Hits the spot: Roti canai was named the world’s best bread.
Compiled by BEH YUEN HUI, MARTIN CARVALHO and R. ARAVINTHAN
ROTI canai topped the list of the Most Ordered Food 2023 on a food delivery platform, China Press reported.
Other delights that made the list are satay, kampung fried rice, roti telur and nasi lemak, according to Foodpanda Malaysia.
Roti canai, the popular pan-fried flatbread that originated in India, was also picked as the second best food after Brazil’s grilled beef picanha in the 100 Best Dishes in the World of the TasteAtlas Awards 2023/24.
The portal, which has catalogued over 10,000 food and beverage items worldwide, also named roti canai as the Best Bread among 100 globally.
> Stephen Chow, Hong Kong’s king of comedy, posted a motivational video on Instagram to greet his fans in the new year, Nanyang Siang Pau reported.
Titled Every Nobody Is Somebody, the clip that runs about one minute features a montage of his blockbusters including King of Comedy, Shaolin Soccer, A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora’s Box, Love on Delivery, CJ7 and The God of Cookery.
It kicks off with a scene from King of Comedy, where the star looks out to the sea and bellows: “Work hard, strive hard!”
“No matter how great a person is, he was once a nobody. Do not belittle yourself; a small character can eventually do big things!
“Wishing all of you a progressive new year and may your dream come true,” wrote the 61-year-old actor-director.
> Veteran Hong Kong actor Lo Hoi-pang lost his sight in one eye due to diabetes, Nanyang Siang Pau also reported.
“Long-term diabetes has caused glaucoma in my left eye. I knew there is no cure for it,” he told TV host Tang Ying-mun in an interview at a gathering of the alumni of TVB’s artiste training class.
The 82-year-old graduated in 1974 with Tang and others including Chow Yun-fat, the late Ng Man-tat, Law Koon-lan and award-winning film director, the late Lam Ling-tung.
It was reported that Lo has joined Chow for his morning jog since developing health issues in 2018.
Lo said he jogs non-stop for an hour daily.
“After that I will buy bread and make myself a drink, a simple breakfast,” he added.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
