1) wake up LATE cos there's nothing to do
2) go for breakfast at Coffee,Tea and Co, or Massoon's, they are open early and have have a breakfast menu
3)play golf
4) go for a beer at Royal Palm
5) go for breakfast at Avari if you have their gold card (the standard one person eats free thing, good value)
6) go to the gym
7) go hang out by the pool at Structure gym(no dressing hang ups, bikinis not a problem)
8) get people over and get drunk
9) go shopping at Metro, Hyperstar or Al Fatah at Liberty
10) go shopping at Liberty market. btw, lots of shops are closed on Sunday in Lahore. Why? I have no fucking idea. You would think the traders would have more business sense than that, seing as there is fuck all to do on weekends
11) play tennis at the International club
12) go to Anarkali on saturday, it's great
13) jump on a plane to Bangkok or Dubai
14) watch TV
15) surf porn
16) hang out at Cosa Nostra, bring your own grog
Hmmm, now I am struggling. Anyway you get the drift.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
restaurant review - Cosa Nostra
OK. I have been meaning to write about this place for quite some time now but couldn't get off my lazy ass to do it. Many people in Lahore including foreigners reckon that this is the best western restaurant in town.
It's located off Main Bouleverd, but you will not be able to see any signage as it's hidden behind brick walls. Mostly it's word of mouth. A lot of very good looking people hang out here. The downstairs is 'casual dining' and serves pizza, pasta,salads,gelato. The pizza I agree is the best in town, and the only place where you can get proper thin crust. The pasta is not bad, good texture, but again,no aglio olio, only creamy or tomato base stuff. Salads are not bad but again, no romaine lettuce for the Ceasar's. The gelato is actually more like normal ice cream, but still good.
Upstairs its the formal dining, with chef's menu changing regularly, which makes it fun and interesting. But IMHO the food at Aylanto is better. The last time I came I got annoyed with the service upstairs as they took forever to bring the ice and water for my whisky and also I had to go get my own glass for my beer. A thirsty man is an angry man. Anyway it's a bottle friendly place.
Overall not too bad a place to hang out, good ambience,food is solid, service OK, good looking people to watch, but a tad pricey.
It's located off Main Bouleverd, but you will not be able to see any signage as it's hidden behind brick walls. Mostly it's word of mouth. A lot of very good looking people hang out here. The downstairs is 'casual dining' and serves pizza, pasta,salads,gelato. The pizza I agree is the best in town, and the only place where you can get proper thin crust. The pasta is not bad, good texture, but again,no aglio olio, only creamy or tomato base stuff. Salads are not bad but again, no romaine lettuce for the Ceasar's. The gelato is actually more like normal ice cream, but still good.
Upstairs its the formal dining, with chef's menu changing regularly, which makes it fun and interesting. But IMHO the food at Aylanto is better. The last time I came I got annoyed with the service upstairs as they took forever to bring the ice and water for my whisky and also I had to go get my own glass for my beer. A thirsty man is an angry man. Anyway it's a bottle friendly place.
Overall not too bad a place to hang out, good ambience,food is solid, service OK, good looking people to watch, but a tad pricey.
Monday, April 12, 2010
More ranting re Lahore Airport
OK. I am now officially pissed off. The last few times I have come back to Lahore, my luggage has been subject to "scanning". Come on. It's a hand carry. I travel light. And I am one of the first through immigration. This means I can't bring my whiskey in as it will get confiscated. OK, OK I know it's law of the land. Bullshit. The amount of bootleg stuff we can get here.
Yes, I can get the JW black here , but like I told my friends, I am in Pakistan suffering, therefore I should spoil myself by drinking a better quality whiskey. The hypocrisy really irritates me. Plus it's not as if I bring it in to sell, it's for my own consumption. Come on move on with the times. Don't like the beardos win, and let Pakistan fall back to extremism. At least let the barbaric unholy foreigners like myself drink and burn in hell.
There are no such bullshit even in the gulf states, which, as a sidebar, if you go to BKK airport, you will find many caucasians in shorts boarding flights to the UAE,Qatar, etc. So why not Pakistan? Sigh....
Yes, I can get the JW black here , but like I told my friends, I am in Pakistan suffering, therefore I should spoil myself by drinking a better quality whiskey. The hypocrisy really irritates me. Plus it's not as if I bring it in to sell, it's for my own consumption. Come on move on with the times. Don't like the beardos win, and let Pakistan fall back to extremism. At least let the barbaric unholy foreigners like myself drink and burn in hell.
There are no such bullshit even in the gulf states, which, as a sidebar, if you go to BKK airport, you will find many caucasians in shorts boarding flights to the UAE,Qatar, etc. So why not Pakistan? Sigh....
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