Lok Virsa plans Cuisine Museum

Facility will promote food culture of various areas of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Unlike any other museum, where guests are not eve allowed to touch any exhibit, the federal capital is likely to see a museum where people will be able to see, smell, touch and devour the exhibits.

A Cuisine Museum is being planned by the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) to serve famous traditional food of all cities to help promote and preserve the centuries old culinary culture of Pakistan.

Pakistan is located at an ideal strategic position which represents different cultures and languages that shaped its cuisine, lifestyle and culture, Lok Virsa Executive Director Talha Ali Khan Kushvaha said in a statement on Thursday.

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“We are working to establish Cultural Food Museum which will be solely devoted to particular food items having cultural significance,” Kushvaha said.

Food connoisseurs would have the chance to treat their taste buds to some of the country's most famous foods, Kushvaha said adding that the main purpose of the Cuisine Museum was to serve cultured and famous dishes of every city. He said that beside cultural food there would also be continental, Chinese and Italian food.

He said that food provides an important link to our cultural heritage. Traditional food is an important experience in maintaining connections to one's cultural heritage, he stated.

Meanwhile, Lok Virsa on Wednesday decided to reduce the operating days of its two museums, Heritage Museum and Pakistan Monument Museum. 

Published in The Express Tribune, June 19^th, 2020.