Hey, fam!
Today, we're on a mission
to find out if Indian food is better in Malaysia or America?
What do you think?
Ky Ky, you good?
You ready for Indian food?
Yeah?
Dadda. Dadda.
Yeah, Zae Zae?
I want sushi
You want sushi?
We're gonna go eat some delicious Indian food
Trust me, it's gonna blow your mind
Okay, fam
We are here in Pleasanton
It's about 20 minutes drive from our house
In my favorite Indian restaurant in America
It's called AappaKadai
I don't know if I'm saying it right. AappaKadai
Anyway, so it's a south Indian restaurant
which means that they probably have a lot of the similar stuff of the Indian food in Malaysia
It's empty
Too early, yo
It's actually I just reserved the whole restaurant just to be empty for this vlog
This is white people dinner time
It is
Hi. Table for four
Okay, all right
They have a lot of stuff
Oh, you want that?
Okay, so the goal is we have to order all the same things that we have tried in Malaysia
and they have available in Malaysia, right. Okay
So that's a fair comparison
That's true
Zae Zae, what do you want?
I don't have a menu, so I can't look
Okay
Okay, let's see what they have here
Oh, idiyappam (string hoppers). That's what we have in Malaysia
We got idly (savoury rice cake). We got dosa (thin pancake)
Briyani
Paratha which is...
Briyani. I forgot to see that one
Yeah, briyani
The paratha which is roti canai in Malaysia
We got aappam
I want the roti canai
and a bunch of curries
Curries
Where is mine?
You don't drink caffeine
This is for mama
Where's mine?
It's taking a long time. You just ordered. This reminds me of Uncle Mani's.
Okay, so the tea is a little bit stronger and a little spicy
I feel like the tea in Malaysia is a bit more spicy
but this feels like they use real like whole cream milk versus like condensed milk
I really like it. It's good
It's a big giant dosa
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Oh, yum. Thank you
Buddy, you love dosa
Baby, do you want to have some on my dosa?
Ky Ky, let's sit in your chair, buddy
This dosa is so huge This dosa is giant
First impressions, it's so much bigger than the dosa in Malaysia
We told you American sizes. But also the price is like way more
Way way more like 25 times more
Don't. Don't even try to compare the prices
Okay, so I like that they have like all the same almost like the similar chutneys and all. Yeah
This is the coconut chutney, sambar
Okay, trying with the coconut chutney
I'm gonna try this
Ky Ky right now is going dip dip dip dip which is how he asked for dip dip
Ky Ky, what do you want?
Dip dip?
Dip dip
So the only big difference is it's so much bigger here, but obviously we can't compare that
because the price here is way more
But they taste very very similar. I'm surprised. Very similar. It tastes authentic
Mama, it tastes like just the one in Malaysia. It does. Yeah, buddy
See. Kids, they can't lie. They don't lie about food for sure
Okay, next we're gonna be trying the idiyappam. I don't know if you can see
String hoppers?
Good thing it landed on the plate
String hoppers
Okay and we have like coconut milk which is kind of nice that they serve it on the side
Let's dip it in
Try it
My first impressions is that the spring hoppers break so easily compared to the one in Malaysia
and it's hot
In Malaysia, usually it's cold. I like it hot
It's nice hot but I don't like that it's like it breaks
It's harder to eat for sure. Yeah
Lots more food coming. Oh my goodness
Thank you so much
Okay, so my reflections of the spring hopper is...
I'm not really a fan of like how it breaks apart so easily
But I do like that they serve this on the side
and the coconut oil here has like a spice to it
Yeah. Like a little tiny kick to it which is nice
Like not weird spice but nice spice
Okay, also the sambar... Oh, it's hot
Sambar arrived like this
Very hot, Very hot
So I'm gonna try the spring hoppers with the sambar. I want some
Yeah, it definitely falls apart
I don't like that effect, so it's hard to dip in things
But, the texture is nice
Sambar is spicy
I like it
It's very very like has all the elements of what a sambar should have
So I like it
We got two, so you guys can see
Two arrived and we got lots more food
Dip dip.
Okay, guys sambar is good. I'm gonna have like Ky Ky dip it in
Tou want to dip dip?
Mama, the spring hopper is not bad but...
Is it good?
Yeah. Is it spicy?
Dude, that thing is so spicy. This guy's just like eating
For a kid, it's like pretty spicy
He's like, "Huh"
Is it tough buddy eating that? You like it?
More. More?
Okay, idli I think again similar to the aappam
It's like breakable a bit more
Nothing wrong with that
I think it's fine
It's really soft and moist
I think it's like the softest idli I've seen
Oh gosh
What I'm going to do is I'm going to pour some of the curry here
so we can eat it with the sambar. Oh, smart.
Without having the whole thing fall in it? Yeah
It's so good. Yeah?
The is texture is...
It's much softer. It's much more... Not crumbly. It's crumbly but like not dry crumbly
It just kind of like melts
What I'm noticing about the sambar too...
More food coming. More food coming
Okay anyway, sambar is a little bit more lighter
So a bit more watery here compared to the one in Malaysia
But still really good
I still like it
It goes really well with the sambar and idiyappam
Not complaining at all
But now we want to jump into the palappam? Appam? Appam. Appam.
So here they don't call it palappam. It's just called appam
It's really big as you can see. It's already like demolished
They came with two
and the boys loved it so much. They eat it so fast. They ate it before we could get to it
They already ate so much of it. That's fine
You're gonna eat it with the coconut milk
It's really good
Really good
I think I like the Malaysia one a bit better because...
It's flakier
It's flakier at the sides but in the middle it's so thick
That's true
This one is a bit more even all across
Look at that
It's like a bit more even all across
Where else the Malaysia one... Yeah. Right?
