Traditional PAKISTANI MARKET in LAHORE!! Pakistan Street Food in Ichra Bazar | Pakistan

I'm in love. I'm probably right, this is my favorite paratha ever. As-salamu alaykum everyone. This is David Hoffman from David's Vineyard coming at you from beautiful Lahore, Pakistan in partnership with my friends at Manaki. This morning I'm going to take you to explore the Ichara Bazaar, an incredibly famous cloth market. As you can see, so many different vendors around me. They also have delicious food. It is right now 9 in the morning. We're going to go look for some breakfast. You guys ready? Follow me. So what do we know about this place? So this is the most famous cloth market in Lahore. And if anyone wants to buy anything for his home, anything you can buy here. You know, home goods, right? So things for the house. You have buckets, you have brooms, cloth, a lot of cloth. So many different vendors like this, right? So there's like bridal stuff. A lot of this is for weddings. Exactly. Beautiful gowns. First we'll have a paratha, aloo paratha. And then we will go for a pathura. And as we're walking through this market, you'll notice on the left we have a lot of jewelry. So this is considered a jewelry part of the market. Exactly. Always together, right? The jewelry market's always like, all the competitors are next to each other. Next to each other, exactly. It's really funny. So they have necklaces, they have bangles, right? These are bangles. Beautiful. I love these. For my daughter, this is great. But the gold price is always the same worldwide, just obviously it changes with the designer, right? They up their price depending on what it took to make that. Exactly. It's gorgeous. I love this one, man. I would wear, but I just don't wear bangles. You can have one. That guy's too funny. He's like, come over here, I'm gonna dance for you. They're so funny. They're too funny. Everybody's so friendly here. Hey, good morning. How are you doing? Everything good? Everything good. Incredible, thank you. This is great. He was about 12 to 13 years. I know. I love it, I love it. This is Bakarkhani, and this is Khatai. Both made in Tandoor. Yeah, these are more like biscuits, right? So you have one big one, and it has a hole in the middle. It looks like a huge donut, but very flaky. And this is paired best with chai. Also, the biscuits on top, that is straight biscuits, okay? Made in Tandoor, though, a little different. And right here with a Tandoor oven. What's up, guys? Assalamualaikum. Everything good? Nice and crispy, huh? Yeah, it's very crispy. They're both best with chai, but I'm gonna try a biscuit really quick. Let me get a little one. Stuff together. Nice biscuit. You put a lot of ghee. A lot of ghee in here, right? So, butter, regular butter. Nice and dense, flaky. Obviously, you have to have something to wash it down. If not, you get stuck. But best with chai. Let's go. This vendor is too nice. He's like, no, you have to try it with chai, you have to. So he's giving us a bag, and he's not charging us. Friend, you're incredible. Great hospitality here, man. So the market's just coming to life, right? He said by the time it's like noon, it's really, really packed. It's very packed. Very packed. And over here, we have a bunch of butchers, right? Yeah. So you have a... This is an organ shop. Organ shop. This is an organ shop. Wow. So you got the stomach, liver, kidney, heads. This is as real as it gets, guys. In every market in Pakistan, you're gonna find very similar, you know? You're gonna find butchers that literally just killed their goats. And that's the freshest you can get, right? So this is just how the country is. Please be aware about, you know, a little graphic, but it's real. It's real life. Come here. You get the freshest goat. You get the organs. You get the head. You know, this is all, you know, what they use to make takatak and a lot of other dishes, right? Smells a little intense, but it's great. Hey. Thank you. This is a pottery shop. Pottery shop? Yeah. So they made all the things from the clay, and this is a very traditional item they have. I love it. The only problem is with the clay is that it's really, really heavy. So taking it home is a little harder. But, I mean, look at this. They got mugs. They have plates, jars, pots. This is great. Look at this. This is the piggy bank, right? Or the bank. You put your coins inside. I usually buy this for my daughter, but this is really heavy, man. Thank you. Let's try it. Super nice. Oh, my gosh. You guys have it. A little different. Big nut. You got to break through in the Muslim