Hong Kong gifts Pakistan a culinary star - michelin star restaurants dishes

His father's two old ovens helped husm Hussain, the Hong Kong restaurant owner, realize a dream ---
The world's first Michelin-starred Pakistani restaurant, he hopes, will inspire interest in the country's often overlooked cuisine.
Like many of Hong Kong's 85,000 South Asian population, Hussain's family traces generations of ancestry in the bustling financial center, when the city was a British colonial outpost. His great-
Grandfather came here during World War I to oversee the restaurant of British soldiers, while his Cantonese-speaking father owned restaurants in his 80 s and 90 s.
Hussain, 33, already has about 20 restaurants on his team, and when he decides to start what he describes as his most private and dangerous project to date, a restaurant, dishes from Pakistan's Punjab region are served. Punjab is a family member of Pakistan, where he attended a boarding school at the age of six.
His father, a continuous entrepreneur and even once Pakistan's ambassador to South Korea, suggested that he restore two old restaurants from restaurants that are now closed and collect dust in the warehouse.
"He came from an era where he wouldn't throw things away," Hussain said with a smile . " He was wearing a traditional knee --
Dressed in a long shirt, sitting in a restaurant filled with paintings by Pakistani artists.
"In fact, the result is better than we have a new oven because these things improve with age.
"Those tandoors, who often go to Lahore to find the perfect recipe, and the kitchen supervised by chef Palash Mitra, won Michelin 18 months after the opening of the new Punjab club-'A benchmark' -
This success has made headlines in Pakistan, a country that is unlikely to see a Michelin guide soon, and its chefs have long been overshadowed by the wider global recognition of food in neighboring India.
"It makes us proud and it makes us very happy," said Waqar Chattha, who runs one of the best hotels in Islamabad.
Some well-known restaurants, AFP reported.
"It was a great achievement in the restaurant fraternity.
It also sets a benchmark for others.
Hussain would like to point out that his restaurant is only one of the many cuisines in Pakistan, usually meat.
The food in Punjab is hard to eat.
It's not cheap--
$100 per head.
"I am not arrogant or ignorant to say this is the best Pakistani restaurant in the world.
There are better Pakistani restaurants in Pakistan than this.
But he said the honor is still a "source of pride" for 18,000 people in Hong Kong"
The Pakistani community is strong.
"This is a very niche personal story, and this culture, this kind of food is a bit unknown outside of Punjab outside Pakistan, so, I think we have given positive revelation in a very small way about the work, who we are and where we come from, "he explained.
This is the second star of the black horse. The black sheep, founded six years ago by Hussain and his business partner, Senior Canadian chef Christopher Mark, have now achieved
But the expansion of Michelin and other Western guides in Asia is not without controversy.
Critics often say commenters tend to overdo
The Standard, service and taste of Western cooking are emphasized.
Dyson mckeland is one of the critics.
She described the Michelin guide's arrival in Bangkok last year as "a complete change in the cooking scene there ---
And it's not a good way.
"She runs food tours in some of Hong Kong's less dazzling restaurants ---
Hole in the Wall's "dai pai dong" snack stand, hidden in the famous maze-like Chongqing Tower's African and South Asian canteens, as well as the "tea house" known for its sweet wine and thick toast ".
While she was "happy" with the recognition of the new Punjab club, she had her own reservation: "There are a lot of world food in operation in Hong Kong, neither Michelin nor large Award groups noticed this. "-
"Ownership "-
For some, any recognition of Pakistan's neglected cuisine is a success story.
Sumayya Usmani said that she spent several years trying to show the unique flavor of Pakistani cuisine, seriously affected by the turmoil and violent immigration caused by the 1947 division of India.
Be British
The Pakistani chef first recommended her recipe to the publisher, and many were initially hesitant about it.
But she said attitudes have changed in recent years. Pakistani-
She said that restaurants run in the West, once described as Indian restaurants, are more proud to claim their true culinary heritage.
"I think it's really good that people get rid of that fear of calling themselves Pakistanis," she told AFP . ".
"It's good that Pakistanis have started to have what belongs to them.
Back in Hong Kong, Hussain said hard work was just beginning.
"I was joking with the kids and I said it was the first Pakistani Punjab restaurant in the world to win stars and let's not be the first one to lose stars ".