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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 26-Jan-2026 04:42:28 JST Adrianna Tan

   Amazing video about Sugen Gopal, Malaysian Indian chef and restaurant owner whose Roti King has been a huge success. He has a great cookbook too.

   You may be looking at this food and wondering ‘why is it so different from the vegetarian South Indian foods I usually get’ and that’s because Malaysian Tamils tended to have come from lower caste communities. His success is a huge beacon of hope for many, especially those who haven’t seen this type of Tamil food represented.

   It’s my favorite kind of South Indian food, anyway.

   Buy his book.

   https://youtu.be/AVx2Vi8mRHc

   #Food #UK #Cooking #RotiKing #Malaysia #TootSea

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 26-Jan-2026 04:50:11 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Here’s an important article: https://www.periuk.my/stories/the-collective-prejudice-against-beef-eating-dalits-in-malaysia

     And here’s a very good podcast that’s more India-focused: https://www.whetstonemagazine.com/radio/bad-table-manners/episode-5

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     Stacey Campbell (stacey_campbell@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jan-2026 05:34:24 JST Stacey Campbell

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     @skinnylatte My first taste of a roti was in a small establishment on Serangoon Rd in 1982 when I was 19. It was so unexpectedly wonderful I remember it to this day.

     The roti was cooked on a huge flat stone in front of everyone. Nobody was allowed to talk to the cook to place an order, he was treated as some sort of minor deity.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 26-Jan-2026 05:34:24 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Stacey Campbell

     @stacey_campbell I miss having a good roti prata / canai every single day. Especially knowing that I could have it at 3am if I so wished. The idea of this food of the gods being always available

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     coldclimate (coldclimate@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 26-Jan-2026 07:31:52 JST coldclimate

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     @skinnylatte I'm just back from London and work 5 minutes from this place when I'm down there... And I read this now!

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 26-Jan-2026 07:34:14 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @coldclimate hehe next time!

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     coldclimate (coldclimate@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Feb-2026 04:00:29 JST coldclimate

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     @skinnylatte this is next time and it was*great*

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Feb-2026 04:13:29 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • coldclimate

     @coldclimate yayyyy