culture, especially during Ramadan. This is what you use to break fast and before fast, right? Exactly. Nice nut. Yeah, this one's softer. Yeah. This one is very like a toffee or chocolate. Oh, this one has no nut. Wow. Yeah. Empty. Yeah, and that was a little bit harder. Thank you. Thank you, guys. Thank you. What's your channel name? David's been here. Right here. I've been here. In Lahore. Let's eat, man. Let's go. I'm starving. Right? You're hungry? Yeah. Yeah, be careful here. Now, it's becoming alive and there's a lot of tuk-tuks. So many tuk-tuks coming through here. Motorcycles. Over here, I think we have a tea shop. We have parathas somewhere here. More butchers. Oh, wow. And it's raining. Is it? The paratha? They have two kinds of paratha. One is aloo paratha, potato paratha. The second one is the chicken and vegetable paratha. I have ordered both. You ordered both already? Yeah. Awesome. So, it's right here, right? They have this huge sizzler, right? The big pan. The guy over here, he's rolling it up. Then he puts the stuff, you know, the aloo inside. Then he puts another paratha on top. Then he rolls it down. Makes it really flat. Throws it onto the pan. Then this gentleman, he's moving it around with oil, right? A lot of oil. Yes. At the end, they will apply egg. Egg on top too? Oh, look right here. There's two types of parathas in Pakistan. There's the one that you put in the tandoor. And then there's the one that you put here on the frying pan. This one's a little different. Obviously, more oily. Crispier. I can't wait for this one because it's stuffed, right? So, two different types of stuffings. And then, obviously, the egg on top. Great breakfast item. And I just love how many he's doing that in a single time. And it's like a pizza, right? Just a huge circular shape. And then they have a pizza box in case you wanted to get to go. Luckily for us, they do have seating right here because it's open air. So, we get to sit down. We get to eat here. Oh, man, I'm excited. I'm hungry. Man, this looks great. Thank you. So, luckily for us, they have a huge dining hall next door. I thought it was just that little interior. Look at this. Big space. And we have a lot of food here. Wow. So, two different ones. So, which one is which? This is the vegetable. Okay. Plus chicken. Okay. Awesome. And this is pure potato and over the egg. Over the egg. Yeah. So, you can see the egg on top, right? Very nice. And they have a light omelet over it. And then here we have the fried duck. And also we have a fried egg. So, we just go in and, oh, wow, look at that. So, it's double layered. Double layered. Ooh, still super hot. Ooh. Yeah, again, like I said, this is a different type of paratha. It's fried or, you know, it's put on a frying pan. So, dip it, right? This reminds me of a dosa. Crispy. So many layers. Amazing. Mmm. I love how it's two on top of each other. So unique. Mmm. This is the veggie one, right? Veggie plus chicken. Plus chicken, yeah. So, it's going to be a little spicy. A little spicy. I mean, a lot of spice in there. A lot of chilies. Mmm. This one wins. Wow, so it's almost like minced chicken, right? It's big in terms of size. Huge. If you're going to eat one yourself, you're eating an entire pizza. Yeah. Basically. Mmm. Can you bite that? Wow. This is incredible. Nowhere else can you find this paratha? I don't think so. Every paratha has a different taste. Uh-huh. They have applied the plus factor of this paratha. They have applied many vegetables in it. They don't claim it as a chicken paratha. They claim it as a vegetable and chicken paratha. Well, I'll tell you. This is the perfect way to start a day. Freaking delicious. Breakfast item. Amazing. The veggies. I love the spiciness. The oiliness. And it's soft. It's not so thick, you know? Super thin. Oh, wow. I have tried few parathas but they are much softer. But this is much... Little crispier. Little crispy. Yeah. But still doughy inside. I'm in love. I'll probably write this as my favorite paratha ever. Especially, you know, fried. Nice oil. Killer. So now we have our chai and our biscuits. This one looks incredible. Big biscuit. Yeah. Nice and flaky. Look at it. It's called Bakarkhani. Bakarkhani. So how do we do it? We just break it off, right? I mean, straight flaky. Too sweet. I don't know if the sweetness is from here or from here. The tea. Yeah? I mean, look at that. Just fell apart. Yeah. Chai. What chai is this? Is this a unique chai? I mean, is there something different about this chai? Yeah. It's very different chai. Oh, they add jaggery. Yeah. They add jaggery. Because