Hyderabad Restaurants

6 Pack Cuisine
Various Locations in Hyderabad
Serves: Health Food
Specialities: Wraps & Rice Packs
Recommended: Schezwan Tofu & Brown Rice
Avg. Meal for Two: INR 200

6 Pack Cuisine is a chain of health food eateries that have opened across various locations in Hyderabad over the past month or so. They serve healthy food which is both balanced and highly nutritious. And by health food don’t think that it is all diet food! For there is on offer mainstream items like Chicken, Chhole and Rajma and also high-protein low-fat food like Soya and Tofu. One can choose between the Rice and Wrap options - Choices being Green Rice (Spinach Rice) and Brown Rice (Unpolished Rice) & wrap that is made from a Whole Wheat Chapati. Side-dish would be a Non-Vegetarian or Vegetarian Curry. Like Subway, they have a daily menu with grilled chicken, lemon basil chicken, chilly chicken and southern spicy chicken as the non-veg choices and Chhole masala, rajma masala and schezwan tofu as the vegetarian choices. Chicken keema, chicken tikka and ground soya being available daily. Rice dishes are accompanied by mixed vegetables (beans, carrot, cauliflower florets etc) and Wraps come with a yoghurt-based dressing and varied seasoning. There is also the option of Hyderbadi Biryani! What? Biryani and healthy? They answer this incredulous question with the fact that “While biryani is typically loaded with fat, cholestrol and carbs, 6Pack biryani makes this Hyderabadi favorite a balanced, delicious meal. We use no dalda, animal fat, or ghee and use a healthy, blended oil in small portions. Our biryani is high on protein, fiber and vitamins and low on fat, carbs and sodium - and absolutely delicious.”

I was enlightened about this eatery by a friend over at FreeHyderabad Discussion Boards and whilst he recommended the brown rice option, I was slightly apprehensive of it (since I was always used to eating pressure-cooked polished rice!). I opted for a Vegetable Biryani and Schezwan Tofu. The biryani quantity was exactly measured out and served (500 Gms of it) and it comes with a complimentary gravy. Though it lacked the succulence of the Paradise or Shikaar’s biryani, it was tasty enough. The vegetables were slightly under-cooked (I understand that’s because boiling them fully would destroy their nutrients) and the oil content was minimal. The Schezwan Tofu was delightful. One can almost mistake it for Paneer, so tender it was! And the spiciness was just about right. I know, the combination of deccani biryani and chinese schezwan sounds bizarre but that is what is variety

6Pack outlets are located across seven areas in Hyderabad - Abids, Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Ameerpet, Himayathnagar, S.D.Road & Gachibowli. They have eat-in, take-away as well as home delivery options. They undertake catering orders as well. The website link is at the end of the post and it contains all the details of the menu and locations as well as information about nutrition, food facts and food safety. I’d recommend this place for people who’d like to eat well and eat healthy at the same time. Agreed, the spread is not too varied or exhaustive but it is indeed wholesome food - and that too at decent prices. A veg meal is priced at Rs. 60 (wrap) & Rs. 65 (rice) and non-veg meal is priced at Rs. 80 (wrap) and Rs. 85 (rice). They serve canned fruit juice and yogurt as well. I’d wish they serve some salads and sprouts-items as well. To conclude, lemme recall a pertinent point: just eating healthy food is not enough; one has to exercise regularly. [Now to practice what I've preached ]

Links: 6Pack Website | The Hindu Article on Health Food