Roti John

Hearsay that Roti John was invented by Shukor stall in 1975 when it was located the old Taman Serasi Hawker centre opposite Botanic Gardens.

Since there are a lot of expatriates staying around Cluny Road area, they try to garner more business from them by pan-frying slices of french loaf with eggs & onions. Essentially, that's a basic omelette sandwiched between baguette.

SO how the name "Roti John" come about? Roti is malay for bread and as for John, that's because they are hell lots of expatriates named John in those days ... so Bread for expatriates called John. hehehehe ... ok the last part was just my foolish guess. ;P

The above has been one of the nicest (i.e presentation) Roti John @ $3. Taste-wise, they are OK, you have choices of filling - minced chicken, mutton or sardines etc. One difference with others that i tried is that, they had flatted the Roti (bread) during pan-fried, makes it easier to eat, imho.

Unfortunately, I forgot the name, they are along Pasir Panjang Road (Opp O' COnners Building) & operates 24hrs - perfect for those nights when I need to burn some midnight oil.