Tennis legend Roger Federer recently stopped to have breakfast at Dishoom, a popular Irani-style restaurant, while on a trip to London. Federer was in the UK city as part of 24 Hours with Roger, a video series of the ‘Around the World with Roger Federer’ campaign sponsored by Uniqlo. The Swiss is the global brand ambassador of the Japanese clothing brand and is visiting cities around the world as part of the campaign. In the video posted by Uniqlo on YouTube, Dishoom’s co-founders Shamil and Kavi Thakrar tell Federer the restaurant used to be a goods shed in the 1860s. The restaurant pays tribute to both Irani cafés and the diverse cuisine of Bombay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JdPJt-IpWI&ab_channel=UNIQLO%E3%83%A6%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD They also explain that the restaurant’s decor pays homage to India’s freedom fighters and brief him about how Zoroastrian refugees shaped Mumbai’s food scene with their unique but accessible Parsi-Indian food. Federer is seen enjoying Dishoom’s signature Big Bombay breakfast — a take on the UK’s popular Big English Breakfast. This video was also recently reposted on Instagram by a popular Roger Federer fan account called @rogerfedererfans1981. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Darth Federer (@rogerfedererfans1981) While sharing this clip, @rogerfedererfans1981wrote, “At one of his stops in London, Roger visited the city’s most loved Parsi-Indian restaurant, called Dishoom, in King’s Cross! Dishoom is a modern take on the Irani cafes that dotted Bombay in the ‘60s, set in a converted colonial trade depot—so it is a melange of cultures that seeks to make everyone feel at home. Roger gets the lay of the land from co-founders Shamil and Kavi Thakrar and then sits down for their take on the classic English breakfast!”. This video has over 36,000 likes. Commenting on it, an Instagram user wrote, “Alright, I’m just gonna say it: Roger Federer is the Caucasian version of Arbaaz Khan ”. Another person wrote, “My favourite London restaurant! So fun to hear about it and see RF enjoying it too!”.
