Bananas roasting on an open fire

About two blocks from our office is a street vendor who sells fruit and veggies that he roasts. He speaks no English, and is under the impression that my Lao is much better than it actually is. 

Discreet sneaky shot of the man'a roasting table. 

Usually I buy five bananas (tiny ones) - a couple to eat, the rest to share. But today I thought I'd get extras and hand them out around the office. Unfortunately, he didn't have twelve bananas ready, so he talked me into nine bananas and a sweet potato.

This is what a Lao sweet potato looks like 

It's purple.