Egg Hopper
Fermented rice batter, crisp rim, soft egg centre. The order.
Sri Lankan · Malvern
Hopper Hut
Sri Lankan hoppers and kottu, cooked to a rhythm you can hear from the car park
Sri LankanMalvern, Toronto$Details being confirmed
The review
You can hear a good kottu shop before you reach the door — the metal blades chopping roti on the griddle in a rhythm that is half cooking and half advertising. Hopper Hut is one of those.
Start with an egg hopper: fermented rice batter cooked in a small bowl-shaped pan, crisp at the rim, soft in the centre, with an egg set in the base. Chicken kottu roti is the main event and it is properly hot. Devilled chicken is sweet, sour and aggressive, and is not really a starter no matter where the menu puts it.
Honest notes: the room is bare, seating is limited, and hoppers take real time when it is busy. Order ahead, take it home, and it costs almost nothing.
What to order
Chicken Kottu Roti
Chopped on the griddle to a rhythm you can hear outside. Properly hot.
Devilled Chicken
Sweet, sour, aggressive. Not a starter, whatever the menu says.
What works
- Hoppers made to order, not held
- Heat is not toned down
- Very cheap even by Scarborough standards
What doesn’t
- Room is bare and functional
- Hoppers take time when it is busy
- Very limited seating
Verdict
Egg hoppers and chicken kottu. Order ahead — the hoppers take time.