Launch of Meat One
Life of a blogger is strange indeed. I remember driving past Main Khayaban-e-Shamsheer (next to S.Abdullah) in April and wondering what Think Red, Think Health could mean. I got a lot of interesting responses too when I posted a photoblog of it, ranging from it being a red bull outlet, gym, BBQ place to an eatery. INOVATIVE MAD and Aslam Chughtaye though were right in guessing it to be a hygienic meat joint. Who would have thought that I would be dragged to its soft-launch by a friend to cover it. Of course, I told him I would only post about it if it’s good, though before even entering the outlet my curiosity was piqued.
Meat One opened its doors to public on Sunday, 18th July 2010, and it turns out that these guys specialize in selling export quality meat at very affordable rates. The soft launch kicked off with a press conference in which Meat One’s COO, Kazim Namazi, briefed the journalists about the company’s ambitious plans to open 20 more outlets in the city during the next one year. They slaughter their animals in their semi-automated slaughter house and then transport the carcasses in refrigerated vans to the Meat One shop, where it is further sliced and diced according to customer specifications.
The air conditioned shop looks state-of-the-art with a friendly staff. Personally I don’t visit meat shops in general so it was good experience of no flies and smell. The meat was neatly stacked and packed in chillers. For fresh cuts, trained butchers are available to fashion the meat in whatever sizes/cuts one wants.
The shop offers beef, veal, mutton, lamb, chicken and a wide variety of meat cuts from local favorites to the more exotic ones. I was feeling a bit rebellious so I opted for mutton chops and chicken steak. They also offer a variety of deli and marinated products. There is a 15% discount across the board on all meat products during this entire week along with a free espresso so if you want to try it out this week’s the ticket.
I hope they do have a full time VET on the payroll to check the health status of the animal before slaughter take place, – Starting with a bang and landing on nose is usual happening for much of the class in this businness.
In my youth days, Qasai-Kasai-Qasab are known & addressed as Qureshi Saheb for regard of respect. These guys choose NAMAZI, just like every onr who did the Farz HAJ is known as Haji :) – Gross
Great idea. We need nice and clean shops, not just for meat but for every thing else.
Shamsi Saheb, any idea why qasaai’s were not called Siddiqi’s or Ansari’s or chaudhri’s or bhuttaa’s, why quraishis?
Expresso at a meat shop? No thanks.
Anyway, this is great news. The experience of buying meat in Pakistan is a sickening and unhygienic experience. On top of that, they cheat you to death. So this is certainly welcome!
I hope they maintain their hygiene standards in the long run because recently we saw some outlets such as K&N and Milac (and other milk shops like Day Fresh) come in the market but their in-store hygiene is very bad. Some K&N stores don’t even have power generators, you can guess what happens when there are long power outages.
Also, what do you mean by semi-automatic slaughter house? Did they give more detail on that? Are the animals slaughtered by humans or machines?
Thanks.
*Espresso
I am waiting for a fcuking fatwah now from one of the billions of backward Muslims.
can I have the mobile number please….lol
balma what my poor knowledge is It need a “PAGE”, so I’d better not rant about it,
I visited the shop, after going through the glass freezers I can comfortably say ‘ by November 2010 the shop will be same as like any other outlet at Burns road, Nazimabad Gole market, Liqauatabad Super market in terms of cleanliness and attitude of salesman.
No one was available to tell me if the animals were tested for any diseases before slaughter and if there is any vet is part of their organization to which, quiet understandably they asked me to leave the phone number to get back.
The quality of Mutton & Beef is one step below the quality of Mutton available at Burns Road & Gole Market. Beef is best at Empress market & Liaquatabad. – where as price is premium which is not proportional to Quality at par.
wah wah…kya baat hai…..per kya karein…hum ko toh iss ki aadat hai…
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agar aaisa koi scene hai toh theek hai…warna herr giz mera number kisi ko na deyna….
Wa akhir O da wana unil hamd O lil lah hay rab bil aalameen.
Wow! A friend of mine shared this story on facebook! This looks unreal for Pakistanis…i was sooo fed up with going to filthy gosht walas that i nearly gave up on meat..Looks like there is still hope :)
I don’t know for sure if Sidra is a female name, but I thought women of shurfaa didn’t go to a qasaai’s shop. Kambakhto’n kee zabaan bohut kharaab hotee thee. P’hir bakray alag ulTay nangay latkay huay hotay thay!
Laikin ab jamaanaa badal gaya hae.
