By C C Pung
Justice of Peace
Had ikan bakar, soto and pisang goreng here at Plaza Tg Aru.
A pleasant afternoon and a pleasant surprise that I had to queue about 30 minutes for a minimum order of RM5 worth of banana fritters.
Pisang goreng is everywhere, but few stalls are worth the wait.
Pak Mus is one of them.
There’s no Michelin rating for pisang goreng.
My three -must’ is must be pipin sore-throat-inducing hot, crispy and the banana must be at least half ripe (unripe bananas lack the sweetness).
Pak Musa has it all.
The others I like are Dayang Rojak at Nountun Industrial, Inanam and the pak che at his unnamed stall at Gaya Street, across the road from the City Hall.
BBQ fish at Pak Mus can be tuna, trevalley (ikan putih) Spanish mackerel (tengiri), etc served with an exciting array of sambal (condiments).
Just the sort of eating liberation that made eatnot so long ago, RM1 got ing without the fork and spoon so natural.
Not so long ago, RM1 got me seven tiny strips of banana dipped in batter and deep fried.
I got three pieces of crunchy-sweet goodness at Pak Mus.
Worth the wait. Worth every crunchy bit. Pisang goreng is ubiquitous at every teh tarik high tea.
But good ones aren’t ubiquitous. People say good eats come from good ingredients.
I say good pisang goreng comes from making it with love.
Pak Mus is said to have some opinions on politics.
Some haters had called for boycott of this eating place.
I thought his comments were fair. No bigotry. No personal attack or anything unsavoury.
Come on lah. Can’t we live with some dissenting views kah?
Let’s make peace.
Go eat at Pak Mus. I was told it accepts phone booking of pisang goreng.
