Pakistani Street Food - YAK BURGERS + Trout Fish Karahi in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan!!

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Welcome back to our PAKISTAN STREET FOOD series! Today we are in Gilgit-Baltistan, exploring the amazing scenic areas of Northern Pakistan, and discovering its delicious cuisine. The North of Pakistan is a must-visit to everyone travelling to Pakistan!

We are starting the day with a boat ride on the deep blue Attabad Lake. Once a village without a lake, in 2010 a landslide created this mineral rich lake, completely covering the village. It has now become a tourist hot spot!

After, we drove the winding roads to Passu Cones Viewpoint. This mountain vista takes the shape of sharp cones, and the peaks rise up over 7,000m! While we were enjoying the views of Passu, we stopped into Yak Grill for several Yak specialty dishes. We ordered the yak cheese burgers and the yak chili dry, which is similar to a Chinese stir fry. Both dishes were delicious and the views were breathtaking!

Just nearby is a famous cafe Glacier Breeze. Their extensive menu of food and drinks makes it a good stop while exploring Upper Hunza, but we were there for their claim to fame: Hunza Apricot Cake. Apricots are abundant in Northern Pakistan, and many of the dishes include the use of apricots or apricot oils. Their apricot cakes are MASSIVE, baked fresh and very fruity from apricots. This should be shared with your family or friends with a cup of chai!

We decided to check out the famous Hussaini Suspension Bridge. Locals use it as an actual route across the river, but it is a fun challenge for tourists to balance on the bridge and try to cross the river. We recommend using the bridge under staff supervision. The bridge has amazing views of Passu Cones as well!

For lunch, we drove to the most northern point in Pakistan that we had the chance to visit - Sost. At Khunjerav Cafe, you can visit the local trout farm and catch your own fish with a net! The fish looked very healthy. Then, with ingredients from the village’s garden, this family-run restaurant cooks up some amazing dishes using trout. One of the dishes was trout karahi, which was NEXT-LEVEL delicious! Their fried trout tasted great as well, since the trout was as fresh as it could get! Not only was the food amazing, but their service and hospitality was fantastic!

We were super full, so we went back into the village of Gulmit to meet with some ladies that we had met at the Pakistani wedding (see previous episode). These ladies run their own rug and carpet weaving shop called Korgah, which provide these handicrafts for locals and major companies like the Serena Hotel brand. We shared another cup of chai and they showed us what kind of work goes into making carpets and rugs: first there is the design on paper, then there is dyeing the wool with natural products such as fruits or vegetable peels, then the carpets/rugs are woven by hand, with an interesting tool. We purchased a mat that took several months to make for $100 USD.

Addresses:
1- Attabad Lake
2- Pass Cones Viewpoint
3- Yak Grill Passu
4- Glacier Breeze
5- Hussaini Suspension Bridge
6- Khunjerav Cafe
7- Korgah Carpet and Rug Weaving (Gulmit Village)

Thank you so much for tuning into another episode of our STREET FOOD IN PAKISTAN series! We hope you enjoyed the amazing views, delicious food and people of Pakistan in this video! We would like to thank Shehroze (from Manaky) for making this video possible. Subscribe for more Pakistan videos each Sunday!
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We’re Luke Martin and Sabrina Davidson, food lovers and world travellers! We make videos about local, authentic and unique foods from across the globe. We particularly like to sample street food across Asia. We’ve eaten our way across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, parts of Africa, North America and the list is still growing! Our mission is to create content that is entertaining, informative, honest and fun! We love what we do and we are always grateful for your support! Thank you and see you on the next episode!
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