESHAWAR: Companies to support 'Save Peshawar Movement'". Dawn. Dawn Group. 2005-02-10.
  9. ↑ "Second food street opens in Old Anarkali". Dawn. Dawn Group. 2002-02-05.
  10. ↑ Mohammad Kamran (2006-04-15). "Rawalpindi Food Street attracts visitors". Daily Times. Pakistan.
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