On Sunday I went to a restaurant in Ultimo called Mamak. I'd never had roti before so I ordered the original. It was at once light and a bit chewy and crispy, served with 2 curries for dipping plus a dollop of sambal olek - mmm! From the street you can peer through the window and watch them roll and stretch the dough into impossible thinness.
Although not done in front of me, I could see into the kitchen and watched them make my teh tarik. The tea and condensed milk mixture is poured back and forth between two jugs held a long way apart - hence the froth.
I finally got to taste assam laksa today. The broth is more like a hot sour soup rather than based on coconut milk. There were lots of veggies and herbs and chilli, plus small slices of pineapple to add sweetness.
