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The whole chalkboard, written out: the Salt Kitchen grill, the Bakery counter and The Bar — with the Organic shelf running alongside them.
Prices in rupees. Everything cooked to order — nothing waits under a lamp.
Grill · Fryer · Wraps
Served with fries or coleslaw
Bites
Starters & small plates
Six pieces, crumbed and fried to order.
Lightly battered fish fingers with a house dip.
Marinated overnight, fried crisp, salted hot.
Fries under cheese, sauce and chicken.
Eight pieces, molten inside, crumbed outside.
Folded by hand each afternoon. Per piece.
Wings
Six pieces / fourteen pieces
Smoky, sticky, finished on the grill.
For the table that asks for extra tissue.
Plain, crisp and salted — the honest one.
Tossed in garlic mayo straight out of the fryer.
Valley honey, red chilli, sesame, spring onion.
Twenty pieces, any two flavours, fries underneath.
Burgers
Served with fries or coleslaw
Zinger chicken, sauces, iceberg. Rs 400 for the burger only.
Beef or chicken patty, cheese, special sauce.
Triple chicken or beef patty, special sauce.
Crumb-fried fish, gherkin, tomato, cheese.
Charred breast, smoked mayo, lettuce, tomato.
Beef patty, buttered mushrooms, melted cheese.
Wraps & Sandwiches
Rolled, pressed, packed to go
Grilled tender chicken, caesar sauce, fries.
Crispy chicken, salsa, iceberg, fries.
Paratha, chicken, garlic mayo — the local favourite.
Panini bread, chicken, mayo sauce, jalapeños.
Three decks, chicken, egg, cheese, fries.
Bakery sub, pulled chicken, peppers, cheese.
Shawarma
Off the spit, all day
Pita, garlic sauce, pickle, chips inside.
The classic, with a cheese slice folded through.
Crispy fillet instead of spit chicken.
Open plate, fries, salad, two dips.
Four shawarmas, fries and dips, wrapped to travel.
Platters
Built for a full table
4 crunchy burgers, fries, 4 wings, dinner rolls, 1 ltr drink.
8 pcs shawarma, extra chicken, fries and dips.
2 burgers, fries, 4 wings, 2 cold drinks, rolls.
Burger, fries, 3 crispy wings, roll, cold drink.
Mixed grill, two platters of sides, rolls, 1.5 ltr drink.
Grill
Charcoal & flat top
Half kilo, yoghurt marinade, naan on the side.
Cream and cheese marinade, mild and soft.
Four skewers, beef, hand-minced daily.
Mushroom, black pepper or barbecue sauce.
Undercut, rested, served with mash and greens.
Pasta & Rice
Bowls from the range
Cream, garlic, chicken, parmesan crust.
Half red, half white, chilli flakes on top.
Fried strips over creamy penne.
Single plate, raita and salad.
Egg, vegetables, chicken, soy.
Soup
Single / family
Slow-cooked mushrooms, cream, black pepper.
Blended fresh, finished with butter.
The one that carries a Swat winter.
Chicken, egg, sweetcorn — the house pot.
Thick, plain and comforting.
Sides & Dips
To fill the middle of the table
Tossed hot in our own spice mix.
Cut fresh, twice fried, salted.
Made in the morning, kept cold.
Bakery loaf, garlic butter, optional cheese.
Garlic mayo, hot sauce, mint raita, ketchup.
First bake before dawn
Counter open from 8:00 AM
Breads
Out of the oven daily
Soft crumb, sliced or whole. Gone by noon.
Whole wheat, proved overnight, no shortening.
Six to a bag, warm at four in the afternoon.
Six sesame buns — the same ones our kitchen uses.
Crisp crust, open crumb, baked twice daily.
Olive oil, rosemary, valley sea salt.
Pastry Counter
Butter, laminated, morning only
Three days of folding for four minutes of eating.
Two batons of dark chocolate inside.
Cream cheese glaze, still warm at nine.
Swat apples, cooked down with cinnamon.
Plain, chocolate, or sprinkled for the small ones.
Choux shell, vanilla crème, dusted.
Cakes by the Slice
Cut fresh from the whole
Three layers, dark ganache, sea salt finish.
Cream cheese frosting, crumb sides.
Our own espresso in the sponge.
Baked, chilled overnight, berry spoon on top.
Walnut, cinnamon, orange in the frosting.
Celebration Cakes
One pound / two pounds · 24 hrs notice
Written on in white or pink, as you like it.
Seasonal fruit between the layers.
Chocolate, caramel, hazelnut praline.
Send us a picture on WhatsApp and we will price it.
Mix and match any four flavours.
Rusk & Biscuit
For the tea tray
Half kilo bag, twice baked, keeps for weeks.
Cumin, short and salty. Half kilo.
Piped by hand, half kilo box.
Sold singly, soft in the middle. Per piece.
Cardamom shortbread, the old recipe. Half kilo.
Savoury Bakes
Hot from eleven
Flaky pastry, peppery filling. Per piece.
Pulled from the oven every hour.
Thick base, chicken, peppers, mozzarella.
Bakery bun, spiced patty, chutney.
Potato, peas, green chilli.
