Updated: May 3, 2024

Pak Liyari Restaurant is voted second best Biryani restaurant in Dubai & Sharjah by two Emirati friends who went on a journey to find the top 5 Biryani restaurants in Dubai and Sharjah.

I heard about their Biryani before, but the effort of these two Emirati friends became the talk of the town and then after the announcement of the best Biryani in Dubai and Sharjah, everyone wanted to try these five restaurants.

To be honest, I am not completely convinced about the ratings as I found the number one Biryani very average and almost tasteless but then I realized that this is according the taste buds of Emiratis who like the less spicy food.

I still have to try other Biryanis, but I have this gut feeling that beating Pak Liyari Biryani is gonna be difficult.

How to cook a good Biryani is an art. If we had to describe biryani in just one sentence, it would be rice cooked with meat and spices. However, there are many different types of biryani that are cooked in different ways using varied ingredients. Biryani is one dish that is available in the widest variety both in India and abroad. It is believed that the first of the different types of biryani was discovered from the Mughal Kitchens.

Some of the famous Biryanis are
Hyderabadi Biryani
Sindhi Biryani
Karachi Biryani
Bombay Biryani
Pulao Biryani
Dum Biryani
Lucknowi Biryani
Kolkata Biryani
Malabar Biryani and the list goes on and on and on.

In addition to so many options available to cook all these Biryanis, then its a selection of meat that you prefer. You can cook
Beef Biryani
Chicken Biryani
Mutton Biryani
Prawns Biryani
Fish Biryani
Kofta Biryani etc.