When I first heard of Meat The Cheese, I shrugged.
Mind you, I love cheese. And I mean good cheese. I tins easily burst into song declaring my love for cheese and designation each jumble of cheese in the chorus. But I won't, I'll save that for my musical on pizza.
But from the name, Meat The Cheese called to brain the preferences of Hot n Spicy or Burger Lab, which are amazing but just fast food places. I promised I'd give it a experiment but wasn't inspired. Until I found out what they mean by "meat the cheese." Basically, I saw this.
Meat The Cheese is a restaurant that's been in the making for the past two years. It can serve a variety of cheese with your meal and is the first restaurant to bring the famous raclette cheese wheel to Pakistan. You know what I'm talking about, the huge wheel oozing cheese that is served right on your meal. There's so much cheese that they don't cheese the meat, they meat the cheese! Okay, you get it, I'll stop now.With this new information, I head out to the restaurant with my colleague, intrigued but still guarded. It can't be that good, right?It can. 
Where to go
Located at Bukhari Commercial, which is fast becoming one of Karachi's most happening food spots, Meat The Cheese can be found next to Grotto Cafe and right across The Grid.
The restaurant's interiors are a pleasant surprise. It dispels at once all thoughts about Meat The Cheese being an ordinary fast food joint. Floral patterns decorate the furniture and we were very fascinated by a wall decoration full of greenery. It gave me Jumanji vibes but in a good way.
When to go
Meat the Cheese is open from 12:30pm to 1AM, which means no breakfast plans there... yet?
What to order
We got in touch with Meat the Cheese owner Mustafa Totana to know more about the restaurant and also to help us with our order. He was happy to assist.Mustafa Totana is the owner of the popular Fit in 5 weight loss programme so for him, getting fresh and healthy ingredients was a priority. The variety of cheese available at his restaurant are all organic and thus way healthier than processed cheese.
One of the most popular appetisers at Meat The Cheese are the wicked mushrooms and we totally understand their appeal. Mushroom caps, pepperoni and cheese are rolled in batter and fried — it's like having pizza by the mouth
But it loses flavour if it's not hot, so don't dally before popping these in your mouth. Served with honey mustard, but it's good without too.
The cheesy chick on a stick is an interesting appetiser, which can also be a decent main for those with a small appetite. Marinated cheesy skewers served with fries, the chicken is perfectly cooked and tender.
The best part is you can have raclette cheese poured on your skewers which adds so much to the flavour. Remember, the cheese is not processed, so it's not that unhealthy. Let me have this.
The state of the art-ichoke (kudos for the creative names) is a cheese and spinach dip served with pita bread. While the dip was good, it couldn't get the attention it needed what with the mushrooms and chicken we were happily devouring. The dip is flavourful and makes for good comfort food.Moving on to the mains, Mustafa recommended the chipotle bee-eff-eff burger and yes they are nailing it with the names. I was expecting an average burger but it was so much more.
The burger's patty was juicy in a way not many patties are. Mustafa admits to having a trade secret that makes their patties different but wouldn't reveal it.The bee-eff-eff burger has this minced meat patty, chipotle sauce and, wait for it, sweet potato. Also, you can add raclette cheese to it and trust me, you should. There is barely any place in Karachi that has sweet potato in their burgers and I was glad that Meat The Cheese has it. The sweet potato adds texture to the burger and enhances the flavour of the meat.
The crackpot pie makes for a fun dinner and a show but it was the least favourite item on the table. A hybrid of pizza and chicken pot pie, it has Wisconsin brick cheese holding the dish together.