Whole cakes on the glass
Sliced until they go
Exotic cakes
Every morning the pastry bench sends up a handful of whole cakes and they go straight onto the glass — chocolate fudge, malt, coffee praline, whatever the bench felt like at six in the morning.
Take a slice with your coffee or carry the whole thing home. No order needed: what is on the counter is what there is.
Slices from Rs 450. Whole cakes from Rs 3,200 depending on the size and the finish — ask at the counter, or on the order line.
The one people drive in for. Layers of chocolate sponge around a pistachio cream, shot through with kunafa pastry toasted in butter until it crackles — then finished with more pistachio and a lattice of chocolate on top.
It takes a day to build, so we make a few at a time. When one is on the counter it rarely lasts the evening; for a whole cake, give us 24 hours on the order line.
A booth kept back at the side of the room with the balloon arch, the lit sign and a table long enough for the whole family. We set it up before you arrive and clear it after — you bring the people.
Free for one hour when the bill comes to more than Rs 3,000, and extra hours are Rs 2,000 each. Tell us the name, the colours and the hour, and the corner is yours. Please read the birthday corner terms before you book — there is a short list of things we cannot have in the room.
Coffee, cold & sweet
Running until close at 1 AM
Hot Coffee
Single origin, roasted for us
Single or double, same price.
Wet, dry or extra hot — just say.
Two shots, thin milk, no foam hat.
Vanilla, hazelnut or caramel, no extra charge.
Dark chocolate stirred through, cream on top.
Real chocolate melted into milk, not powder.
Cold Coffee
Over the valley's own ice
Two shots, water, ice to the brim.
Poured over cold milk, never shaken.
Blended, whipped, drizzled — the student order.
Eighteen hours steeping downstairs.
Vanilla ice cream, one hot shot poured at the table.
Shakes & Smoothies
Thick, cold, in a tall glass
The one every table orders twice.
Fudge lined down the glass.
Salted, thick enough to stand a spoon in.
Yoghurt, honey, whole fruit — no syrup.
Mixed berries, banana, valley honey.
Coolers
Mojitos & sodas, all non-alcoholic
Lime, mint, soda, plenty of ice.
Blue curaçao syrup, lemon, soda.
Brewed here, chilled, never from a carton.
Fresh basil bruised to order.
Pomegranate, orange, mint, sparkling water.
Tea & Kahwa
The reason people stay two hours
Boiled properly, cup or pot for two.
Cardamom and a pinch of saffron.
Slow-churned, salted, pistachio on top.
Ginger, clove, cinnamon, black pepper.
Mint, chamomile or lemongrass from the shelf.
Fresh Juice
Pressed when you order
Four oranges to the glass, nothing added.
Swat apples in season, imported out of it.
Only while the valley crop lasts.
Sweet, salty or half-half.
Sweet or salted, churned to order.
Bought from the valley
Sold at the front counter
Everything on this shelf comes from a grower, a keeper or a small maker we can name — most of them within an hour's drive of Saidu Sharif. Prices move with the season, and when a crop is finished, the shelf stays empty until the next one.
Ask at the counter for who made what. If you grow or make something in the valley, the Community page is where you tell us about it.
Honey
Raw, unheated, valley kept
Half kilo jar. Dark, thick, from the lower valley.
Half kilo. Pale and mild — the children's one.
Half kilo. Whatever was in bloom that month.
Cut straight from the frame, wax and all.
Dry Fruit & Nuts
Per half kilo
From the trees along the Swat river road.
Sun-dried on rooftops, no sulphur.
Raw or lightly roasted with salt.
White, sweet, the old summer snack.
Our own blend — walnut, almond, apricot, raisin.
Preserves
Cooked in small batches upstairs
Swat apples, low sugar, no pectin.
Whole halves suspended in syrup.
Spring only, while the local crop runs.
Hot. Genuinely hot. Ask for a taste first.
Grains & Flour
Stone milled, bagged the same week
Two kilo bag — the flour our brown bread uses.
For makai roti through the winter.
One kilo, grown upriver, nutty and firm.
One kilo, plain, nothing added.
Oils & Dairy
From two families we have bought from since 2019
500 ml, pressed in Malakand.
One kilo, churned from cow butter.
One litre, cold-pressed, unfiltered.
Tray of twelve, delivered every second morning.
Wellness
Dried, sorted and packed by hand
250 g, the leaf our kahwa is made from.
100 g, shade dried to keep the colour.
250 g, cleaned twice.
Honey, nuts, jam and tea, wrapped for giving.
The Swati bread our grandmothers made, still folded and pressed by hand — the lattice top is cut one at a time, never stamped. We bake them in small batches through the day, so the ones on the counter came out of the oven this morning.
That is a saving of about a third on the piece price. Ask at the counter for bulk and gift orders, or send us a message.
Bouquets, baskets and boxes
Made up the same day
Roses wrapped at the counter, chocolates set among them, snack baskets packed to the brim and boxes lined with petals and lights. Everything here is made up by hand on the day, so tell us the occasion and we will build it around that.
A day's notice is plenty for the larger bouquets and baskets. Prices below are a guide — the brief decides the final one.
