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Thursday, October 15, 2009

City Daily Photo-John Bread or Roti John.

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Roti John' is one of our local street food. It is essentially an omelette sandwich, 'Roti' is the Malay word for bread, and more generally for any bread based food. The origin of the 'John' in the name is allegedly due to the Western origin of the Baguette and the tomato sauce used in the dish. During the years of British Colonial, all Caucasians and Westerners were colloquially and affectionately referred to as 'John' in Malay, and as such the nickname of 'Roti John'(literally 'John Bread') was readily formed. It's a simple and tasty .

Photo shot during Malaysia Day with my Olympus E-410 & Zuiko len 25mm f2.8 (Pencake)

4 comments:

magiceye said...

saw this on the 'travel and living' programme last night! seemed yummmmy

Kayani said...

Alright. I thought it was a rip of Papa Johns' Pizza. Well close isn't it.

kazu said...

I'd like to go to Malaysia someday.
Great shot!

escape said...

and that i really love to try.