It's been a while since I tried every Punjabi, pakitani, and Indian restaurant in town to find the best ... and Lahore Karahi appeared best for other reasons than the best Vegetable Biryani. I got the same thing at every restaurant, and figured if they screwed that up that I neednt bother with anything else on the menu... Since my discovery of the fine restaurant on OFarrel Street many others have recognized it as First Rate on account of other things on the menu...

But then there was a question... a claim that Udupi Palace on Valencia Street is the best, and there I'll have to try something else on the menu... if I dare. I got Vegetable Biryani at Udupi Poopy, and that's what I've got to say... It was over priced, and mediocre rice... the people weren't attentive, the clerk short changed me, and they've got too much to do. Maybe they were best for a minute, but my experience was that the prices were too high, the service was lousy, and the food quality insulting to have gone through any trouble to get. No way, and I have to say... Lahore Karahi has a trick for maintianing enduring quality and repeatedly being picked best by every rating agency... the trick is that if the owner gets tired of it or needs to do something else he just doesn't open the place. So it isn't always open, but when it is you are certain to get the best quality and service anywhere in the city if you like to go for Dum Aloo or Nan and Curry or whatever Punjabi or Indian type of cuisine.  Open Zofigar!