it's soft. They add jaggery. This almost tastes like frosted flakes. Yeah. Like cereal. Same thing. It's crunchy. Very crispy. Yeah, this is more stale. But it's perfect. The combination. I wouldn't eat this alone. It has to go with the chai. Oh yeah, this is straight up cereal. Yeah, exactly. With milky chai. Hey, we just started. So good. I'm done for now. Take a break. Yeah, I also love jaggery. It's so sweet. What is that? Fish. Is that from Karachi? No, no. It's Punjabi fish. It's the farm fish. And they have few items from the river. But most of the fish came from the farms. So many butchers. So many. This street is like full. Easily 25 different butcher shops. But now we're getting past that into more of the market in terms of clothing. Over here we also have vegetables and fruits, right? Clothing over here. Clothing over there. Man, it looks really old, huh? How old is the market? Centuries, huh? When we go to the walled city, you can get the authentic old living style there. But the Ichhra is one of the most commonly known as the oldest town in Lahore. Over here we have a vegetable vendor with a million vegetables. Look, so we have carrots, onions, ginger, okra. And right next to us we have another butcher shop. And look at this carcass. That's a cow right there? That's a cow. This is a chapati. At this hotel they don't have a tandoor. So people who don't like to have a tandoori roti, they came here for this stew roti. So basically it's almost like a pan, but the way it's shaped is more like circular cylinder, right? And then you just put it on top. It puffs up, flips it over, puffs up, and that's it. No oil. Very clean, right? It's gonna be a lot lighter. Right in front of the chapati, we have them making some beef stew, right? It's like a beef stew. Lots of fat, lots of meat. It smells so good. And the bones, the bone marrow. The smell is unbelievable. Thank you, thank you. It's amazing. Yes, this is really amazing. This is the time for lunch here. This is one of the biggest dairy shop in the town. You can find milk and yogurt 24 hours. 24 hours. Yeah. Like this, look at this. Huge vat of milk. You have all the cups. He's pulling them out, putting them into bags. People come, they purchase. That's how it works. And they also have malai over there. Yeah. Mm, incredible. It's very famous. Very famous. It's old, old, old. Maybe 30 years old. This gentleman is too nice. He's like, you have to try our malai. So basically it's yogurt mixed with sugar. It's good, it's good. And then he added some milk, right? Just like that. Yeah. Oh my God. It's so good. Very, very good. It's why this guy is so big. He's strong. Punjabi. Alota. It's crazy good. This, all I need is some granola. And then I'll be hungry. Oh, so tasty. Lots of sugar. You guys want? I'm good. I'm already full. I know, I'm full, I'm full. I love this shop. So if you're ever looking for some milk or some yogurt, come right here. The biggest shop in the area for milk. Milk over here, yogurt over here. These guys don't stop. The clients, he's coming in. I mean, this is all the locals, right? They just keep coming in. You're good, you're good, you're good. Let's go. So we are entering in a cloth market. Cloth market? Cloth market, yeah. Awesome. Girls came here to buy bangles. And these are, you can check it, the colorful bangles. Some fancy bangles. They have all kind of bangles. This market just doesn't end. I mean, it's a labyrinth, right? It just keeps going and going and going. Gets more narrow. This part is covered as we keep going through. It opens up and then it gets wider again. But lots of fabric. Again, this is the fabric market. So you're gonna find lots of fabric for female shops. There's men's shops. So different types of clothing, right? Wow, so here you can find what I have. They're selling just the fabric. So you can go and tailor yourself, right? Yes. It's beautiful. Shawwa fabrics. Look at that. So all fabric shops right here on this row. This is a menwear. Other shops were belong to females clothing. So this whole shop is for men cloth. You can buy cloth for your shalwar kameez. And you can get some pants or shirts suiting here. Basically they're selling the cloth or the fabric, right? And then the tailor makes it, correct? But here he's not selling it ready. He's just selling it like this, right? Just fabric. You have to give your size to tailor. And he will stitch it according to your size. Peace be upon you. So this is a women's shop, right? Yes. So this is for wedding or this is just special occasion, right? I love this one. The pink one is beautiful. Blue