The Roti Report

Yesterday I had a roti

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:32:00 +0000

Yesterday was Thursday. Yesterday I had a meeting at the office. Yesterday I had a roti. Yesterday is one of my least favourite Beatles songs.

The Roti Awakens

noreply@blogger.com (Kathleen) — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:27:00 +0000

After a brief hiatus, the roti has returned!

Channa roti for lunch today... mmmmmm. I was so excited I think I ate part of the paper wrapping too.

The Lonely Roti

noreply@blogger.com (David Alexander) — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:43:00 +0000

"Hey Michael, do you want a roti?"

I shouted this question into the next room, but Michael wasn't there. He was at home, probably doing Kathleen's laundry or engineering music or something.

I turned around to tell the M-Dot that I was going for roti and if she wanted a double, that I could pick one up ( Ed Note: a double is like a small channa roti). But she wasn't there either. Her desk sits next to an empty chair; the keyboard with the red panic button sits idle.

"Hey Kathleen, remember when Michael and Mishka used to work here?"

I waited for Kathleen to respond.

"Kathleen?"

Nothing.

"Did you know that Sufjan Stevens is releasing a five-disc Christmas album in November?"

...

"No, you don't know that because you aren't here either; you're on vacation."

I picked up lunch alone today. Few things in life are more saddening than a solitary roti.

Lunch doesn't taste the same without you, David

noreply@blogger.com (Kathleen) — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:50:00 +0000

Yesterday I had falafel for lunch, and roti for dinner. But it didn't taste the same without David.

Come back David!!

Memories of David

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:02:00 +0000

David has the day off. In his honour (and at his desk) I am eating a channa and vegetable roti from Island Foods. Yes, I have returned to the island.

Squash good.

noreply@blogger.com (Kathleen) — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:53:00 +0000

Sweet mother of Roti! My roti contained squash, channa and hot sauce today, and it was good. The wrap, however, seemed a bit thick and tough compared to the usual.

So tantalizingly close to roti perfection!

V for Vegetable Roti

noreply@blogger.com (David Alexander) — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:14:00 +0000

Today I had a vegetable roti and it was good.

It reminded me of that old saying...

"People should not be afraid of their rotis; rotis should be afraid of their people."

~ Unknown

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Channa and the rest

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:00:00 +0000

My roti was quite good today. I was the one who made the roti run, and while standing in line at Island Foods I spoke with a very friendly woman. When she discovered I was a vegetarian she asked me what was in the vegetable roti. I replied honestly and told her that I wasn't sure of exactly what was in the vegetable roti, but I thought it had carrots and cabbage. She eventually decided on a spinach roti. Yay spinach!

Roti Report # 1

noreply@blogger.com (David Alexander) — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:55:00 +0000

Today we had roti from Island Foods. I had an eggplant roti with extra hot sauce. The hot sauce pocket was freaking hot. This made up for that time yesterday, when I picked up Michael's roti, that they were out of doubles. So I had to eat a fallafel. Fallafels are alright, but wouldn't they be better if instead of being wrapped in pita, they were wrapped in roti?

Think about it.