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Welcome back to our PAKISTANI FOOD SERIES from Northern Pakistan! Today we are exploring more of Hunza and all of its unique cuisine. We start the day at Serena Altit Fort Residence (huts situated on the foothills of Altit Fort) which have breathtaking views over Hunza Valley. We stopped into Khabasi Cafe, where female chefs run the show. We had a traditional Hunza breakfast: Giyaling (think wheat pancake) with local butter, honey and apricot jam. Apples were in season and we also ordered freshly squeezed apple juice, which was incredible!
After breakfast, we climbed up the hill to the ancient Altit Fort. The tower is approximately 1100 years old and our guide took us back in time with stories of what took place inside the fort and the surrounding village over the thousands of years it stood over Hunza. Altit Fort is one of the oldest monuments in Gilgit-Baltistan, and we highly recommend exploring it!
After climbing and exploring the fort, we made our way back to the Karimabad Bazaar. Here, there is a woman chef who was the first woman in Hunza to start a business. Her name is Lal Shehzadi, and you can’t miss her restaurant hut which is constantly packed with locals. Lal Shehzadi was kind enough to meet us and we had wonderful conversations. She is very passionate about clean, organic food and is an educator to the locals about good farming practices. She has even travelled to Japan (very long journey!) to expand her expertise on planting and harvesting from her garden.
Despite her positivity and passion for what she does, and despite the perpetual flow of hungry guests coming to eat her food, she spoke about the challenges she faced as a woman starting her own business and becoming a chef. Many told her to stay at home, that she shouldn’t work, and that she should always cover her head. Many of her peers doubted her ability to make her dream a reality. However, she remained strong and ambitious, and created one of the most famous restaurants in the area and her name and food remains legendary!
We ordered her famous Hunza dishes: Chap Shoro (which is a pan fried meat pie) and Burutz Berikutz (which is a fresh cheese chapati). Both dishes were made with only local, organic ingredients, including apricot and walnut oil which define the flavours of Hunza food. The food, although made with simple ingredients, was fantastic!!! You could taste that Lal Shehzadi puts love into every dish she makes and we feel so honoured to meet her and eat her amazing Hunza food.
Addresses:
1. Serena Altit Fort Residence
2. Khabasi Cafe
3. Altit Fort
4. Karimabad Bazaar
5. Food Pavilion (Lal Shehzadi)
Thank you so much for tuning into another episode of our PAKISTANI STREET FOOD series, and we hope you enjoyed the views, food and people of Pakistan in this video! We would like to thank Shehroze (from Manaky) for making this video possible. Stay tuned for next week’s episode where we visit a rural village and experience a Pakistan Village Wedding!!! 🇵🇰
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