Bouquets
Simple, wrapped by hand
Customised bouquets
Built to your brief
Snack baskets
Chips, jellies, chocolates and cans
Customised boxes
Boxed, lit and lined with petals
Delivery all over Swat, or collect from the counter. Send us a picture of what you have in mind and we will tell you what it takes.
Customisations catalogue
Made to your brief
Please note: you can show us any cake design, and we will tailor it for you.
Everything else on this page is something we make every day. This is the other half of the bakery — the cakes and boxes that exist once, because somebody asked for them.
Customised Products
Choose the finish — the brief decides the price
Minimum 2 pounds
Light and fluffy cakes with creamy frosting, customised to your design and standard flavour preferences.
Minimum 3 pounds
Cakes with fondant accents and custom designs, offering a blend of buttercream and fondant work.
Minimum 3 pounds
Fully covered in smooth fondant, these cakes carry intricate designs and detailed decoration for special occasions.
Minimum 2 pounds
Chocolate cakes with a variety of finishes and toppings — built for the chocolate lovers among you.
Per piece
Beautifully designed cakes in a bento style, right for one or two people, or for a gift.
Minimum 3 pieces
Fresh, soft doughnuts customised with your choice of design, glaze and toppings.
Minimum 3 pieces
Moist and delicious cupcakes, personalised with flavours, frosting and decorative details.
Tiered cakes
A guide to size and servings — round and square
| Details | 2 tiersServes 48–50 | 3 tiersServes 60–62 | 4 tiersServes 98–100 | 5 tiersServes 160–162 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 3–5 lb | 3–5 lb | 4–6 lb | 6–8 lb |
| Tier 2 | 2–4 lb | 2–4 lb | 3–5 lb | 4–6 lb |
| Tier 3 | — | 1–3 lb | 2–4 lb | 3–5 lb |
| Tier 4 | — | — | 1–3 lb | 2–4 lb |
| Tier 5 | — | — | — | 1–3 lb |
| Total | 5–9 lb | 6–12 lb | 10–18 lb | 16–26 lb |
| Details | 2 tiersServes 30–35 | 3 tiersServes 60–65 | 3 tiers, extra largeServes 98–100 | 4 tiersServes 110–115 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 3–5 lb | 5–7 lb | 7–10 lb | 7–10 lb |
| Tier 2 | 2–4 lb | 3–5 lb | 5–7 lb | 5–7 lb |
| Tier 3 | — | 2–4 lb | 3–5 lb | 3–5 lb |
| Tier 4 | — | — | — | 2–4 lb |
| Total | 5–9 lb | 10–16 lb | 15–22 lb | 17–26 lb |
A dash means that tier does not exist at that size — a two-tier cake has no third tier. The weight of a custom cake depends on the design, so this chart is a guide only: the final weight is set by an experienced pastry chef.
Gallery
Cakes we have made for other people's days
Our Policies
For custom orders
Our standard flavours — pineapple, chocolate, red velvet and black forest — are included at no extra cost.
Exotic or premium options such as Lotus, Oreo, Ferrero Rocher, Nutella, caramel, Hershey's Kisses and pistachio incur an additional charge per pound, reflecting the cost of authentic, imported ingredients for a speciality flavour.
Please note that we make every effort to ensure the product accurately represents the specific product you order; some variation may occur due to availability. In some cases substitutions of decorations and/or contents may be necessary, but we will ensure the style, theme and colour scheme remain the same, and we will only substitute with items of equal or greater value.
The final cost will vary based on the size of the cake, the complexity of the design, and the level of decorative detail. Each order is custom-priced to reflect the time, care and craftsmanship involved. A final quote is provided on enquiry.
We strongly recommend that you confirm your order well before the date you need it. Self-pickup is recommended for all custom orders.
Because of the delicate nature, intricate designs and varying sizes of our cakes, proper packaging is not always possible. If pickup is not possible, we can discuss limited delivery options on a case-by-case basis, and we will not be liable for any damage incurred during delivery. By opting for delivery, you acknowledge and accept this risk.
Because a custom order — cakes, cupcakes, doughnuts and the rest — is made to your own specifications, we cannot accept cancellations or returns once production has started. All sales are final; please review your order details carefully before confirming.
For everything else on the menu, the full return & refund policy applies.
Good to know
Prices include tax and are in Pakistani rupees. Seasonal items come and go with the valley — if it is not on the counter, it is not in season.
All meat is halal, cut in-house each morning and kept in a separate cold chain from dairy and bakery goods.
Our bakery works with wheat, egg, milk and nuts in one room, so we cannot promise any item is free of traces. Tell your server and we will tell you exactly what is in the dish.
Ask for the green board — soups, pasta, bakery items and the whole Organic shelf have vegetarian options every day.
Trays, platters and cake orders for events of 20 to 300. Give us 48 hours and we will build a quote around your budget.
Ready when you are
Send your order straight to the counter on WhatsApp, or book a table and let us bring it out hot. Catering enquiries go through the contact page.
Custom orders
Fill in as much as you know — anything you leave blank we will ask about when we confirm. This goes into your cart with everything else, and reaches our counter on WhatsApp at checkout.