With the aim
to build around an idea of creating common platform for people who love food,
the colorful Pakistan Food Festival opened in Galadari Hotel on 10th January
2018 for the third consecutive year after huge success in 2016 & 2017, says
a press release received here today from Sri Lanka.
The Food Festival was
formally opened by the Minister for Tourism Hon. John Amaratunga along with the
High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat by cutting
the ribbon in an impressive ceremony. The Food Festival will remain open from
January 10 to 14, 2018.
The five-day Food Festival is
showcasing a wide range of authentic Pakistani cuisine. Pakistan’s celebrity
chef Asad Latif is the center stage of this spectacular food
festivity. Known for his tasty cuisines, Chef Asad Latif is a television
personality and one of the most well-known professional chefs of Pakistan.
On the
occasion, the High Commissioner of Pakistan Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat said that
Pakistani cuisine is known for its taste, variety and richness, which is a
refined blend of local culinary traditions and finds roots in the wider South
Asia, Middle East, and Central Asia. He said that Pakistani food diversity is
staggering and has a vibrant and unique amalgam of the rich, spicy and highly
seasoned cuisine from its various regions, like Punjab, Kashmir and Sindh, with
the mildly spicy and aromatic recipes from Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa and
Gilgit-Baltistan.
The opening
ceremony was attended by the people from different walks of life including
diplomats, Sri Lankan Parliamentarians, government functionaries, members of
Pakistani community in Sri Lanka, prominent personalities and a large influx of
media.