Do You Like Pakistani/Indian Food???

Food is the important part of every Nation's culture. Also food is something most of the people like to try other than their own if they are outside visiting other country. From the Chinese cuisine to Mexican burritos to american burgers to Spanish omelette's....And here there are people who loves to try different food.

So my question is simple Have you tried Pakistan/Indian food?

If Yes how you find it?

Which dish you like?

What is your Favorite Pakistan/Indian Restaurant in Beijing?

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For those Who didnt tried why not?

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Permalink Reply by Qiaoran Huang on June 22, 2011 at 12:00am

Oh I know pakistan and INDIA were belongs to the one original right

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Permalink Reply by Nadeem Ahmed on June 23, 2011 at 8:41pm

yeah both have the same origin...

well pakistani food is a bit more spicy then indian one ....

u can try mughal in sanlltun but i havent found it as good as pakistani food is...

i will also suggest u to drink "Lassi " a traditional drink made of yogurt n u will find it awesome :)

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Permalink Reply by Shercy on June 22, 2011 at 11:37pm

yes I like it so much! I even bought some masala stuff online and cooked it once

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Permalink Reply by Qiaoran Huang on June 23, 2011 at 9:34pm

To Ahmed: thank you for the nice detail introduction, now i can not wait to taste the yogurt "Lassi"， yes and i also like to taste those spicy food, i am sure i would head for it soon~

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Permalink Reply by Rosie on August 11, 2011 at 2:21pm

A big fans of exotic food. Great if someone can recommend the best Indian restaurant in Beijing.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Ramhard on August 19, 2011 at 9:02am

yes i love pakistani food, its so delicious, lots of variety, nutrition is not the question here, but over all if u need to taste everything and delight your tastebuds have some & decide.
& i have been to many (paksitani/indian) restaurants in beijing, but my favorite is "indian kitchen" in dongximen, near the embassy area

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Permalink Reply by James Wang on August 26, 2011 at 1:58pm

like Pakistan food very much, QIABADI, NAN, PRATA, MUTTON KARAYI, CHICKEN KARAYI, BALAK BANIA......

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Permalink Reply by Shirley Shiro X on October 5, 2011 at 8:02pm

i loooooooooooooooooooove indian food!

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Permalink Reply by Gireesh 葛瑞奇 on October 11, 2011 at 7:52am

Wow. Just came across this topic.

Thank you Mehreen. Actually I own Punjabi, so to say anything specific would be self promotion, so I shall not talk about my restaurant, but the food on the whole.

Pakistani and Northern Indian food have much more similarities than northern and southern Indian, where the basic ingredients change totally. My favorites for Pakistani / Indian food (beside mine of course) are the Taj Pavilion and I have eaten at Mughals a few times and liked it too. I feel these are most authentic for the flavors and also cooked the best. Not too much oil, not too many artificial flavors, etc.

Regarding Okra (lady finger) or "Bhindi" in Hindi, it IS available but only seasonally, and IS very expensive. Jenny Lou has it some times, for as much as 54 rmb / Kg. But at times it can be found at the local market. The Chinese name is called "qiu kui" .

Each restaurant has it's own charm, and restaurant cooking and home cooking is always different due to the richness of the sauces of the main base while cooking. Restaurants usually prepare the raw material of 3-4 different (curries) as a base, and then do the final cooking when the order comes. The main difference of flavor between restaurants, is the freshness and quality of ingredients used in making these "curries"

Northern Indian / Pakistani food has more of dry BBQ dishes than in the South of India. Also, northerners eat more wheat and flour (breads, naans, roti, paratha) as compared to the south, where Rice is a staple diet . Quite similar to China!

Ok.. That was a long post. Some more information about Northern Indian culture (many things similar to Pakistan) and food can be found here on this CCTV kids program done by an Indian teacher here in Beijing and I. But it's all in Chinese (Mandarin).

http://shaoer.cntv.cn/cctvchildren/dacangku/classpage/video/2011082.... (scroll to 35 minutes) (talks about BBQ FOOD)

http://shaoer.cntv.cn/cctvchildren/dacangku/classpage/video/2011090... (talks about CURRY DISHES)

There are some articles about different dishes on a famous Beijing Food blog (but its mostly covers Punjabi), still a fun read about the food.
http://lumdimsum.com/tag/punjabi/

There is also a very informative post on TheBeijinger from the owner of Mughal Pakistani restaurant, which I just came across (from 2009)
http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2009/05/24/Peek-Into-Pakistan-Sami...

Cheers. - Gireesh.

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Permalink Reply by BriElle on October 27, 2011 at 7:44am

what i can say? I didn't try pakistani food yet, but i know in Beijing here is couple of pakistani restaurants, so wanna definitely try. About indian food? I really really really don't like it...because...it will make me fat soon :) I love it. Specially vegetarian food. And masala tea.
I don't have favorite restaurant yet, i am in BJ just 2 weeks or so. But near my company, there is one i use to go for lunch. I have friend in shanghai, he has an indian restaurant and i can say, his dish is the best one i have ever tried in China.