Ever liked a restaurant or diner so much that you felt like going there again and again? Test Kitchen by Okra is just that - a small, cosy, warm, and friendly eatery in DHA, Karachi that truly tests your resolve to resist going there every day.
Karachi is brimming with new cafes, restaurants, and tea spots. Every place offers a great food experience, but only a select few of them offer such a memorable experience that you can’t put the same in the general category of restaurants.
Test Kitchen by Okra earned that recognition by offering a cosy little eating spot with just a handful of tables and chairs. As soon as you enter the premises, the sweet aroma of freshly baked bread and scones engulf you, triggering your appetite and making the place extremely irresistible.
A long roll of parchment hangs from the wall next to the kitchen, where you can read the menu or just peruse the menu card on every table. Most of the items on the menu would remind you of a language class.
The entire indoor setting of the place is designed to give you a real-life scoop of a restaurant’s kitchen. While you wait for the food on the table, your food is being prepared in the kitchen right before you.
Now let’s talk about the food. No one goes to Test Kitchen by Okra and doesn’t try their scones. Crispy on the outside, and melt like butter on the inside; their scones and croissant are everything you wished for. From the main menu, one should definitely go for their Cuban sandwich and pair it with an Iced latte on a fine hot summer evening. And if you are in the mood for some baked delights, their Wafer Cake just wins your heart.
The only downside of the place is the price point. For a place so small and food options so limited, the price sure is high for foodies who frequently eat out. All in all, Test Kitchen by Okra is, hands down, the kind of place where you’d want to go again if your pocket allows you. The deli welcomes you enticingly, the sandwiches lure you into their appetising flavour, and the scones leave you in the kind of food coma you don’t want to ever wake up from.
