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As a visitor I came to this restaurant back in 2011 and we all family members loved the food.
Today in celebration of my sister's new job, we decided to visit a Pakistani restaurant again and of course BBQ tonite came to mind. Upon entering, it has this new fresh beautiful top notch restaurant look. Of course I was comparing it with my first visit back in 2011 and then it was not this great looking but without any doubt the food then was great.
We were the only customers at 06:30 pm dinner time. We ordered two goat Karahi, one chicken boti (bbq chicken) and one beef Bihari(bbq beef) and 4 nans. Goat karahi was recommended by the server and was also on the specials menu. Most Pakistani restaurants, Goat/beef karahi is their top product, so one can say every such restaurant makes sure they get it right. Most restaurants with such prices, the food becomes way too much, so we thought, 4 people, normally can easily eat two goat karahi but we wanted more food as my sister likes it and I thought we will make the leftovers as to-go so she can enjoy it tomorrow.
Well to our surprise, the food was very less. So less than being a Pakistani and visiting most top restaurants in the following cities , I have been to Toronto, NYC, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, LA, Dubai, Boston, where Pakistani restaurants' quality of food is top notch, decent prices and quality is way too much. I was shocked that there was so little food. Anyhow less food, not a biggie, little surprised but at least it will be good tasty food. So the next surprise was the taste, and quality of meat. Most Pakistani restaurants have their distinctive flavor or taste. So one may be different from the other, but overall the food is good. This was not the case here. The meat was uncooked. So unlike American steaks (rare, med rare, well done etc) Pakistani meat products are fully cooked and that's where the taste comes in. Plus the quality of meat, very disappointing. The only thing I will give the credit, that they managed to make a good Bihari boti. The chicken boti was not tasty and over cooked which made it very dry. Again these bbq products are marinated for some time and they are cooked in a way that the meat doesn't get too dry.
Such quality made sense as to why the restaurant at dinner time was so empty. This was not the case back in 2011, they were jammed packed on a weekday night. The whole experience made me upset that it was a good occasion that we wanted to enjoy. I offered my sister a BBQ at Fort Worth stock yard or steak place but she wanted Pakistani food. She was upset that she made this choice. I said it's not your fault and we will not let this dinner spoil our family evening. So thanks for the 85deg bakery, made up with a nice mango cake.