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I am not Indian - neither mamak nor Tamil. However, I am a vegetarian and dislike fake meat as is common in Chinese Buddhist vegetarian restaurants in Thailand.

I have heard that Betong gets more South Indian visitors from Malaysia. At least compared to Dannok or Sungei Golok.

1. Is this correct?
2. If this is correct, are idly, thosai, banana leaf set meals, utthapam etc available in Betong?

Malay food does not cater to vegetarians. Although easier, neither particularly does Chinese. If the 'rewards' make living on fruits and nuts necessary in border towns, I can manage of course. But I tire pretty quickly of roti chennai, especially as the restaurants operated by Muslims (as in Bangladesh - trust me, I spent two months in Dhaka) have the annoying predilection of turning up chicken bones or goat meat in the 'vegetarian' dahl.