Pakistani REstaurant in Espoo: Peshawar

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Pakistani REstaurant in Espoo: Peshawar

Post by raamv » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:07 am

Penny already pointed this out
Went to Peshawar today for a lunch buffet for Euro8.20 and I was pretty satisfied with the buffet...Especially the Nan, the Chicken and the Meat-kofta(meat balls). The best dish was the veggei-channa(Chick peas) and the Chicken masala
and the worst was the fish..I would avoid the fish as well as the pizzas..
The lassi ( yoghurt) was watery and the buffet included soft drinks and ice cream too..apart from the lassi..
Overall I would rate this OK!! ( 3/5)
Definitely recommend a Lunch Buffet than a la carte..
I ll be going again on the days when they have the Lamb dishes..

The food was not spicy at all and NOT hot at all (very Typical to cater to Finnish taste buds) cept for the Channa.

http://www.peshawar.fi for lunch menu and times..


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Post by Hank W. » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:11 am

Thumb rule of *anywhere*
- if food is good, never order pizza
- if pizza is good, never order anything else

... just need to observe my belly for the success of this...

OK, so there are a few places that both is good, but really rare.
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Post by raamv » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:16 am

Hank W. wrote:OK, so there are a few places that both is good, but really rare.

But you pay through the orifices...
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Post by Rob A. » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:30 am

The website is pretty good...and the selection is making my mouth water... :) :) Looks like an interesting restaurant...
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Post by Sara » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:30 am

We went towards the end of August. The food was fine, but we went around 1.30pm and the buffet ended at 3pm. They did not fill anything up less it was asked for :roll: When we got there, there was no salad at first and half the hot dishes were empty though they did bring a couple more out in the end. I felt sorry for the poor buggers coming in much later as they had no choice.


We did enjoy what we had though, just a shame it wasnt spicier :wink:

Much prefer the Kilim buffet 8)
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Post by mago » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:56 am

raamv wrote:But you pay through the orifices...
I find it's the same with the really bad places too :shock:
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Post by karen » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:04 pm

I didn't like it at all. I had the chicken tikka masala. It was dried out chicken pieces in what tasted like Campbell's Tomato Soup.
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Post by Sara » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:11 pm

karen wrote:I didn't like it at all. I had the chicken tikka masala. It was dried out chicken pieces in what tasted like Campbell's Tomato Soup.
There was something on the buffet that tasted the same! :lol: I dont know what it was meant to be but it had no spice in it.
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Post by Rosamunda » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:54 pm

It's a friendly place, we quite often dash in for the buffet. I have never seen the buffet "empty" (of food I mean) but maybe August was a bit different. Some things on the à la carte are spicier - as you say the buffet is to Finnish tastes so not very hot. Probably best to stick to the Pakistani dishes (CTM is Indian rather than Pakistani). I usually eat the vegetarian options and the dal, aloos etc are pretty OK. It's just local for us, so we go there when I can't be bothered to cook. On Monday (I think) they let me grab a buffet meal and take it away cos we were in a hurry.

Anyway raamv, let me know when you're going in for lunch again and I'll join you if I'm not at work.
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Post by karen » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:57 pm

If I go there again I'll be sure to stick to the Pakistani choices.
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Post by mCowboy » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:58 pm

Sara wrote:
karen wrote:I didn't like it at all. I had the chicken tikka masala. It was dried out chicken pieces in what tasted like Campbell's Tomato Soup.
There was something on the buffet that tasted the same! :lol: I dont know what it was meant to be but it had no spice in it.
They must've added some local Finnish spice called bland. They add the bland spice to many ethnic foods and Finnish foods alike to make the food taste less tastier and spicy. It's a traditional Finnish spice and it's been used here for centuries alongside with salt and freeze drying.
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Post by Rob A. » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:40 pm

mCowboy wrote:...They must've added some local Finnish spice called bland. They add the bland spice to many ethnic foods and Finnish foods alike to make the food taste less tastier and spicy. It's a traditional Finnish spice and it's been used here for centuries alongside with salt and freeze drying.
:lol: :lol:
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Post by karen » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:37 pm

Btw, my favorite Curry Palace is closing after Friday for a two-week
expansion and remodel. They've acquired the former R-Kioski space and will
reopen around the 19th with a lunch buffet and space for 105 patrons. :shock:
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Post by raamv » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:50 am

penelope wrote:Probably best to stick to the Pakistani dishes (CTM is Indian rather than Pakistani).
and Might I ask what makes you think that there are Pakistani choices there? and CTM is nothing but Chicken-Red-Spicy-mix...so it is both Indian and Pakistani..
The reason I like to go to a Pakistani Restaurant is basically they are better cooks of the meat than Indian restaurants...
I do tend to agree that the Spice-base is the same ( Onion, Lotsa garlic, Tikka and minimal spice with minimal piima or yoghurt with some butter n oil ) and you can taste the same spice base..cept for the Channa.
If you think that restaurants do something different...U re wrong..North Indian food base is what I wrote above...
depending on what you add, the name of that changes..
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Post by raamv » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:53 am

karen wrote:Btw, my favorite Curry Palace is closing after Friday for a two-week
expansion and remodel. They've acquired the former R-Kioski space and will
reopen around the 19th with a lunch buffet and space for 105 patrons. :shock:
and probably 20% more expensive..
I like it, cept for the price..and so would not go there that often as compared to Satkar.
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