The Malaysia one is like thick in the middle.
The Malaysia one is like really thick in the middle but crispy on the sides
This one's like kind of equally spongy throughout
Okay, next up
Famous roti canai
It was on my lap because hiding the last one from the boys
Oh, there's one more left? Oh.
There's one there. The boys are demolishing
They're eating way faster than we are
Okay, first and foremost, observation of how it looks like it's more condensed
and it's like smaller
Smaller in size but it's thicker, right?
Yeah, it's very thick. Yeah
The top part of it, it's a bit more like crispier I guess
More cooked. Yeah, more cooked. Like more crispy
Like I feel like it's cooked in more oil, so it kind of has like that fried texture to it
Yeah. Exactly, right Like more deep fried
You cannot go wrong with fried dough.
It's delicious, but it's not as like light and fluffy and airy. Yeah. And flaky. Yeah.
It's good. Don't get me wrong.
But, I 100% still prefer the roti canai in Malaysia.
This is a bit more like fried dough.
Deep fried dough, right?
This is the biggest difference I think I found so far. Yeah. WIth all the things.
More. Okay, he's still asking for more
He's so happy.
Okay.
Chapati, next.
Can we put this here?
Yeah, thank you.
First impression, looks about the same actually. It does.
Chapati looks very very similar. It smells the same too.
Do you want chapati?
Here.
Any bread for this kids man. They love bread
Oh, yeah. Chapati
Looks very similar
Tastes very similar
Actually, to me, this tastes like chapati in India
Really?
So I guess chapati in America and chapati in Malaysia and India it's all the same
Trying it with sambar. It feels very very nostalgic. I think I need it with curry though.
We got briyani still and we got mutton
Mutton varuval or mutton perital. I don't know
and chicken curry also
First impressions, it doesn't look very impressive
It looks like one color one item
I feel like the briyani in Malaysia is like bright and yellow and orange and...
Oh, yeah. There's a little orange, green. Yeah, all orange, green and stuff
It's more presentably nice
This looks a bit more looks blend but you know in the end it's all the taste
So let's go in with it
So this is chicken briyani
I'm getting a chunk of chicken in there
Oh, wow
It's spicier than I thought it would be. Really?
Yup, they're spicy
They're very spicy
Still prefer the briyani in Malaysia. Not gonna lie
This one's very spicy
It's very spicy
The flavor profile is not as complex as the one in Malaysia
It's like one or two. Maybe three different flavors coming together
Very spicy
I like it but I don't love it
So here we got chicken curry
Visually looks maybe less... Less orange. Less orange. Yeah
More brown. Yeah, more brown
Maybe there's no coconut milk in it
I want it with roti
Okay, the chicken curry here is thicker than the one in Malaysia
But I think I still prefer the Malaysia one bit better
The Malaysia one has probably msg
Not gonna lie which gives it like taste
It's okay
I'm gonna be controversial here. Oh, you like this better?
It just tastes less... I don't know
How do I word this?
To me this tastes homemade
It tastes very homemade
Like I could just imagine going to somebody's home and eating it there like this
Wow, okay
I tried it with the chicken now
and the chicken is like... It's fall off the bone
It's so juicy and tender
Yeah, trying it with the chicken, I feel like... I wouldn't say it's better
But I said the chicken part of it is better
The curry I still think the Malaysia one is better
I like the Malaysia one
but this one honestly has this really delicious homemade essence about it
Okay, last major item here.
They called this the mutton roast.
But really it looks like either mutton varuval or mutton peratal in Malaysia
Oh, wow. You okay?
It's so spicy.
It's good. Delicious but it's very very spicy.
Very very spicy.
This must be their best seller.
So good.
But, yeah. Very very spicy.
Very very good.
My mouth's still burning.
Very very spicy.
I love it.
It's different
It's very very different from like mutton varuval or mutton peratal in Malaysia
Yeah!
What was the one your sister made on Christmas?
What was that? Mutton what?
Varuval. Varuval.
I will take the one his sister made over this. Yeah.
Akka, you're a great cook.
But, this one it's like probably the best mutton I've had in America. Yeah.
The mutton is really soft, really nice.
It doesn't have that like taste
No, I think they add soy sauce in the one in Malaysia.
Oh, this one is getting a little bit of tomato taste.
So good, though. So good
So freaking good. It's really good
Okay, so last impressions
What do you think about the food in overall?
Overall, I mean I love it
I think the one that tastes the most like Malaysia is the chapati and the dosa
I think what I would choose to order again would be the roti with the chicken curry
which sounds really basic
I'm sorry guys but it's so good
Basic Malaysian white girl.
I know. It's just so comforting.
I love comfort food. Yeah.
And for me... You're right.
So basically, Indian food in America and Indian food in Malaysia, some of it is very similar
The others are not really.
But at the end of the day, it is very good.
Both are very very good.
Which one would I pick?
I'm biased. I'm from Malaysia. Obviously, I'm gonna pick Indian food from Malaysia.
Don't get me wrong.
Indian food in here does cure all the cravings that I have
because it's still Indian food, right?
And it's so so good which I would reorder again if I come here
100% the mutton roast. 100%.
I love the dosa so much.
Dosa was really really good bread.
It's not the same as in Malaysia but I still order it.
It's good.
What else?
Sambar can't go wrong.
Honestly, I think I'd order everything again except for the briyani.
Yeah, I would agree. Yeah.
Everything was delicious.
So good.
Say goodbye.
okay guys thank you thank you so much thank you see all things
Okay, fam. If you are in the area, Pleasanton, come check out.
AappaKaddai
It's really good. It is genuinely my favorite Indian restaurant in all of America.
I've been to so many restaurants. It is my favorite.
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