Showing posts with label Fruits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fruits. Show all posts
Pulasan Seed [pu tou san]
heehee i had 6 pulasan leftover in my fridge... wanna try the seed [re my previous post on Pulasan]... so finished them all yesterday...
... tried one seed not bad but kinda 'raw' taste... perhaps bec it's damp... to me, the texture is more like macadamia instead of almond... also rather difficult to remove the 'woody seed coating' with my teeth... very un-glam also :) ... so:
:) i put them into the oven after rinsing them under running tap
:) after roasting in the oven... very light smell of chestnut
:) the 'woody seed coating' can easily be removed after roasting
:) the taste... um the texture is still more like macadamia
:) still a bit damp... so i put them into oven again
:) the final product after 2nd roasting... the taste... still close to macadamia (the texture)... yum yum
:) next time when i eat pulasan again... i m gonna keep and roast the seeds again...
too bad cannot share the final product... not very hygienic though i washed them before roasting lol
Pulasan [pu tou san]
my second elder brother likes to buy fruits for our weekly family day... never fail to bring back so much fond memories... :) he bought this today...
we had mango, guava, papaya, rambutan,... trees then, when we were staying at the hong kah kampong... but not this... but the neighbour opposite us had this 'pu tou san' tree:
... he said he bought 'grape mountain' today and we were guessing... lol...
we only knew that this is 'pu tou san':
'pu tou' = grape in hokkien
'san' = mountain in mandarin
so.... i googled.... this is Pulasan ... muahahaha....
just noted from wiki that...
'the seed of the pulasan is readily edible raw. It has a flavour somewhat similar to that of almonds.'
!!! !!! ??? ???
... i still have some pulasan in my fridge... will try eating the seed tomorrow ;)
30 JUN 2011 THUR - BALI - 2. Kopi Luwak (OKA Agriculture)
OKA Agriculture - to try the most expensive coffee - the 'cat's poop coffee' - Kopi Luwak
Kopi Luwak / Luwak Coffee (Civet Coffee), is the world’s most expensive coffee. It is made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), then passed through its digestive tract. A civet eats the berries for their fleshy pulp. After 10-12 hours inside the digestive system, the beans will be fermented before they defecated. After gathering, thorough washing, sun drying, light roasting and brewing, these beans yield an aromatic coffee with much less bitterness.
coffee berries:
the civet:
the poop [disgusting? don't know who is the first one, 'the pervert?', who is so courageous to take the beans from the poop to process them into kopi? yeeeee? ] :
frying the kopi beans:
the processed kopi luwak beans:
the bali kopi beans:
cocoa:
papaya:
salak [snake skin fruit 蛇皮果]:
pineapple:
durian:
tock ginger?:
now... to try kopi luwak:
the free hot beverages - ginseng coffee, ginger tea, bali coffee, lemon grass tea, cocoa:
this is the rp50k (about S$7.50) cup of kopi luwak:
st doesn't drink coffee direct, only by-products like tiramisu, coffee cake,... because her gastric cannot tahan coffee... however must try at least a mouthful of this expensive and 'disgusting' kopi luwak lei:
um... i usually drink coffee with just fresh milk, don't fancy kopi black... but die die must try this expensive and 'disgusting' kopi luwak lei:
the coffee beans were ground till very fine... will not melt like those instant coffee but still smooth though the powder not drained?, see the sediment settled at the base of the cup:
ya... it's strong but not too overpowering... the aftertaste is fragrant and soothing... don't have that kind of 'sour' aftertaste... but is it worth the price? definitely not to my liking :)
in fact i heart the lemon grass tea the best but very expensive lor! forgotten exactly how much, but more than S$10 for a small packet!the chocolate quite nice too:
this is Tamarillo 爱情果, nice chinese name indeed, nice taste too:
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