Eateries like Restoran Zaidi Canai and Dapo’ Khaleeda in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, are especially popular for their viral offerings of bird’s nest roti canai. They’re all over social media. Mihrimah’s manager, Abdul Muiin, 29, tells 8days.sg that while he has tried the bird’s nest roti from multiple stalls in Malaysia, Mihrimah’s is not inspired by any establishment’s in particular, as “quite a lot of shops are selling the roti [in Malaysia]”.
In fact, he only decided to sell it at Mihrimah upon a customer’s request. He explains that “we saw the prata making its rounds in Malaysia, and initially just tried to make it for our staff to eat”. However, “one customer saw it and asked us to sell it, so we decided to add it to our menu”.
Currently, there are also a couple other stalls in Singapore that serve their version of bird’s nest roti canai, like Can-Ai at Ang Mo Kio and Putri Prata at Bedok. However, Mihrimah Restaurant appears to be the most high-profile of the lot – at least according to Google reviews.