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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
SE Asian Fruit That I Have Become Friends With
Durian stinks, and looks like the head of a war mace. But you gotta try it, and the Malays believe it brings excellent health and vitality (and sexual energy). The flesh looks like soggy pizza dough, and is rich and creamy, yet sweet.
Jackfruit looks similar to durian, but with less (or smaller, or no) spikes. The flesh is orange and more firm, and more sweet. I preferred this fruit over durian. In fact, I preferred all fruit over durian.
Rambutans look ridiculously evil, but when you break one open and eat the sweet, almost translucent flesh, you'll smile! I ate a whole bag of them! You can't miss them, with their red and green hairy/spikey orbs, on the end of stick-branches.
Mangosteens are my favorite: deep-purple, smooth and matted orbs that, once broken open, seem to have a soft bulb of garlic in them! But that bulb of garlic is so delicious!
Kalamansi - when you order fresh lime juice from a hawker, you are really getting kalamansi juice. It's like a lime, but small and super tasty-sweet, hardly bitter at all. I also enjoyed drinking sugar cane juice, which is immensely refreshing, and so is slurping coconut juice through a straw that is stuck into a huge green orb that is a coconut!
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Jackfruit looks similar to durian, but with less (or smaller, or no) spikes. The flesh is orange and more firm, and more sweet. I preferred this fruit over durian. In fact, I preferred all fruit over durian.
Rambutans look ridiculously evil, but when you break one open and eat the sweet, almost translucent flesh, you'll smile! I ate a whole bag of them! You can't miss them, with their red and green hairy/spikey orbs, on the end of stick-branches.
Mangosteens are my favorite: deep-purple, smooth and matted orbs that, once broken open, seem to have a soft bulb of garlic in them! But that bulb of garlic is so delicious!
Kalamansi - when you order fresh lime juice from a hawker, you are really getting kalamansi juice. It's like a lime, but small and super tasty-sweet, hardly bitter at all. I also enjoyed drinking sugar cane juice, which is immensely refreshing, and so is slurping coconut juice through a straw that is stuck into a huge green orb that is a coconut!
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