The World's Best Gelato, 2025
Gelato had always been central to our story, though perhaps none of us quite realised just how deeply until our reunion in Rome in 2023. The title of this little adventure could we
Read More →Gelato had always been central to our story, though perhaps none of us quite realised just how deeply until our reunion in Rome in 2023. The title of this little adventure could we
Read More →Gelato has been central to our story for nearly a quarter of a century now. Whether fortunately or unfortunately, depending on one’s waistline, the obsession never truly faded. Yet
Read More →The Hot Spot is proud to have been at the forefront of a revival of desi movie kitsch and art ever since we started to host exhibitions around the world and create some whacky humo
Read More →Of course, I know it's Eid. A Hail and Hearty Mubarak to all of you celebrating today. But for some hardened geeks, it's another opportunity for a new experiment in the kitchen,
Read More →We always had an idea that we would love to share our passion for cinema with others denied opportunities to watch movies that fell on the wrong side of the mainstream. We relishe
Read More →The Dawn of Frozen Yogurt in Pakistan - Summer 1995It was a different world in 1995 when The Hot Spot journey began. The Food Revolution was on the horizon and badly needed. The
Read More →Dogs have been a part of our lives for some time now, and we are more grateful for them than ever. In a world increasingly marked by hate, a loving dog is just the tonic, and we ha
Read More →The Artists & Sounds who will always be a part of our DNA #01 The Hot Spot Juke Box series of posts will highlight artists featured since we opened the doors to our first out
Read More →“The Memories Remain Intact"The “Killer Rat” has been authorised to revive the original Hot Spot Magazine, which lasted a couple of episodes before being absorbed by our website.
Read More →Farewell Dear Brother, Colleague and Friend. You Were The Best Of Us. Rest In PeaceThis afternoon we lost the finest among us. The Best brother, colleague, friend and son anyone
Read More →The Indian Cricket Team toured Pakistan in 2004, playing a hard-fought Test and One-Day series. Both teams had an evening of feasting on dinner, followed by copious amounts of des
Read More →Artfest 2002 – Pakistani Cinema Poster Exhibition curated by The Hot Spot. By 2002, The Hot Spot's first steps into the World Wide Web had started to make waves. The website was cr
Read More →The Hot Spot's Hand-Painted Pakistani Movie Posters Exhibitionat The Commonwealth Institute, London.This Poster exhibition was a dream come true, but making it happen was quite the
Read More →Someone With a Sense of Humour at Dawn Ranks The Hot Spot's Crazy Website as one of Pakistan's Top 10The Website was an extension of the Printed Magazine we had started called The
Read More →After a step here, a sidestep, and a wrong turn or two, we finally arrived at our destination at an unbuilt building and were to become the first "kids on the block" at T Block. W
Read More →Having been unceremoniously dumped from our previous location yet honoured to be replaced by the groundbreaking "The Cool Spot", we found refuge underground. Our "Basement Shop" w
Read More →Islamabad is hit by a wave of culture and art like never before as very imaginatively named "The Cool Spot" replaces "The Hot Spot". Islamabad underwent an overnight Cultural Revol
Read More →Over the years, the F7 Gol Market area had gained a reputation as being cursed among Islamabad's property dealer community. In the 1980s, a prominent, well-connected family starte
Read More →The outdoor chess giant chess pieces are finally completed dispelling forever the rumour that the chequered floor outside was a dancefloor! For ants maybe.
Read More →The Hot Spot Islamabad Horror Film Festival – a landmark in Islamabad’s "culturally" emaciated calendar manages to notch on a few thousand more rupees to the Edhi Fund. The event i
Read More →The Hot Spot's Movie screenings had collected small amounts over the months, and once in a while, we dropped by their main Edhi Welfare Centre office in Islamabad to donate the col
Read More →The Hot Spot "Think Tank", after days of scrutiny, testing and analysis, deem the Caramel Almond Crunch a worthy "Flavour of the Month". It proves to be an instant success, and th
Read More →No Publicity, No Media, No Cameras, No Politicians, Movie Stars, Generals, Fanfare, Advertising, Ribbon Cutting – The Hot Spot opens quietly in sleepy T Block on a chilly February
Read More →The Hot Spot is "Again The Hottest Spot In Town", claims Pulse Magazine.
Read More →We finally managed to find a space in Islamabad that we think suited us. An obsolete restaurant turned into a failed plant nursery known among the community as a "cursed" area for
Read More →In the Summer of 1995, Mariam, Ali and I tried the little wooden ice cream bucket with a hand crank for the first time. We had raided the local market for salt and had a bric
Read More →The Acid Test - July 1995 If you can't do justice to Vanilla, you might as well pack your bags. As the summer monsoon of 1995 set in, we set about establishing some realistic stan
Read More →Halloween has and always will remain our favourite day on the calendar. Forever been obsessed with things that go bump in the night! Halloween has and always will remain our
Read More →The Dawn of The Sugar Cone Era The Hot Spot is delighted to launch The Freshly Baked Sugar Cone as the Monsoon season tapers off and the humidity levels don't render everything ins
Read More →The Hottest Bogey In Town - The News(The ONLY Bogey in town?)
Read More →Chaos, Disorder, Madness but good-humoured, old fashioned Islamabad fun 90s styleOctober 1996 - The Hot Spot sets up stall at the Foreign Office Annual Fair. One of our first cust
Read More →The Hot Spot set up a stall for a second time at a Fundraiser organised by the Foreign Office. This was about our fourth such event, and we were slowly getting less haphazard and
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