Apsab ka bahut shukria news dainey ka auir itna hansaney ka while sitting in londom and dreaming about my beloved karachi and longing to be there, I know I know, the heat electricity, target k, water ! Etc but no matter , hope to come soon keep up good work
@balma jee….sir with all due respect….kahan zamana badal giya….yehan toh abb bhi wohi kalejey latkey hain aur paan ki peekein hain….
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Fasiq,
Seems like your picture is from slum in Karachi? Which one?
@Balma – baaz aa ja, humari bhenon ko mat tang kar bharway warna tujhe chowrangi per nanga kar ke chitthar lagaoon ga. Aur khan sahib ko bhi saat laoonga post-chitthar program ke liye.
@balma jee….no sir this is not the dehli colony from where your driver buys meat for you….this is burns road meat market on sunday afternoon ….btw,is there a non slum meat market in karachi anywhere….??
cdgk ka bhi jawab nahein…araboun (billions) kay flyovers bana daley…ghintee kay char meat market nahein sahi kar sakey….
Big Mullah,
Just to be carefull next time, I will like to know who is your sister here? Is it Wasiq?
@balma jee….sir you took my name correct….is everything awlrit…ann dha oder sad auf dha brej….lol
Zenith is the best
zenith provides the best meat………i am a very big fan of zenith meat
I think it is a project by Al Shaheer, the largest exporters of meat and meat products from Pakistan
aaisa lag rah hai main koi specialized course kar rah houn….for the extra credit points….lol
naam toh nahein likha per iss banday ko kahein dekha hai…
http://www.alshaheer.net/accreditations.php
btw, idhere last year all the meat sellers were blaming junaid jamshed for the export of goats and high prices…I have no idea how true that is…or far from truth….wallah ho alam…
Lolz http://www.alshaheer.net/accreditations.php there is a picture slide show on the main page showing a man trying to slice the meat wearing no gloves .
yeh beech walay chutiyee ko tu main achi tarhan janta hoon…ye side me ajo baju wlaay bagal bachay koon hain…is ke susar ke nati
No quality control ever, meat shop always a eye sore,a double take drama outlet, make it look good and sell whatever huh for profit instead of serving the customer…
is this owned by inzamam-ul-haq and mohammad yousuf? they were at the press launch or something, and i heard earlier that they have some meat business.
Please send conact detail of meat one if u have
han jee…yeah Allah wali chowrangi tariq road pey…doo racing karti huie….Data coach ko haath dein….jo bhi rukh jai….uss main Allah ka naam ley kar sawar houn….jab conductor third time fare demand karey toh uss ko saudi embassy ka bolein….aur bhool jaein….Malaysia consulate ka flag dekh kar coach ko rokney ki koshish shuru kar dein…jahan coach rokay…buss wahein koud jaein…..and lo there you are at the ……
lol
wasiq saab….her customer bhejnay per aap ka cut kitna hai…..bolay tu tower side ka sector main paker loon…..apnay rajjaz bhai bi bol rai thay un ki dukan wala maindhay ka ghsot thora basi deta hai…
hiyaan ki hisab paoo milay ga…??
ik pao maindhay ka ghost or teen chantaanki bichiyaa ke pasanday bananay hain.
udhaar kai din ka deway hain yeh
sir udhaar…???? yeah toh aisa lagta hai jo free coffee pilai thi na…uss a paisa bhi hum sey ley gaa for the rest of his life….just double click at the fourth picture where the hand of topi wala trying to reach a boti in the show case….yes…can you read the price tag of the extreme right tray…..RS 770/kg memonized mutton leg ….or something like that….abey kya heran ka leg dey raha hai…main ney khuda(Allah for blama jee and friends) na khawasta agar yeah buy kiya….toh main rastey main hee packrda jaoun ga ….hain na…?lol
@ wasiq
sir this is highway robbery….woh bhi bearded mullah type logon ke ahthon…..astrafghfullah.
i dont mind paying 500 for a a hair cut when on the countr are smart looking girls in t-shirts….or a sholder massage would ensure a tip even.
but paying asingle ruppe above market rate to a mullah is blashphamy…..
770 for a mutton leg….abay itna tu hum zamzama wali aunty ki leg ke bi nai detay….un ka bi per leg 500 ka rate chal raha hai
al shaheer is nt pakistan’s biggest exporter in lahore we have ZENITH and itx provides da best meat and Zenith is a very big brand and they are pakistanx biggest exptr nd dix shaheer ppl
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something weird going on here….
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hey is ther any link btw junaid jamsaid and meat one???
hey is there any link btw junaid jamshaid and meat one???