Roti man
Posted by budak under Food, Lifestyle, Reflections
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A mobile roti man still plies his trade along Upper Serangoon Road.
A mobile roti (bread in Malay) man on Upper Serangoon Road. No it’s not anywhere near Little India, but rather a little north of Kovan.
Perched on an ancient Raleigh (with a solid steel bar between the handles and the seat like the one my little duck used to dangle from in a rattan basket decades ago), the old Haji hawks buns, baguettes and fat, fluffy loaves that he painstakingly slices and smothers with green kaya and Planta – all for a hexagonal dime.
He pedals on slowly, for though the road is now much wider than it was in his youth, there is little space left in the minds and memories of the drivers who hurtle pass him in their hurried frenzy for one such as him – a peddler of simple delights in an age of endangered enjoyments.
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Posted by: shaun wong
Posted on: September 27th, 2006
he's been there for as long as I lived in Hougang (20yrs)! I'd always catch him late in the evening near my block when he retired for the day. Thanks for this post Marcus.
Posted by: jes
Posted on: October 1st, 2006
i dont see him anymore! does he still come to serangoon jc? thanks for the picture. to shaun wong, you've moved away and you'll probably see him even less.
Posted by: ross
Posted on: May 18th, 2007
It's such a shame that our world is so rushed. If only people could find the time to relax maybe our world would be a little less aggressive. here's to the roti man!
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