Glossary
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 [...]
Yang Mei Fruit or Yamamomo or Chinese Strawberry
I was at a fruit shop yesterday and a box of this fruit caught my eye. Have you seen it before?
I hadn’t and I was very very curious so I bought a box to try it. The label said that it was a Yang Mei fruit which I’d never heard of. This Yang Mei [...]
A Taste of Seremban Siew Pau
Siew Pau or baked pork buns seems to have made itself into a Seremban specialty. I’ve eaten similar style baked buns in Hong Kong so I don’t think its a Malaysian thing per se. Maybe it is the filling is unique to Malaysian or Seremban style siew pau.
There are many bakeries selling siew pau that [...]
