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Roti sai mai is an Indian Muslim-influenced dessert served by wrapping cotton candy in sweet roti. The rolling floss or cotton candy is thin, silky strings of spun sugar, found in a variety of hues. The roti (flatbread) is very thin and made from white or colored flour; green flour colored using pandan leaves. Sesame is often sprinkled on the top.
Some of these dishes are also a part of other cuisines. The word "khanom" (Thai: ขนม), refers to snack or dessert, presumably being a compound between two words, "khao" (ข้าว), "rice" and "khnom" (หนม), "sweet". The word "khanom" in the Thai sense is snack or sweet food made from flour. [2]
Originally opened in 1978 by Phin and Phac Nguyen, [1] Mai's was the first restaurant in Houston to feature Vietnamese cuisine. [3] The couple named the restaurant after their daughter, who took over the business in 1990. [1]
Satellite picture of Greater Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area has a total area of 10,062 square miles (26,060 km 2), of which 8,929 sq mi (23,130 km 2) are land and 1,133 sq mi (2,930 km 2) are covered by water.
Sago soup or Sai mai lou is a type of tong sui dessert in Cantonese cuisine, [1] [2] [3] which is also a variant of tapioca pudding. It is basically made by pearl tapioca (sago), coconut milk and evaporated milk. The dish is traditionally prepared using sago starch, which is derived from sago palm pith. [4]
Khanom thian is a pudding or pastry prepared using rice flour or corn flour, coconut milk that has been sweetened, such as with brown sugar, [3] and sesame seeds. [2] Salt is also sometimes used as an ingredient. [3]
Bua loi khai wan, bua loi with sweet-poached egg, is a common variant. Bua loi or bua loy (Thai: บัวลอย, pronounced [būa lɔ̄ːj], lit. ' floating water lily ') is a Thai dessert. It consists of rice flour rolled into small balls, and cooked in coconut milk and sugar. [1] Some Bua loi also adds sweet egg into the recipe.
The Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau and various area hotels and restaurants distributed the guides for free, and the East End Area Chamber of Commerce mailed copies of the guide. [11] In 2013 Houstonia wrote that East End Houston is "home to some of the city’s best Mexican restaurants and bakeries."