Palm Fruits

Plam fruits. April 25th, 2009

Palm Fruit Bunch

Palm fruit bunch. April 25th, 2009

Longan

Longan. September 8th., 2007

Longan is a tropical fruit. It has brown skin. It's size is a bout the size of a large marble. The flesh is sweet and juicy translucent white/grey. The seed is black. The fruit is sold in bunches. Longan is also available in cans.

Rambutans

Rambutans. August 19th., 2007

Rambutans are seasonal fruits, which are popular among locals and tourists. The ripe fruits are usually covered with hairy red or yellow skin. The flesh that covers the seed is translucent white and juicy. Most of rambutans are sweet. If you visited Malaysia during rambutans season, you must try them.

Rambai

Rambai. August 19th., 2007

Rambai, nowadays are rare. I consider myself lucky to find them at a makeshift fruit stall near my place. This fruit consists of soft, sour, yellow skin. It's flesh is sweet and sour sticking to its seed. If you want to eat, you have to swallow the flesh and the seeds. I guess that is why the fruits are not popular among the locals -- it poses choking hazard to small children.

Personally, I prefer the sour skin. You can cook it with coconut milk and eat with white rice. Mmmmm.... yummy.

Two Salaks

Two Salaks, April 2007
Salak is a tropical fruit about 6cm in length. It is covered with red, thin, sharp, and scaly skin. Its flesh is bitter-sweet covering a stone-hard seed.

Kundang in a Bucket

Kundang in a bucket, April 2007

Kundang is like a small mango about 5 cm in length. The fruit is sour with soft sweet taste. The colour of the ripen skin is bright yellow.