There’s a small food cart in the Brickfields suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, right in front of the Shangri-La Restoran (no association to the hotels). The cart is run by a young but stern gentleman who serves three different things: fried taro, fried curry puffs and pisang goreng (fried banana fritters). He stands behind the roaring jet flame of a gas burner with a giant wok of bubbling oil sitting above it. With one hand, he batters the bananas and slips them into the oil. With the other hand, he skillfully flips the goods as soon as they are crunchy and golden brown. The pisang goreng are sweet like caramel and soft like warm custard on the inside. The banana fritters were a fantastic snack to munch on as you wandered down the road to explore Little India.
