TasteAtlas Posts About Roti Canai... With A Video That Isn't Roti Canai
Once again, Malaysians are MAD.
By Khadijah Amir — 15 Feb 2023, 06:26 PM
In a tweet made earlier this month, TasteAtlas shared a 24-second video of a so-called roti canai and rated the "pan-fried flatbread" 4.9 stars
"Roti canai is a traditional Malaysian pan-fried flatbread. It can be served on the side, but also as the star dish, accompanied by different fillings and ingredients," wrote the Croatian food and travel site.
However, the roti canai shown in the video was, in fact, NOT roti canai (at least not the kind Malaysians are familiar with).
The "flat bread" wasn't even canai-ed (flattened in Bahasa Melayu) as seen in the video.
Malaysians came together to give their two-cents over the misrepresentation:
One user even reported the tweet to Twitter Support for misinformation. AS THEY SHOULD.
In the video, the flaky bread was torn open and filled with lettuce, a fried egg, chilli oil, and chopped scallions — not the usual ingredients eaten with roti canai
TasteAtlas might have confused the Malaysian pride and joy with a popular south Indian street dish, malabar paratha, that is cooked in a similar method to the one shown in the video
It could also be one of the Chinese bing variations — a popular Chinese street food that's a wheat-based delicacy flattened into a disk-like shape
All we know is, whether it's roti canai, malabar paratha, or something else, TasteAtlas should get their facts checked first when it comes to Malaysian food.
We don't play-play one.
