A sweet, butter-filled bread roll, neatly wrapped in plastic, has become the snack that rickshaw driver Jewel Ahmed reaches for when he needs to eat while stuck in traffic in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka.
Bun roti are sold for 10 Bangladesh taka ($0.09) at the same stalls where rickshaw riders buy heavily sweetened tea to ward off hunger and fatigue.
“I often eat two or three of these a day with some tea. I still feel hungry sometimes but these usually keep me going for a few hours,” said Ahmed, 27, before he took a large bite.
