Islamabad: Islamabad Eat, a famous food festival, is back at city in his true spirit, after twoyear absence induced by the epidemic of Covid-19, which has stopped many other excursions and sports activities in the country in addition to the party.
The two days event era on over the weekend in the famous F-9 park with about 70 stalls of mainly local food, e scores of foodies are flocking to the venue to celebrate the festival of food e music and take a sigh of relief.
The festival is an indication that life is slowly getting better back to normal despite the pandemic.
Amal Mubeen, a 21-year-old student her group of friends are some of the many visitors to the festival. They came to the event not only a enjoy food but also formally resume normal life activities after the recent ones social curbs in middle of a fifth wave of the crisis driven by the Omicron variant.
“The best way welcoming spring means finding oneself with friends in an overview placegodendo good food and listening good musice Islamabad Eat is an opportunity to have it all, ”Mubeen told Xinhua.
“I hope so more how events I will keep on taking place all this spring not only to mark the beginning of spring but also to celebrate the success against the pandemic, “he said.
The organizers of the festival believed that event And more Of just a celebration of food, like it also from a chance a homechef based in particular women to display their cuisine skills and expand them business.
“The idea of the festival has arrived us nine years ago when we started it in the southern port city of Karachi, then over the next three years, we extended it to other cities, including Islamabad “, Aslam Khan, one of organizers told Xinhua.
“We are proud to say that over the last a few years, from 60 to 70 big restaurants of the meat-based homecuochi who started off with the food festival has opened in the country and are having success business”, Khan added.
Said the basic concept of the festival is to promote homea based food business and celebrates local chefs who I’m good in making famous local or foreign food in Village.
Speaking of the impact of the pandemic on at the festival, he said that despite a two-year pause, the crowd is back And more And more people they are flocking to the park to attend the festival.
“We are also making sure you respect with the Covid-19 guidelines in how much the pandemic is not over yet, and we are also manufacture sure that only vaccinated people have permission to buy tickets and enter the venue, ”Khan said.
Some food stands with Chinese food prepared and sold by the locals was also apart from of the festival and a number of visitors were savoring it.
Abdul Samad Ameen, a young owner of Capital Delights, a stall serving Chinese food at the festival, told Xinhua that Sichuan chicken, dried beef chili, Kung Pao chicken, chow mein, and dumplings are favorites. of locals in Chinese cooking.
“I offer Chinese food in my food done in home business because Chinese food is becoming very famous in Pakistan why of his good taste. And the first time in which I brought mine business at Islamabad Eat, and I’m getting an overwhelming response, ”Ameen said.
“In the future I will add more Chinese dishes on the menu, ”he said added.
