Special flavoured tea comes to Islamabad

Islamabad: Lights, colours, music and aroma of the most special flavoured tea marked the launch of new eatery Bun Burry Club at the back of Beverly Centre in Islamabad.

No one ever thought that the once deserted Beverly Centre would one day become the centre of distinctive eating places. Today, the place is the hub of some of the most quality restaurants and amazing thing about these places is that all these outlets are local brands run by young boys and girls.

Bun Burry Club is another feather in the cap of this line of restaurants that stays centre of attention for all age groups belonging to every segments of the society. But it offers something unique that makes it different from other restaurants-milk based tea in 20 different flavours.

From 8 in the morning till midnight, the restaurant, an initiative of young entrepreneurs, will offer exclusive breakfast with options to try some unique flavours such as Blue Berry omelette, honey banana omelette, orange marmalade omelette etc. Flavours for tea include Vanilla, Sandal, Saffron, Cinnamon, ‘Garam Masala’, Ginger, Green Chilli, Salted, Aniseed, Clove, Mint, Choco, Tulsi, Black Pepper, Gurr, Rose, Black Mint, ‘Doodh Patti’, Lemon Grass, and Green Tea. Besides that, the outlet offers some great steak and snacks.

There was a whole history behind opening this restaurant that the owner Hamza Gondal describes in his own words. “It was a fine night of winters, when I asked my friends on our way back to Dubai from Abu Dhabi to grab some quality tea. We went to a cafe at 3 a.m. and were amazed to see the bunch of people on waiting to grab tea.”

The group of friends became curious what special is offered at the restaurants. “It was quite shocking and I got curious that what is really amazing in that tea. Finally I ordered flavoured tea and when I finally tasted it, we finally got to know that the tea was worth waiting. I decided the same night to bring the taste to my homeland. After getting negative response from that brand about franchising in Pakistan, we finally decided to bring that taste with our own identity,” said Hamza.

Hamza is expecting good response from the Islooites. “We are offering something that is offered at no other place Islamabad yet. Though people in Islamabad are quite familiar with the famous international trends but if some of them are not, we are here to introduce them with new tastes and flavours,” said that owner. He agreed that the competition is getting tough in Islamabad. “It would not be easy to make our place but the way we are planning to redefine the concept of breakfast and tea in the city, we are quite hopeful that the idea would click the tea and food lovers in the city,” said Hamza.

The young team plans to take the initiative to Sialkot in next six months and in another metropolitan city in three to four years. “We do plan to take this brand to international level but it will take some time. The Islamabad branch is just the first step to establish the brand name which can further lead to multinational entity,” said Brand and Media Manager Salman Rafiq.

Salman believes that trends are fast changing in Islamabad. “When my friend shared the plan of opening an eatery at Beverly Centre, I immediately rejected the idea as I was imagining the Islamabad of few years back when the roads used to go quite after 6 p.m. But when we visited this place some months ago, I was amazed to see the rush at restaurants. It was difficult for us to find parking space for our car,” said Salman while sharing their days of conceiving the idea.

The team of young boys has given a vintage look to the restaurant. Tree trunks in the walls and the nest like lamp shades with modern racks for newspapers and books match the mix of traditional and modern trends offered in the menu.

To amuse the tea lovers, frames of raw wood with famous tea quotes adorn one of the walls. “Give me tea or give me death,” says one frame whereas the other is inscribes with the quote “Where there is tea there is hope.” Another quote replaces apple with the tea saying “A tea a day, keep the burden at bay.” The opening day of the restaurant remained full of activity. Famous personalities visited the place to wish good luck to the young team. Everyone welcomed the new and refreshing addition in the list of cafes having enjoying robust business in the capital.