Over the past few days, my house a.k.a. Manar accidentally caught an addiction that is so tempting, yet so tasty, that you can't even have the will to resist it - the addiction to Roti Paratha!!
I regret the first ever moment we cooked Roti Paratha in this house. The aroma released from its cooking is simply alluring. Even Muslim, who rarely get out from his room, ran down the stairs and traced the irresistable scent which leads to our kitchen and check on what we were up to.
When we have finished cooking the first batch of Roti Paratha, thoughts were boggling in mind about what it would taste like. Its appearance is very similar to the Roti Canai that we have in Malaysia - round in shape and yellowish-brown in colour with 'freckles' on it.
With my thumb and index finger, I gently took a small part of it, dipped it in sugar, and put it in my mouth. I spontaneously reacted as if I'm one of the food judges in the Manga series 'Yakitate Japan' - completely amazed and speechless by its delicious taste. It is crispy on the outside, soft in the inside and have that same exquisite and scrumptious taste as our traditional Roti Canai back at home. I took one bite after another, and before we knew it, the first batch of Roti Paratha was finished. I know the addiction is building up in me, and before it gets worst, I managed to refrained myself from eating more Roti Paratha.
The next day, some of my housemates bought another packet of Roti Paratha. They had succumbed themselves to defeat and loss the fight to the urge and craving for Roti Paratha.
It is utterly irresistable and it seems to me that some of them has even lost control of their normal eating timetable. Once, Apip and Nageb secretly cooked Roti Paratha at 3 am in the morning for themselves just to cure their addiction to Roti Paratha. It looks like when you are really addicted to a particular thing, you won't care whatever the time it is to do it. Let it be in the early morning of the day, or even late hours of the night, my housemates will cook Roti Paratha whenever they want to even though they are not really hungry.
There are two factors that I think is particularly important which contributed to this addiction - the cheap price of Roti Paratha (20 pieces for only 2.79 pounds) and the location of Worldwide which is very near to our house. Hence, each time when of my housemates get back home, they would eventually bring back a packet of Roti Paratha from Worldwide with them.
I am not suggesting for my housemates to stop eating Roti Paratha, but merely advicing them to control their food consumption intake. I know that a bit of Roti Paratha won't hurt you, but a lot of it would seriously bring a negative impact to your health. You guys know that I love you all and that's why I'm writing this entry. Cheerio.
It all started when one of my housemates bought one packet of Roti Paratha from Worldwide, a halal groceries store in Rusholme. His intention was purely innocent. He never thought that all of us would be 'trapped' in this kind of addiction.
I regret the first ever moment we cooked Roti Paratha in this house. The aroma released from its cooking is simply alluring. Even Muslim, who rarely get out from his room, ran down the stairs and traced the irresistable scent which leads to our kitchen and check on what we were up to.
When we have finished cooking the first batch of Roti Paratha, thoughts were boggling in mind about what it would taste like. Its appearance is very similar to the Roti Canai that we have in Malaysia - round in shape and yellowish-brown in colour with 'freckles' on it.
With my thumb and index finger, I gently took a small part of it, dipped it in sugar, and put it in my mouth. I spontaneously reacted as if I'm one of the food judges in the Manga series 'Yakitate Japan' - completely amazed and speechless by its delicious taste. It is crispy on the outside, soft in the inside and have that same exquisite and scrumptious taste as our traditional Roti Canai back at home. I took one bite after another, and before we knew it, the first batch of Roti Paratha was finished. I know the addiction is building up in me, and before it gets worst, I managed to refrained myself from eating more Roti Paratha.
The next day, some of my housemates bought another packet of Roti Paratha. They had succumbed themselves to defeat and loss the fight to the urge and craving for Roti Paratha.
It is utterly irresistable and it seems to me that some of them has even lost control of their normal eating timetable. Once, Apip and Nageb secretly cooked Roti Paratha at 3 am in the morning for themselves just to cure their addiction to Roti Paratha. It looks like when you are really addicted to a particular thing, you won't care whatever the time it is to do it. Let it be in the early morning of the day, or even late hours of the night, my housemates will cook Roti Paratha whenever they want to even though they are not really hungry.
Then, there was a time when my housemates bought 40 pieces of Roti Paratha from Worldwide! It seems like a huge amount to you but no food is too much for my housemates. They managed to finish it in just one day and one night! Now, that's a really big appetite for Roti Paratha and those were only few examples that I could write of. Trust me, there are other occurrence that you won't even imagine happened!! Once thought to be a snack for all of us, now it has turned to be a 'meal of disaster' for this house.
There are two factors that I think is particularly important which contributed to this addiction - the cheap price of Roti Paratha (20 pieces for only 2.79 pounds) and the location of Worldwide which is very near to our house. Hence, each time when of my housemates get back home, they would eventually bring back a packet of Roti Paratha from Worldwide with them.
The food that made my housemates go crazy
I am not suggesting for my housemates to stop eating Roti Paratha, but merely advicing them to control their food consumption intake. I know that a bit of Roti Paratha won't hurt you, but a lot of it would seriously bring a negative impact to your health. You guys know that I love you all and that's why I'm writing this entry. Cheerio.
2 comments:
Oh come on, fauzi. u are the one who has this craze, dont blame them :p. but the paratha is absolutely delicious but i have control over it unlike u haha. good luck in fighting your desire. u can do it. no problem ;)
dude.there goes business.talk of being rich!
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