Breakfast time! Do la do doo do da doo.
So many options. So many options and Sam is too busy with his camera to even think about
food right now. Time to put on the mic. Time to put on the mic.
This is how we film guys. This is how we film. Guerrilla style. With the Olympus and a giant
microphone. It doesn't draw any attention. None at all. No crowds. None whatsoever.
Well good morning good morning. It is breakfast time here in Singapore and we are bringing
you to our favorite Indian Muslim food restaurant slash stall. We've been coming here on a daily
basis since we got to Singapore and the food is really really good. So I'm going to let
Sam go place the order. Off you go! Alrighty then.
Actually when we want to be discreet I send Sam off with my little point and shoot. So
I'm filming with a big camera right now.
(Cooking sounds)
Alright guys, so just as a fair warning today's video might be a little bit loud because we're
having breakfast on the sidewalk and there is like rush hour traffic happening next to
us. You can see it right here. Yeah.
Okay. Thank you. And the food keeps arriving. Oh wow.
Look at all of the food. I know.
So this morning we wanted to show you a little bit of everything so we're being piggies we've
ordered four different dishes. Yep. The first three are already here. So first up we got
some that is called well I've heard it called two ways. Dosa Masala or Masala Dosai (தோசை).
So it is kind of like a folded pancake with different curries and gravies and then we
also have our pratas. We got egg. No we got cheese prata. Yeah, cheese with egg and the
other one is banana prata.
So this is kind of like a folded pancake. Um, and it also comes with a nice sauce and
the third one. The third we're still working on. What did we get?
Oh, we got Murtabak. Murtabak. Yes.
Yeah, so that is a folded pancake stuffed with mutton. You can get different meats but
we chose mutton. And we've also ordered tea and coffee. Sam couldn't make up his mind.
I know. So he's having both tea and coffee. I don't know if I want to have tea or coffee
so I ended up getting two.
You're just having tea. And you know what? It is um this tea is amazing. Check out the
cup. Here you can see the milk sitting at the bottom and the reason it is sitting at
the bottom is because it is so thick. Like I'm pretty sure this is condensed milk at
the bottom.
But I always confuse condensed and evaporated but condensed is the sweet one I believe.
Yeah. There it is. I'm going to mix it all in. It is so sweet and so good and like yeah
we've just been having this basically every morning. I know. Even in the heat. It is a
very local breakfast from in the area that we're staying in Singapore which is quite
far from the city centre. Ooh and it is here. Oh my gosh. Wow. Look at that. Thank you.
Oh my gosh. That is a lot of food. We ordered way too much food. What are we thinking? I
know we could finish this no problem. First time ever ordering too much food.
Okay Sam, breakfast time. What are you starting out with? So I am starting out with actually
this is the thing we've been ordering the most. It is the different kinds of prata they
have served. Basically it is a folded pancake and it comes in all kinds of different fillings
and flavors. Yes. The one we ordered here is cheese but you can also get banana which
is the second one we have. And then we also noticed there is even like ones with like
ice cream. There is ones with mushrooms so it is like chocolate. Chocolate.
So you can just pick whatever you want and order it. So I'm going to show you what the
cheese looks like in here. Yeah. You can kind of see it. It is not really seeping out because
it has been obviously cooked inside but you can see that right here. So my first bite
is obviously going to be with cheese. So I've got one from the middle with the cheese.
I'm going to grab a little bit or curry which is over on the side here. Dunk that in there.
Take it for a swim. Take it for a swim.
Wow.
That curry is really potent today.
A little spicier than on other days. Wow. Wasn't expecting that but it is cool unexepected
surprise. Yeah.
So yeah, this is just really good. So if you've had the type of pancakes that you can have
in India and also Southeast Asia then this is very similar to that. It is just really
nice. Especially with the cheese. It is kind of a just this particular cheese I think here
is like a processed cheese. Yeah, it is like the sliced pre-packaged cheese. Yeah. But
I mean when you melt cheese it is good either way.
So it kind of tastes like a little bit like a grilled cheese in some ways but a grilled
cheese pancake. Yes but with this pancake it is a little bit greasy and it is just such
a nice way to start the morning.
Alright.
Okay so Sam had the cheese prata right now I'm going in for the banana. And if you take
a close look at this you can already see the banana slices in there. Oh yeah you sure can.
A folded pancake it has been fried. Like this is so good. Look at the banana. Oh it is so
good.
Let's break this off. This one is my personal favorite. I like this one even more than the
cheese.
You know what? I like the banana one when they combine it with chocolate syrup. Of course
you do. We've had it before at a few places. That is like having dessert for breakfast
so.
Mmmm.
That is good. It has like a natural sweetness to it. The bananas are really ripe and mushy.
That is really good. I think that is what really makes a good pancake. Is it you've
got to make sure the bananas are nice and ripe and mushy.
Otherwise it just makes it so they disintegrate in your mouth. Yeah. And you know what?
