Fruits
The Red Dragon Fruit or Pitaya
I first tasted a proper good tasting Dragon Fruit or Pitaya during a trip to Vietnam. It was an eye opener to me, because my previous experiences with the Dragonfruit were not very good ones as they tasted bland. At the time, the dragon fruit was not a popular fruit in Malaysia. To my surprise, [...]
Tropical Fruit: Duku Langsat and related fruits
If I have to rate my favourite tropical fruit, the duku langsat would not rank very high on the list. It isn’t that I dislike the fruit, but it is simply because I prefer eating EITHER the Duku OR the Langsat. The duku langsat is a hybrid of these 2 tropical fruits.
The scientific name for [...]
Buah Tarap - Fruit unique to Sabah/Borneo
I have a friend from Sabah who used to tell me about the strange and wonderful fruits and foods they get in Sabah. One such fruit he never failed to talk about was Buah Tarap (Tarap fruit). One day, my sibling returned from Sabah with such a fruit as a souvenir of his trip and [...]
Jalan Batai Rojak Buah (fruit salad)
I took my mom to Jalan Batai for the Hong Kee Roast Duck noodles again recently as I was around the area. This time, my sis went off down the road to pick up a pack of rojak buah (fruit rojak) which she was recommended as being very good.
Rojak Buah is one of those things [...]
