Boy, it’s been a ride


Tan with packets of Rotiboy buns featuring the smiling boy logo.

It started out as a small neighbourhood bakery in little Bukit Mertajam, but Rotiboy has grown into a phenomenon that has expanded to distant shores. MEK ZHIN reports.

NOBODY likes to be led by the nose, but perhaps we should make an exception for the Rotiboy bakeries and the bun they are famous for. After all, just one aromatic whiff, and you know there’s a Rotiboy nearby.

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