Wonders of Pakistan Part VIII: Androoneh shaihair; Old City, Lahore.

Photo courtesy of Joselyn Fine, my sister’s best friend who visited Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan this year.

Wonders of Pakistan Part VII: Having a challi -corn on the cob grilled over coal embers- from the roadside in Karachi, January 2010.

Wonders of Pakistan Part VI: Buying ribbons to adorn kurtas and dupattas, in Liberty Market, Lahore, December 2009.

Wonders of Pakistan Part V: Glass bangle shopping in Chooriyon wali gali; the Alley of Bangles, Lahore, December 2009.

Wonders of Pakistan IV: my husband. It’s his birthday today, on St. Patty’s Day.

My own recipe for a chocolate cake with fleur de sel chocolate ganache, for his birthday dinner tonight.

Wonders of Pakistan Part III: A midnight run to the fruit-wallah, with my Uncle, Lahore, December 2009.

Wonders of Pakistan Part II: ‘Truck Art’, Karachi, December 2009.

Wonders of Pakistan Part I: Mum-in-law’s caramel custard, (crème caramel), Karachi, January 2010.

As I am almost over the jet lag after being back from hols in Lahore…

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