Iconic Biryani King Jafferbhai Mansuri passed away at 83 with a cardiac arrest on Thursday in Mumbai, India. Recognized for his modesty and outstanding service to the community, Mansuri opened his first Delhi Darbar outlet in Dubai in 1984.
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Moin Jaffer Mansuri, the third of the master chef’s four sons and the fifth of his seven children spoke to a leading daily and said, his demise marked the end of an era. “For years, he fed people with his own hands, and he showed the world how a biryani is made delicious by just putting one’s heart to it.
Jafferbhai Mansuri Ruled the Biryani World For Over Seven Decades
Jafferbhai Mansuri sighed his last on Thursday afternoon at the Breach Candy hospital after building an empire and expanding it successfully over seven decades. He introduced people to the aromatic flavours of Biryani in Dubai and the rest of the country.
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Moin who now runs the Jaffer Bhai’s restaurant on Zabeel Road in Dubai said it was his father’s pure love to feed people and that made him truly special. Jaffer Bhai’s restaurant was all set to open a second outlet in Barsha on September 11, which is now on hold.
He was going to come and inaugurate the restaurant. He had also promised to spend at least a month in Dubai with his family. But sadly he couldn’t keep the promise, said Moin who last spent time with his father in Dubai in 2017 for “a few days” on his way back to India from an Umrah trip in Saudi Arabia.
The King Bombay Biryani Leaves A Legacy Behind Him
Jafferbhai Mansuri was fondly known as the King of Bombay Biryani. He earned his name after serving Mughlai cuisine for years. In his initial days, he took over a catering company started by his Gulam Mohammed Mansuri in 1915. Mumbai was his base right from the start. In 1973, he opened the very first branch of Delhi Darbar on Grant Road. And then there was no turning back. He opened the second branch in Colaba in 1976. Eight years down the line, he ventured into the Middle East with his first Delhi Darbar outlet in Dubai. His restaurant later gave way to a famous chain with several offshoots. It also includes the one that Moin has been running since 2002 using recipes and ethics, he said, he absorbed from his father.
Jaffer Bhai’s restaurant was voted one of the country’s best biryani outlets in an unofficial poll by two Emirati bloggers in 2017.