Roti: Bread By Another Name Tastes Even Better

×Taste Amir's Roti

Roti is a unique soft flatbread that is flaky and buttery on the outside and doughy inside. I was first exposed to roti visiting Trinidadian restaurants while living in Boston. Trinidad adopted this bread of Indian origin from Indian immigrants who settled there when both countries were British colonies. Roti is so delicious that it seems wherever Indian people go, roti not only follows them but becomes a new staple of that region. So it was in Malaysia, another former British colony where Indians migrated. After moving to the Midwest, missing my Trinidadian connections, to my surprise and delight I discovered a divine preparation of Malaysian roti at Taste Amir’s Roti (3953 S. 20th St.) in Milwaukee’s Morgandale neighborhood.

Unlike their Trinidadian counterparts, Tas