Yazdani Bakery
Yazdani Bakery | |
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Location within Mumbai | |
Restaurant information | |
Food type | Bakery and snacks |
Street address | Fort |
City | Mumbai |
State | Maharashtra |
Country | India |
Coordinates | 18°55′59″N 72°49′59″E / 18.933°N 72.833°E |
Yazdani Bakery is an Irani cafe or Persian style bakery in Mumbai, India.
History[]
The bakery was opened in 1953 by Meherwan Zend, an Irani baker. [1]
The bakery[]
All products in the bakery are handmade, and baked in diesel ovens. The bakery draws a lot of visitors, particularly international visitors especially Germans. The building, built in the early 20th century, was originally a Japanese bank, which was later sold off.[citation needed]
Honour[]
On 11 December 2007, the bakery was felicitated by Maharashtra governor SM Krishna the Urban Heritage & Citizens Award.[2]
A worker using a bread slicing machine to slice loaves of bread
Video of a bread slicing machine in use at the bakery
A plaque commemorating Yazdani Bakery's 2007 Urban Heritage Award
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "History of Yazdani bakery".
- ^ Hindustan Times e-Paper[dead link]
- Yazdani: Bread and butter for three generations of Mumbai Iranis | CNN Travel
- Yazdani Bakery: A place with a soul in the megalopolis | Business Line
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071005151830/http://www.uppercrustindia.com/21crust/twentyone/people3.htm
External links[]
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