{"id":293976,"date":"2026-07-12T20:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T20:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/293976\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T20:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T20:54:09","slug":"pakistani-cuisines-step-to-the-global-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/293976\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani cuisines step to the global stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROCHESTER, N.Y. \u2014\u00a0New York state is home to thousands of Pakistani communities. But despite its growing population there are only a handful of restaurants catered to the culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been living here for, like, nine years now, and we were struggling to find a Pakistani restaurant,\u201d Khatri Biryani & More owner Fahim Ahmed said. \u201cI don’t think we have any Pakistani restaurant in 100 mile. We used to go to Canada to eat a Pakistani food.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just brought that actual taste to here and that’s our specialty,\u201d Ahmed said. \u201cIt’s biriyani which cook with different kind of meats, whatever you prefer\u201d<\/p>\n

Often mistaken for Indian food,\u00a0 Pakistani cuisines vastly differ.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of different spices that we use that they don\u2019t,\u201d Ahmed said.<\/p>\n

Currently, China and the United States remain to be one of Pakistan\u2019s largest trading partners<\/a>, not only helping bring goods and spices through these kitchen doors, but nostalgia for a lot of immigrants.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you hear about a Pakastani restaurant, you expect to eat the same kind of food that you eat back home,\u201d Ahmed said. \u201cThe memories from the back home, like when we were a child.\u201d<\/p>\n

Combatting high demand, the rise of a fast-paced and globalized dining experience- its owners continue to share the essence through its hearty desi cuisines.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very big opportunity for us to introduce our cultural food,\u201d Ahmed said. \u201cThey are loving the vibes and the spices and the flavor we provide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROCHESTER, N.Y. \u2014\u00a0New York state is home to thousands of Pakistani communities. But despite its growing population there…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7410,7473,9,11,10,49,51,50,115,200],"class_list":["post-293976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-adriana-loh","tag-ctv","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-rochester","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}