By admin | January 28, 2008
Here’s another jackfruit street operation. Â this one’s from Vietnam and you can see the vendor preparing jackfruit for somebody. Â No need for a shop, just set up anywhere along the street and start to sell you wares. Â Sometimes you’ll see a mass exodus, though, as the police walk by and the illegal vendors don’t feel […]
By admin | January 25, 2008
This was an interesting salad that tasted better than I expected. Banana blossoms are used in quite a few cuisines. I find that they aren’t used all that often in Thailand. Only in a few dishes and as an accompinament (commonly with pad thai). It is very, very bitter. This brings up an interesting point […]
By admin | December 1, 2007
In my yard there is a gooseberry. These goosberries, called mayom [มะยม] in Thai, are quite common in Thailand. They are very sour, but still a popular snack as the Thais like to dip fruits (sweet or not) in sugar chili dips. They grow quite abundantly on the tree as shown here is only a […]
By admin | November 21, 2007
Candied lotus roots is a snack especially popular among the Chinese community. These are fairly thick cross sections of lotus root that have been candied. Don’t ask me about the candying process; I’ll just let you know that they are very sweet and kind of like a gummi candy. I don’t really notice any lotus […]
By admin | August 20, 2007
Wow, there sure are a lot of strange fruits in this world! This one might not be one of the strangest, but it is yet another delicious one. They are called custard apples or sugar apples (น้à¸à¸¢à¸«à¸™à¹ˆà¸² [noinaa] for the standard size, น้à¸à¸¢à¹‚หน่ง [noinong] for the large size like this one). They are very sweet […]
Sorry for the poor photo, but here we have a bag of ‘baby tamarinds’ known as makaam awn [มะขามà¸à¹ˆà¸à¸™]. They are basically very young, unripe tamarinds. As a result, they are very, very sour. That’s why there is a bag of sugar and chili mix to dip them in. Since there is little to no […]
A quick photo of some jackfruit chunks already extracted from the fruit. Jackfruits are huge! Possibly the largest edible fruit? I’m not sure, but they are quite tasty. Sweet and candy-like, they somewhat remind me of pineapple without any of the sourness at all.
Dragonfruit, also called pitaya, and known as à¹à¸à¹‰à¸§à¸¡à¸±à¸‡à¸à¸£ [gaewmanggon] has become one of my favorite fruits in Thailand. In my opinion, the flesh strongly resembles a kiwi fruit in texture, although the flavor is a bit sweeter and less sour. Just looking at the flesh below with all the tiny black seeds distributed throughout the […]
I previously mentioned durian, the so-called king of fruits, so obviously I had to show a few photos of its partner in crime, mangosteen (มันคุด [mankut]). This tropical fruit has a tough, thick skin (that can easily stain your clothes, as well) with juicy, sweet-tart tasting flesh inside. It’s called the queen of fruits because […]
Here’s a short post just to show a photo of some lychees. In Thailand called ลี้นจี่ [linjee], they are big, juicy, and sweet here. Way better than any I’ve had elsewhere.