Even though the banana one is sweet I still like dipping it in this lovely gravy slash
curry. Wow, it is a lot thicker today. Yeah. It is usually a bit more watered down.
Careful it is spicy. Mmm. At least mine was.
Mmmm.
That is so good. The mix of sweet and savory and spicy. I really like that. It is all happening
this morning. So many flavors.
Okay so this next one has a lot of different pronunciations. Yeah.
So I'm going to go with Murtabak (مطبق). But I think you can say Mortabek. It has a
whole bunch of different ones. I think in Arabic it is Murtabak (مطبق). Yeah.
And in Arabic it means folded. Yes.
Yeah, and so you can see here that it is shaped in a triangle and unlike the other ones um.
Unlike the first ones we tried in the prata this one is a bit thicker.
So you can see the ingredients seeping out. This is the mutton that we got. Yeah.
And so this is our first time to try it. So it is also something you'll notice when you're
eating in a restaurant in Singapore is that you're often eating with a spoon and a fork.
Yes. Knives are not very common here.
Yeah or you could just use your hands with this food. Yeah, you totally could. You totally
could. Um, so I'm just going to dip it in to this it looks like a bit of a sweet sauce
here. Yeah and you can see the chunks of mutton.
Yeah. And aside from mutton chicken was another option. And everything here is Halal meat
because it is a muslim Indian restaurant. Right.
Wow.
How do you like it? It is quite good. Yeah. It is quite good. It is as filling and a little
bit spicy. Yeah. It is not sweet at all like the other pancakes. This one is absolutely
savory.
And also the exterior of this pancake of this type of filling or sorry on the outside it
is not as greasy. Okay. It is not as greasy as the other ones. Alright. It is a different.
It definitely a different taste. I do like it and I mean we have four of these. We are
going to be full if we somehow manage to finish all of them.
Alright, dish number four. I'm starting to get full now. This is a real struggle.
But this is what we ordered. Again I've heard this called like two different names. Tosai
Masala. Masala Dosai.
And then there is like different pronunciations. Everyone says it a little differently. I don't
even know what the real name is. I guess it varies by region.
But anyways let's dig in. Let's break it here in the middle. Oh, it looks so fluffy.
Yeah.
And this one is made with different ingredients isn't it?
So this one is like a stuffed folded pancake and it has got a potatoes.
Mashed potatoes.
And yeah, some different veggies, some onions. So I'm just going to break off a piece
La la la lah.
That looks so good. And again we have so many different sauces to choose from or curries
if you will.
This one looks pretty basic. This one looks like the lental one.
I'm still learning all of my different curries guys so not a pro here.
Mmmm.
What do you think?
Oh wow.
Like that?
That is really good.
I love the potato in there. Look at that. Yeah, that is what really makes it. We tried
this for the first time the other day. And some peppers.
Oh wow. Look at that.
It is massive.
Massive chunks of pepper there.
Yeah.
And this one I find like how I would describe it personally is it is lighter than the other
ones we've tried. It looks like this pancake looks really large but it is actually quite
light.
Don't you agree? It is yeah. This has been all so good. So so good. We're feasting over
here.
This is a great way to start the day. Honestly.
It seriously is.
And last but not least let's talk about the drinks.
Sammy boy.
Yeah, so for breakfast in Singapore you basically have your tea and your coffee. The tea is
spelled 'T E H' and the coffee is spelled 'K O P I' Teh (teh tarik) and kopi. Yeah.
So let's try the tea first.
That is really quite good. I know it is so sweet. There is a lot of sugar added. There
is a lot of milk added.
And it sort of reminds me a little bit of a masala chai I have to say. It is not quite
it doesn't quite have the spices or flavors of that but yeah it sort of reminds me of
that.
Now on to the kopi. Coffee.
And again this one has a lot of sugar added. And milk added. So if you like your tea and
coffee black um you're going to be in for a bit of a surprise here.
Fortunately, I do like my sweet. I like sweet tea and coffee. Now this coffee compared to
the tea has a much stronger flavor. Yeah.
And so I between the two if I'm first waking up in the morning I'm probably going to go
with the coffee but say mid-afternoon I think I would prefer the tea.
And Sam has been known to drink three cups of tea for breakfast. He's like one more!
I can polish off a lot of these. One more!
These are really really good.
Breakfast time is over.
You survived.
Oh, that was a lot of food.
That was more like a brunch. Yeah. Definitely.
That was four dishes. Four dishes and three drinks.
Yeah. Normally we do not order that much. Yeah. But we wanted to show you guys. This
was all for you guys.
Yeah, there you go.
Anyways, it came to 16 Singapore Dollars which was 11 US dollars. And that is total.
That is for four main dishes and three drinks. So you know that is really cheap. Um, when
we normally just order our pratas we're looking more at like four or five dollars total. Yeah.
So we went all out today. We splurged. We got we paid double the price but definitely
ate double the food and we are very full. I almost feel like crawling in to bed back
again just to digest all of this. Haha.
But yeah, if you're in Singapore definitely try this kind of breakfast. It is awesome.