It’s been quite sometime since my last time visiting The Roti Prata House — folks who know me well enough would probably be aware of how I always seemed to have preferred Springleaf Prata Place over them. That being said, with a need to visit Thomson Plaza and having a real urge to have Roti Prata, I found myself winding up here yet again — possibly one of the most classic Roti Prata establishments around.

The Roti Prata House probably speaks best to the customers who are most loyal to them — their immensely crisp Roti Prata is something that I had never quite understood since the past, but I think I have grown to be able to accept over time. Always found their Roti Prata to be rather biscuit-like in crispness, but ordering other Prata apart from the plain one is truly the catch here. The Plaster is just like having a thin layer of crisp fried egg (albeit with an overcooked yolk) above the Prata, but the Cheese, Onion and Egg one is the real deal — stringy cheese beneath that egg with zingy onions that was nothing short of flavourful. Also liked how the Cheese, Onion and Egg Prata’s texture was quite affected by that of the egg; perhaps it’s due to the stretchy cheese, but it comes without that odd fluff caused by the egg white in the typical Egg Prata that I usually ain’t too much of a fan of. The curry here is mellow in terms of spiciness; carries just a decent flavour but it’s thick consistency could be matched with that of some Japanese curries — it’s nothing to shout about but at least it isn’t some watery, diluted curry that would have been a waste of calories to have.

Springleaf Prata Place is still a favourite of mine but perhaps I have come to realise how The Roti Prata House’s Prata would appeal to some — no doubt their Prata may not quite be the preferred one that I would like to have, but this visit has probably got me to have a little more appreciation to the Prata that I remembered myself not being too fond of just a couple of years ago.

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