Hamza Asif
3 min readJul 15, 2015

Why the Trend of Having a Dirty Kitchen is Becoming Prevalent in Pakistan?

The trend of having a dirty kitchen at home is getting popular all around Pakistan. It provides home owners, the cooking freedom without the fear of aroma, splashes and smoke around.

In Pakistan, the living style and standards of people have changed in the wake of increased knowledge and latest architectural and interior designing trends. Now, the concept of home construction is not just confined to building a traditional residence to live in; instead people use it as a style statement. Hence, the luxury homes in Pakistan also become a source of representing a person’s financial and social status and also its interior designing an architectural taste.
One latest trend, which is getting tremendous popularity in Pakistan, is the “Dirty Kitchen”. You can call it as a spare cooking area in a house which is really used for cooking:
“Dirty kitchen is basically the Hot kitchen where actual cooking takes place, the main kitchen remains neat and cool area, which is just used to show off,” says Hashim Mahmood, the senior architect at Amer Adnan Associates®.
Given Below are some of the benefits of having this extra cooking area in your house.

Keeps your Luxury Kitchen Safe
Imagine if you use your luxury kitchen for real cooking. Cooking aroma, splashes and vapors are the things which are unavoidable and these can fade the new look of your kitchen soon. The luxury kitchens are expensive, where you use top class countertops, cabinetry, ventilators, backsplashes and various other things and all of this empties your wallet. However, if used frequently and carelessly, the extravagant kitchen can even carry the look of traditional cooking area, with fumes and smoke deposits on cabinetry and ventilators. You cannot afford renovating it every 3 to 4months and it no longer remains presentable. For those who are really concerned about the style and feel of their homes, having a dirty kitchen as an extra cooking area is important. It is constructed at the place which is not viewable for the people sitting in living or dining; however, a “show off’ kitchen is built at the location where it could become easier for all to have a look of it. After all it needs to serve the purpose it is built for.

Allows you to Cook Freely
It gives you freedom of cooking whatever you want without the fear of splashes, smoke and aroma. You can cook with a great freedom, no matter if it makes a mess of pots and spices jars around. This is the place where your cooks can cook freely not only for you but also for themselves. Especially, if it is constructed in the outdoor like in your lawn and patio, then you can have more choices to cook. You can even enjoy Barbie Q at home.

Easily Managing
While cooking in your ‘show-off’ kitchen, it becomes hard to manage the mess along with catering. You can’t keep that kitchen all clean, especially if it is in constant use for three-time meals. Moreover, as the trend of eating-at-home is still prevalent in Pakistan, so frequent usage is likely to make the luxury cooking area, dull and dirty.

It’s a Trend
Although, decision of having a ‘dirty kitchen’ is solely based upon the need but now people are also following it as a part of construction trend. All that you need to do is to consult a professional architect in Lahore or in your area, to get the details about its budget, design and location in your house.