From Schezuan to Shakarparian
ISLAMABAD: It has long been established that authentic Chinese cuisine, especially Cantonese food, is not really suited to the Pakistani palate.
This is why many of the most popular Chinese restaurants specialise in primarily Schezuan cuisine and have had to make their food decidedly desi to win favour – and flavour – with local restaurant-goers.
But if you’re fed up with the oriental food on offer in the capital, you may want to take a trip down to Lok Virsa, where the premises of the erstwhile Virsa Cafe have – in homage to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor – been taken over by Heng Chang.
Chinese eatery at Lok Virsa gets as close to authentic Chinese as local palate will allow
The popular Chinese restaurant may have relocated to Lok Virsa from its old perch in F-7, but it has lost none of its charm. If anything, the change of scenery is a welcome one, with the Shakarparian Forest providing a rich, green backdrop for an afternoon meal.