Yummy Yummy @ Tun Sambathan Banana Fritters

Food Type :
Snacks (Malaysian Style)

About the Food :
The Banana Fritters and Fried Nian Gao. Of course, there are curry puffs, sesame balls as well. But I only tried banana fritters and fried nian gao before. For the fried nian gao, it has three layers, there is a yam slice on top, a sweet potato slice below and the niao gao slice is in the middle.

Nian gao or Niangao, (Chinese:粘糕 or 年糕 lit. "sticky cake" or "year cake"; pinyin: nián'gāo), sometimes known in the West as "rice cake" or Chinese New Year's cake, is a food prepared from glutinous rice and used as an ingredient in Chinese cuisine. It is available in Asian supermarkets and from health food stores. While it is eaten all year round, traditionally it is eaten at Chinese New Year. Despite numerous varieties, they all have similar recipes: cooked glutinous rice is pounded or ground into a paste, and, depending on the variety, may simply be molded into shape or cooked again to settle the ingredient.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niangao)


Price :
Banana Fritter @ RM 0.70 each
Nian Gao Fritter @ RM 0.70 each
Sesame Ball @ RM 0.70 each
Curry Puff @ RM 0.80 each

Location :
It's a stall in front of Yit Sang Restaurant. There's another stall selling bananas beside. It's opposite YMCA, and is near to a 7-11 franchise store.

Directions :
From Tun Sambathan Monorail Station, it's around 5 minutes walk. From the Monorail Station, walk along Jalan Tun Sambathan 4, walk pass The Association for the Blind People (on your right), The Methodist School (on your left), 7-11 (on your right) and YMCA (on your right), you will see the stall. When you see YMCA, it's just indirectly opposite YMCA. It's open from around 12:30pm to 6pm everyday.

Address :
In front of Yit Sang Restaurant,
Jalan Tun Sambathan 4.

Specialty :
Both the banana fritter and fried nian gao are extremely crispy, and the crispness can last for at least more than one hour. Another interesting fact is that, the whole banana is used to make banana fritter, unlike some other banana fritters available from most of the stalls in which have been cut into halves.

Personal Comments :
They are crispy, very crispy. I had tried to eat the banana fritter after 2 hours and it's still crispy. As for the fried nian gao, after some 3 hours, it's still crispy either. However, they are best eaten when freshly served.

As for the fried nian gao, it makes a special combination with yam and sweet potato. When it's eaten hot, the gooey nian gao together with the sweetness of yam and sweet potato and not forgetting the crispness of the crust, the taste is just fantastic.

Regarding the price, it's a little expensive. But they're just too good to be resisted! At least, I think that the level of satisfaction the food offers still deserves the price it demand.

My Personal Rating (of its kind) :
8.5 / 10