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I tasted the best ever tosai when I went on holiday in New Delhi, India (it is called Dosa there) and ever since I have been in search of a shop that makes tosai as good as the New Delhi dosa, or at least, taste very close to it. Sadly, it is not easy to find. Most of the shops I went to either sell really stale tosai or well, just horridly sour-tasting tosai.

Although most local tosai (sold commercially) have a sourish tinge, so I thought it was supposed to taste like this. Then, I was told by an Indian friend that if it was made fresh and not left too long before the dough mixture was used, it will not have any sour taste at all. That really explains why the Dosa in New Delhi are not sour while the tosais here are. You see, in New Delhi, if you walk into a popular Dosa restaurant, it’d be brimming with people and the cooks are rushing to make the dosas. No such thing of stale dosa there!

Anyway, I found this small shop which sells relatively fresh tosai, thus it is not too sour. Though its tosai is not exactly like the New Delhi dosa, it is good enough. I am still searching for the best tosai but for now, this shop takes the top spot in Penang island.

Krsna Restaurant

It is located along Market Street, in between the Jalan Mesjid Kapitan Keling and Queen Street. It is open from 6am to 10pm daily.

Masaala Tosai (tosai with potatoes) and vadai.

I honestly like the masaala tosai as it is thin, crunchy and the potatoes cooked just nice with spices. Importantly, it does not have a sour or stale taste to it. The vadai is equally wonderful as it is fragrant with spices with a crispness to its skin and very soft inside. Really good to go with dhall or any other curry.

Masaala Puri

I discovered puri just only a few years ago and since then, I was hooked. Though it is much less healthy than tosai or chapatti (since it is very oily and most likely fried), I really love puris. I particular love the ones that are crispy like this one.

This shop also offers chapatti and rice with dishes. Prices are quite reasonable from 90 sen per plain tosai and above. A great place for a good, filling breakfast or lunch. The only problem is that you will have to park your car along Queen Street and then walk there as there are no parking lots along this road.

Rating: 7 /10

Price: $

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