Do you believe that there is anything such as “too much chocolate?” Well, the city of Lahore doesn’t. After chocolate naan, chocolate gol gappay, chocolate samosas; yet another traditional snack has been infused with chocolate – Chocolate Paan!! Yes, such a thing does exist.
PaanStaap, a startup by students of LUMS, aims to eliminate the stigma associated with Paans that they are unhealthy and also that neither do Paan makers have a clean workstation nor do they use healthy and hygienic ingredients. PaanStaap has changed all that by making it hygienic and healthy. Their Paan does not include any characteristics as the traditional ones such as bad breath, saliva stimulation, addiction and dental problems, as they have omitted the unhygienic ingredients which cause such things.
The flavors they are offering are: Molten Lava, Oreo, Blueberry, Strawberry, Date and Nuts, Honey and Simple Meetha. The catch here is that they are all premium ingredients but do we really need a chocolate paan? When we asked the general public especially paan lovers, they cringed at the idea of such an invention but still, at the Spring Food Festival where we found PaanStaap, the Molten Lava and Blueberry Paan were best sellers, while the traditional Meetha Paan was not too far behind.
Perhaps it has become a food culture in Lahore to at least try everything instead of formulating opinions on ideas alone but then, that is directed more towards the ultimate foodies. Whether Paan Staap will be a hit or a miss that is for you to decide but would you try their modern paan? Let us know!!
Contributed by: Team Kluchit.
