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 Mizan Siddiqui, an Indian living in Toronto city of Canada runs a popular food blog 'Dilli Ka Bhukkad'  (Glutton from Delhi) to promote desi foods in the North American country. His blog is one of the most followed on social media and he plans to start a chain of restaurants under the banner of his food blog.

Mizan Siddiqui, is a first-class law and economics graduate from Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Initially, he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his lawyer father, Atyab Siddiqui. However, the twists and turns of time took him to become the unofficial ambassador of Indian food in Canada.

Instead of impressing judges in the courtroom, Mizan has won the hearts of thousands with his posting of food facts about rare food facts on his blog, which has over 100,000 followers.

Mizan’s followers are spread across countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Gulf countries, France, Sweden, Spain, the UK, Canada, USA. Now his life is a perfect combination of food, cooking, and court.

Through his blog posts, he has tried to preserve Indian cuisine like “Mango Lassi”, “Kachche Ghost Ki Biryani” and “Seekh Kabab”.

Another exceptional goal of Mizan’s food blogging is to preserve the tradition of rapidly dwindling Persian dishes such as, Boti Keema, Pav, Dhansak, Bumla Fry, Tatrelu Gos, Papeta and Berry Pulao.

For these works, Mizan Siddiqui was invited to inaugurate Persian food, bakery products, and biscuits at Kayani Bakery in Mumbai at a very young age.

Mizan has deep ties with Old Delhi. His uncle Aftab Siddiqui was the president of the Northern Railway Men's Union. He had a house there. Although this house has been sold, Mizan Siddiqui visits it from time to time and cherishes the memories of his ancestral home.

As he walked through the unpaved roads of the historic Shahjahanabad area, he noticed delicacies like mutton "korma", mouth-watering "shawarma", aromatic "Hyderabadi biryani", crispy "kachori", fried fish, and unique saffron-flavoured sweets shahi tukde. 

 Mizan feels it is his moral duty to provide the world with a pleasant experience of food taste and aroma amid hatred, war, weapons, and conflict.

He is credited with exporting Indian food products to the Western world. Mizan moved to Canada three years ago and has achieved enviable success. From commoners to elite families, businessmen, politicians, and athletes, everyone takes a look at Mizan Siddiqui’s food blogs before heading to eat out. 

His father, a renowned lawyer, Atyab Siddiqui, agrees that his son is making his mark in the food court instead of going to court against his will. 

Mizan posts food pictures on Instagram to give food connoisseurs a variety of ideas of delicacies they could enjoy at the places that he recommends. All the eateries he recommends are exceptional in some way, and once customers get a taste of it, they want to go there again and again. 

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He is currently planning to start a “Dilli ka bhukkad” restaurant near Noaki Town in London where his sister, Tibah, works. Looking forward to starting a restaurant in Eglinton, a Toronto neighborhood famous for restaurants and food outlets with his mother as a guide!