one as well. Okay, I think we're done with this part of the market. Let's go find some food. Thanks, guys. Take care. 10 minutes in and all you see is fabrics, right? Fabrics, fabrics, fabrics. Some bangles. We're just non-stop fabric shops. Okay, are we exiting? Okay, yeah. We're exiting the fabric area. Now we're getting to the food again. This is the most famous pattura shop in Lahore. You have puris? Pattura. That's called pattura? Yeah. Okay. It reminds me of a big puri but... Yeah, yeah. It's a pattura. Okay. You have chana, pickle, and raita. And then he's gonna throw the dough in into the fryer. The difference between the halwa puri and the patturas, they have added lentils in the dough. In the dough? Yeah, they have added some lentils and some masala. Okay, that's unique. And another difference is the halwa puri has halwa in it but in pattura there's no halwa. But they have added pickle and salad and chana. It's more spicier than the halwa puri. Yeah, so we have chana. So the chickpeas, we have the raita, pickle, cabbage, and then this big guy. Yeah, it smells great. Oh, amazing flavor. The aroma, like... It's a different one. They have added masala and lentils in it. Let's eat. Let's bring it up. Oh, it's so, so hot. Get in here with chole. Get a little bit of raita at the same time. Maybe a pickle. So you get everything, right? You have to try everything. Pickle with salad and raita. So tasty. This is so soft. Nice and doughy. Oily. Not crispy. This is a powder bun. Yeah, super soft. Oh, I love it with the cabbage salad on the side. Not really spicy. It's odd because I'm so used to spice that when it even is a little spice, I'm like, nah. Oh, I love the pickle, man. You get a little ting, right? Oh, this one's a little crispier on this side. Right? So, so many layers. And you go in here. So you just mix it, right? I love it because the raita, like, kills the heat a little bit. Oh, I love the pickle. The cabbage makes it, gives it a nice crunch. Phenomenal. Oh, the pickle. That's the best thing to add to this. And this is semolina noodles. Sweet, right? Very sweet with some dairy. Nice, super thin noodles. Nice and creamy. Very sweet. Great palate cleanser. But I'm good. He brings it from his home. No way. Yeah. Thank you. Let's go. So we are going to try dahi bhalle of the Lahore. The famous one in Lahore. And it's right here at this shop. Yeah. Lahori dahi bhalle. So it's right at the entrance of the market. Yeah. Let's try it. So dahi bhalle is a mixed chat. There's so many different things here. Obviously, lots of yogurt. Lots of crunch. That's wheat flour. It's a cracker. There's chickpeas. And I don't know what the green is. I think it's some mint chutney. Mint chutney. That's it? Yeah. Should we just try it? But you have to mix it. Oh, you have to mix the whole thing? Yeah. So mix it up. Oh, look at this. Wow. I love these chats. They're so sweet. They're crunchy. They're refreshing. Especially in the heat. Wow. And I love how they mix a lot of cabbage. You guys do a lot of salad here. Let's try it. So refreshing. Nice and cold. So it's like a cold salad. Right? With crunch. With chutney. With mint chutney. Yeah. Either you have it like a mixed snack. Right? Or as a dessert. I'm having it as a dessert right now. Really filling. One last bite for good measure. And that is our tour of Ichira Bazaar. One of the most incredible, fascinating, colorful, vibrant markets in Lahore. So many fabrics here. Right? So easily like two, three thousand vendors. Just fabrics. There's also a lot of food. Obviously at the beginning there was butchers. We tried incredible parathas. I mean absolutely delicious. I love them. Best paratha ever. And then after that we walked around. We also tried. Okay. And then we tried the chai with the biscuit. Yeah, biscuit. I loved it. It was like almost like a cereal. How it like flakes inside the chai. And then after that we kept exploring. We saw more vendors. And then we tried the bature. Bature. So again a little different from a puri. So they mix things into the dough. And then you have it paired with chana, with raita, with cabbage salad and also pickles. And then yeah to get out of here is pretty intense. It's already 12.30 right now. And if you guys want to beat the crowds, get here early. I'd say 9 or 10 in the morning. So you can have breakfast, explore. And yeah guys that is the tour of the market. If you love the video, thumbs up. Comment below. Subscribe to my channel for more awesome travel content. I'll see you in the next travel food adventure in Lahore, Pakistan with Manaki. Let's go. Yo.