That curry is excellent. It's going to go so well with this roti.
In this episode we are going to highlight another
Indian influenced dish. A favorite to many
locals and non-locals alike. A dish that is packed with rich
intense and aroma-filled flavors. That roti is
really good, especially banjir like this you can still taste that char. It
can be found in Mamak and non-Mamak stalls all over the
country. A sure must-eat to every food
adventurer. Roti canai. It's the bite that dreams
are made of right here.
Three and a half years later, we are back. First time we were here,
we came here twice in our 48-hour stay here in Penang
and we almost almost missed our flight. So this is where we first fell in love with this roti canai
three and a half years ago right here on Transfer Road.
Watch the streets, watch all the bikes and the cars go by. Everyone's here, it's
always busy every morning. You gotta get here early.
Here we have banjir and this one has no banjir. The first time we had it,
they were separated. Like the curry and the chicken they were all separated and
we just have to banjir it ourselves.
Take a sip of the curry first.
Got a kick to it
All right chicken first by itself.
Curious to see how this roti tastes banjir. Can already see it's very spongy
It's perfect to absorb that curry. You still taste a little bit of that
char on the outside which is nice even though it's been banjired and flooded
with this curry. So the curry here is definitely more on
the tomatoey flavor side. It's got a little heat to it, but it doesn't have a
lot of like that cumin and other kind of like heavy aromatic
spice definitely more on the tomatoey side.
So now what I'll do, I'm going to cut up some chicken and combine it with the
roti go in for that mega bite that you know
you gotta have when it comes to this. This one's just so sloppy you can't eat
it with your hands. As much as I would like to, my hands will be a disaster afterwards.
So let's take a bite.
The thing with this, the roti is definitely the star. Chicken's good.
It's not as rich as I remember it being. It's a little more of watery level curry.
But that roti is really good, especially banjir like this you can still taste
that char.
We're at the second roti canai spot.
This place was recommended to us by one of Penang's locals. So we were
eating at Nasi Kandar Hameediyah he mentioned about this place that this
place is his favorite in Penang. Coming from a
Penang native and local, of course have to try it
Thank you. Here's our beautiful plate of roti canai. This one,
no eggs. Roti canai. This one has eggs.
We got a chicken with curry and dhal.
And we were told to mix everything together, it would taste good, so we'll
see about that. So we're here at Jalan Argyll Roti Canai, so that's
kind of cool about here, the two roti canai spots we've tried so far
they're named after the roads they're on. So you have the Transfer Road, the very
famous one. Now we're here at Jalan Argyll, a very local
spot dates back to 1955. Everyone's just so friendly. Here in
the back you see the guys making the roti by hand, it's so cool to watch.
Everyone's just super friendly.
We're really excited to get down to this.
The curry alone looks really thick and rich, which I'm already very
excited about. It's got that orange color. Oh this is the kind of curry that I
love. I'm really excited to try this. I see curry leaves on here too
I'm going to try this roti canai first, by itself first. It's got that nice kind
of charred smell already, very flaky.
Oh it's so good. What I like about this one it's not very oily
and it's nice and flaky it's got a little chew to it. Not too crispy, it's
got some slight crispy bits on the outside but
I want to dip it first with this dhal.
It's very nice with that dhal. The dhal's kind of tame and not overly spiced. So
without further ado, I'm going to take a bite of it first.
That curry is excellent. It's gonna go so well with this roti. The chicken is very
nice and tender. Got that rich kind of coconut milk
all the spices that you love in a chicken curry. Now I'm gonna dip it in
Get a nice soaking.
This roti canai and this curry is just a perfect
pairing. It's a magical combo right here. It works so well together. This is
excellent. You have to come try Jalan Argyll, this
is the spot to go to. Really good
This roti telur has like a really nice char on the outside and has a good char smell
to it too. And they don't skimp on the eggs. I think
we have two fried eggs in here. I'm gonna try
and have a bite of this roti telur.
So thick. Can see the egg white in here. Wow. I really appreciate how they
separate everything. They just give you a plate of
your curry separate and then your roti canai
separately. Maybe if you wanted banjir, you can ask them to banjir it
but we like no banjir because we want to appreciate
everything and we also want to use our hands to dip
and put in our mouth.
We are at Roti Canai Gemas Road
This roti canai is
flooded like banjir with lots of curry. We got the chicken,
kambing. This has cheese and egg can't wait to have this all right.
Go Greg
All right so this one's a very popular local favorite
Gemas Road. Really excited because I've never seen roti canai with the
fried egg on top and the cheese. A lot of times you can get the roti telur that has
the egg inside but this is a beautiful perfect breakfast, even though it's lunch
for us right now.
The kambing looks so tender. It's already coming off the bone - look at that.
I don't even know where to start. I think I'm gonna go and try to get a piece of the
roti first. Banjir flooded with all this curry but
there's also some dal in here too some dhal curry.
The curry's so nice and thick and rich. Got spice to it, it's slight sweet, but more on
the spicy side.
Try a piece of the kambing.
Super tender. You barely need to put stress on it with your teeth, it's gonna
come right off. Now I'm gonna go crack this egg
Mega bite right here. Gonna cut it all up. Cheese
egg, roti, kambing.
Oh man look at that. Bite that dreams are made of right here. Oh and it's falling apart
already
Oh man. The spicy, you get the creamy, little sweet.
I never would have actually ordered cheese on my own, but it's interesting
and it works
Adds another texture and flavor to it. Man this is -
I see why it's a local favorite. It's gonna be a favorite of mine now too. So good.
After all the roti canai that we had, our favorite
would be this one - Gemas Road Roti Canai.
They're all kind of different in their own ways.
Roti Canai Jalan Argyll as well that one's delicious.
Sadly, Roti Canai Transfer Road, the really popular
famous - it just did not live up to what we had had three years ago.
We don't like to be negative really at all in these videos, but we just had to
point this out because it's such a popular place
and you might want to visit it when you come here. But we're going to recommend
highly you come to one of these two local spots, or both.
They're local's favorites for a reason and this just proves why.
Also if you want, you can try Transfer Road and then you can come here and then
you can come to the other spots that we highlighted and see for yourself
But you can also do the three or more things your own way
if you want to try more roti canai, it's up to you and man
I am so stuffed. Roti canai is so good. It is a must
here in Malaysia or in Penang. Whenever you come, please do not skip
roti canai. Do not skip nasi kandar, do not skip all the noodles
literally do not skip all the food that they tell you to try because
it is so good.