Food Trail Pakistan: Karachi

It's official. The Posh Popsicle Wars are here.  In the last few months, two serious contenders have 'popped' up in the city, both of them offering premium lollies, promising lots of pure fruit and few unhealthy additions. This post will be a standalone overview of the second mover, with a follow up side by side flavour comparison coming towards the end of this post.  Ice Pop Co popped up on my Facebook feed (as these things tend to do). It's a takeaway only place, with delivery in 2 hours. As one does, we ordered one of each flavour they had available to try the offering. Naturally, having been to Lush Crush earlier, whether we liked it or not we were comparing the offering to that. As a result, you will see me benchmark to Lush Crush throughout this post.  Delivery came through as promised, in two hours. The first thing I noticed was the packaging, nice and colourful - the paper bags were really robust and overall gave a really 'professional' v...

Mocca Karachi - Ramadan Coffee Run I've liked the Mocca vibe ever since it opened in Karachi a few months ago. The layout is spacious, with a reasonable space between tables (something not to be sniffed at, given Karachi real estate prices), the place itself is clean and brightly lit, and the staff are friendly. I've visited it a few times since its opening, primarily because it is a fairly inoffensive spot (not the most ringing endorsement, I know), tends to not be that crowded and, being farther away from the Espresso / Lal's area, is easier to find parking.  Last night, my daughter and I decided at short notice to hop out for a cup of coffee and something sweet. She's got very definite opinions (at 4 years old, can't expect anything else) and decided that she must have a macaron, so off to Mocca we went. It wasn't that late in the evening by Ramadan standards, around 9 pm, so we found parking very easily and the place was maybe half full.  We we...