'Mai' (ไหม, 5th tone) in Thai means silk. The thin strips that looked like silk threads are made of sugar that are bunched up and rolled into a thin pastry skin. It's like rolling a popiah, only much easier. It's a sweet snack that can be eaten any time of the day. They sell 3 packets for 60bht (~ S$2.60).
Our Thai friends regularly travel to Ayutthaya to get their fix of the best Roti Sai Mai at this particular stall. They got us hooked on it too. We didn't like the colored versions. We rather have it in its natural beige/brown without ingesting the colorings. We bought so many packets from different stalls in different areas and stuffed ourselves silly.
We ate so much till we could differentiate which stall made the best skin and which ones made the best threads. Ah...nope. The sweets didn't spoil our appetite for either lunch or dinner.
2 comments:
i get it! eating trip! did u pack a weighing scale too???!!
no!!! we walk a lot!! that's exercise!!!
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