Fruits

The Red Dragon Fruit or Pitaya

by Paris B on August 20, 2008

in Fruits, Glossary

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, [...]

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Tropical Fruit: Duku Langsat and related fruits

by Paris B on July 31, 2008

in Fruits, Glossary, Malaysian

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 [...]

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Buah Tarap – Fruit unique to Sabah/Borneo

by Paris B on July 22, 2008

in Fruits, Malaysian

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 [...]

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