Restaurants in Karakoram Highway
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Café de Hunza
The KKH has delivered espresso coffee to sip while munching on Hunza walnut cake and reading the newspaper (albeit two days old). Not surprisingly, this venture, which also does muesli and omelette breakfasts and sells books and souvenirs, has hit the spot with travellers and there's now another branch at Zero Point.
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Hidden Paradise
This quaint restaurant has a big menu of inexpensive and delicious Hunza dishes; eg haneetze doudo and chapshuro. The cuisine is definitely not haute, but this is a great way to sample local food with friends and enjoy views of Altit and Duikar.
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United Bakery
United Bakery has baked goods of questionable freshness, but also plenty of packaged groceries, drinks etc.
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Glacier Breeze Restaurant
High above the Highway, with a stairway to tastebud heaven, this excellent restaurant continues to astound travellers with its quality Hunza-inspired fare and incongruous location. Signature dishes include chicken cooked in local herbs, purziyh sahar (paneer with spicy fried spinach) and Hunza apricot chicken. There's even a kids' menu. The apricot cake is divine, and chocoholics will have their prayers answered. And there's real coffee!
The tented accommodation is set up in summer and includes mattresses, sleeping bags, and hot showers. Entrepreneurial chef Ahmed Ali Khan can provide dried and vacuum-packed meals for trekkers, and runs cooking classes (Rs300, at least an…
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Dumani
Based at Gilgit's top hotel, Dumani has a wonderful vista and a good-value menu with tasty Pakistani, Chinese and Continental cuisine. If you have been scrimping or trekking, this is the place to have a splurge - particularly at the all-you-can-eat buffet lunch (Rs500). Popular barbecue nights (Mon-Sat) commence after 15 May, with locals and nonguests alike enjoying the first-rate food and garden ambience.
Also good value is the high tea buffet on Sunday (15:00 to 18:00) with a great range of salads, hot dishes and desserts. Credit cards are accepted.
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New Friends Cafe
This busy curry and chapati eatery has a small selection of mutton and chicken dishes, such as the ubiquitous mutton karai (mutton braised with vegetables and served bubbling in its own pan. Vegetarians will hopefully find dhal but not much else.
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Green Dragon
Jamal Hotel's Chinese-decorated restaurant produces OK Chinese dishes such as hot and sour chicken, sliced beef and ginger, and laghman (noodles in broth), but covers its bases by churning out Pakistani standards such as chicken karai.
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Baltit Café & View Point
The main selling point here is the pleasant garden dining area with excellent views. Find a sunny or shady seat and sip a cold drink or tuck into the soups, burgers, snacks and several Pakistani and Chinese dishes.
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Gulmit Biryani House
A good road-stop restaurant on the Highway with a small selection of freshly cooked meals and hot chai. Usually it's a choice between chicken soup, chicken karai or chicken biryani accompanied by two chapatis.
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Mona Lisa Restaurant
Adjacent to the PTDC in the Cantonment, this bright roadside eatery boasts a huge menu of Pakistani, Chinese and Continental mains plus snacks and barbecue fare. But first ask what is available and fresh.
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Askari Bakery
Catch a Suzuki out to Askari Bakery beyond Jutial for good-value cakes, biscuits and bread as well as a range of groceries. The 250 g fruit/plain butter cakes make ideal travel companions.
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Salar Restaurant
Has Pakistani standards and interesting Chinese items - eg mantou (steamed buns) and strange but tasty fried noodles - in clean, low-key surroundings.
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Kohistan Tourist Inn
The hotel restaurant has a small vegetarian and Continental (chicken gruel!) selection along with the typical curries and Chinese favourites.
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Askari Snacks
You can grab a coffee or tea here and sit in the garden with limited shade and enjoy your bakery items. It is adjacent to Askari Bakery.
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Baig's Restaurant
Located opposite JSR Plaza, Baig's is gloomy but relatively clean, with good oily Pakistani dishes for those with strong constitutions.
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Thai Hotel & Food Mella
The bright Thai Hotel & Food Mella restaurant features a Thai Airways colour scheme but no Thai dishes - just Pakistani curries.
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Mizushima Restaurant
The Japanese-sounding Mizushima Restaurant has an extensive Pakistani, Chinese and Continental (pizzas) menu but no Japanese dishes.
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Hotel Paris
Budget hotel restaurant churning out Pakistani basics like sabzi (curried vegetables), dhal and mutton curry.
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Yogurt Shops
You can buy yogurt at one of the yogurt shops. Say pita for drink here and jata for takeaway.
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Karachi Haleem & Fast Food
Down at the chowk, this curry joint has snacks and cold drinks for those on the move.
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Nadia
The upmarket Nadia has an extensive Chinese, Continental and Pakistani menu.
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