Roti de Iligan

Roti de Iligan

Here is another treat! 

I was first introduce to this "Roti de Iligan" by my officemate, Stacy, about a year or two ago. It was my first roti experience then. Today, my sister and foodtrip buddy, Honey got a taste of her first roti as well. She ask me what it is. I told her it's like pita bread but stuffed with a filling. So there you go, I asked her also to pose for the cam as we were waiting to be served.

Well upon arriving at our place, I looked up the term and found out that, Roti means bread. It has been derived from the Sanskrit word "rotika". Typically an Indian bread, it is usually created from wheat flour where the unleavened bread is cooked on a slightly concave or just a flat iron griddle called tava. Pita, on the other hand, is somewhat leavened wheat bread. It can be either round or oval but it still is a flat bread like roti. Leavened or not, there is a very wide variety of these flat breads originating around the globe. Regarded as one of the most ancient breads, it doesn't necessarily require utensils or oven to produce. It can be eaten as is or can be used to scoop or wrap different meat and vegetable toppings.

If you want to try it, you may roam the streets of Iligan. They used to park their multi-cab at the back of BPI but I just learned that they have transferred. Now, you can spot them at corner of Metrobank Aguinaldo (Point A on the map) with their tricycle as shown in the photos. The roti is available in 3 flavors chicken, beef and tuna. It cost only Php20.00 each.

Enjoy!