During the hour long wait for a table I not only took photos but also had a wander up the road to a small boutique I had often passed. It would be wrong to say I was disappointed because there was some good stuff in there but there was nothing that really got me excited......

back to Mamak and I spent some time watching the cook making roti. Roti translates roughly as bread but these are more like a pastry. He would start with a ball of dough about the size of a large onion, it would be stretched onto the workbench

then he would spin it much like a pizza and it would grow

and grow

until it was paper thin and about twice the size of a large pizza

then it would be folded and popped on the grill, where all the trapped air would puff it up into a spectacular golden disc.

Some had onions folded in, some had egg, or banana, or a spicy meat mixture.

It was so cool to watch an artisan practice his craft.

We were seated and then the long discussion over choices began. We finally settled on a small selection of

• chicken satay
• rojak, salad of cucumber, boiled egg, tofu, coconut fritters and peanut sauce
• roti canai with curry sauces
• fried chicken (ayam goreng)
• spiced chicken (ayam berempah)
• nasi lemak, coconut rice with fried, dried anchovies, peanuts, cucumber and boiled egg
• stir-fried water spinach
• iced coffee malaysian style (kopi ais) and iced lime (limau ais)

I was so excited when the food arrived that I forgot to take any photos but happy faces should tell the story......

Roti Pisang (banana roti) with ice cream made a delicious dessert for Dimples

and roti tisu (tissue roti) cooked with lots of butter and sprinkled with sugar for extra crunch made a spectacular finale for the girls