Planning to start a Pakistani home-cooking mess/tiffin…
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Planning to start a Pakistani home-cooking mess/tiffin service in Dubai — which area should we settle in?
Hi everyone,
My wife and I ran a small home-based catering business in Karachi, cooking and delivering lunch to offices. It did well, and that success eventually took us to Dubai on a trip — and we fell in love with the lifestyle there for our kids’ future.
We got ambitious and opened a Pakistani food restaurant in Sharjah. Unfortunately, within 2 months, the building’s lease expired and the new terms included a steep rent increase we couldn’t absorb. We had to shut down and return to Karachi, and most of our savings are gone.
Things in Karachi are tough right now, so we’re regrouping and considering a fresh, smaller-scale approach: getting a home-cooking license in Dubai and starting a Pakistani mess/tiffin lunch delivery service — similar to what worked for us before, but this time from home rather than a large commercial space.
**We’re planning to move back to Dubai this month**, so we’d really appreciate advice on:
**1.**Which area(s) in Dubai have strong demand for Pakistani mess/tiffin lunch delivery (large Pakistani/South Asian working population)?
**2.**What’s the process for getting a home-cooking/food license in Dubai?
**3.**Any rough estimate of setup costs for a home-based tiffin service?
**4.**Anything you wish you’d known before starting a similar business?
We’re starting with limited capital this time, so practical, budget-conscious advice would mean a lot. Thank you for reading this far!
#current_events
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Hi everyone,
My wife and I ran a small home-based catering business in Karachi, cooking and delivering lunch to offices. It did well, and that success eventually took us to Dubai on a trip — and we fell in love with the lifestyle there for our kids’ future.
We got ambitious and opened a Pakistani food restaurant in Sharjah. Unfortunately, within 2 months, the building’s lease expired and the new terms included a steep rent increase we couldn’t absorb. We had to shut down and return to Karachi, and most of our savings are gone.
Things in Karachi are tough right now, so we’re regrouping and considering a fresh, smaller-scale approach: getting a home-cooking license in Dubai and starting a Pakistani mess/tiffin lunch delivery service — similar to what worked for us before, but this time from home rather than a large commercial space.
**We’re planning to move back to Dubai this month**, so we’d really appreciate advice on:
**1.**Which area(s) in Dubai have strong demand for Pakistani mess/tiffin lunch delivery (large Pakistani/South Asian working population)?
**2.**What’s the process for getting a home-cooking/food license in Dubai?
**3.**Any rough estimate of setup costs for a home-based tiffin service?
**4.**Anything you wish you’d known before starting a similar business?
We’re starting with limited capital this time, so practical, budget-conscious advice would mean a lot. Thank you for reading this far!
#current_events
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