A Karachi barbecue menu usually lists seven or eight botis at the same price, which is no help at all if you do not already know the difference. Most people order chicken boti and never find out what the rest were. The differences are real…

DHA has more restaurants per square kilometre than anywhere else in Karachi, which sounds like an advantage until you are trying to pick one for eight people with different tastes on a Sunday afternoon. The difficulty with restaurants in DHA Karachi is not finding options….

A thali is not a tasting menu and it is not a buffet on a plate. It is a complete meal built so the dishes balance each other, served together rather than in courses. The Nawabi thali Karachi diners picture is the Mughlai version of…

Ask ten people in Karachi what makes food Mughlai and most will say rich, or creamy, or just point at butter chicken. That is not wrong, but it misses what actually distinguishes the cuisine. Mughlai cooking came out of the imperial kitchens of the Mughal…