Wednesday, January 9, 2008

got roti?

I went out to dinner with my family a few weeks ago at a Hakka restaurant. My family does not eat out often and when we eat at home, it is usually at different times. You would probably guess that there were many silent moments while we waited for our dinner to be served. During one of those silent moments, as my siblings played games on their cell phone, I noticed a women in front of us eating her meal with roti. I have never seen roti being served at a Hakka restaurant so I glanced over the menu again looking for the roti menu item, but did not find it.

I thought to myself ... 'this lady must have brought the roti herself'. My mom mentioned that this lady is probably a 'hardcore roti-er' and does not eat rice. I would consider myself the opposite, a 'hardcore chawal-er' or rice eater, but would never go the extreme of bringing my own rice, otherwise I would be a # 1 FOB. I can understand people bringing their own drinks, or spices to restaurants, but I cannot accept roti. I just came to the conclusion that such an event could only occur in Brampton. :)

6 comments:

saqibs85 said...

LOL very nice. What if you bring drinks or cookies inside of a movie theater? are you...a kid?

Din said...

I am a hard core roti-er as well....but yes i agree with you BYOR ( bringing your own roti) to a restaurant is a step too far....

I am very disappointed when I go to people's homes and there is only chawal and no rotee....

Rotee has competition from nan too. Nan is not as tasty an much harder to digest....

LIVE< SLEEP EAT ROTI!!!:D

Ozair said...

squiby,

f you bring drinks or cookies inside of a movie theater? are you...a kid?

I don't think so, I just think your a normal desi ..hehe. Don't you remember our Wonderland/CNE outings ... ahh the oil parathas :)

Din,

I love the passion you have for roti ... hehe. I do agree that roti does get short-changed cause of naan. It seems roti is not ready for the prime time dawats, it gets relegated to the normal day-to-day meals. I had a feeling you would have strong comments about this post :)

Enyur a.k.a CB,

I wonder if there is a larger rice-market than rot. Think about the options ... plain white rice, biryani, and plow.
Oh, BTW, let me know how that Hakka roti comes out :)

Din said...

Ozair...do I have your permission/ijazat to use the 'got roti " image as my avitar?

Ozair said...

well ... I kinda got it from somewhere else .. lol. I think you should be fine as long as you don't use it to make money.

Indefinable said...

Waaaat!! - she bought her own roti?? The lady has guts MashaAllah. Roti beats naan and chawal anyday.