Hey again all~ I was just browsing youtube and found this instructional video on how to open a durian. I think it is good so i decided to share it here. If you are curious about it then do watch the video 🙂
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Hey hows everybody doing today? hope everything is all good~
Anyway, have u heard of kembayau? or its fancy name Canarium odonotophyllum?
Have u seen the fruits in the pictures? If no then no worries, it is not available worldwide thats why its kinda rare. Even in Brunei its kinda hard to come across this unless it is during the Kembayau season ofcourse.
This is one of the local favorites as it is easy to prepare and also to eat. How to prepare? its so easy~ First u wash the kembayau, then u peel the skin of the kembayau like you see in the picture above. Then u just pour hot water into the bowl, cover it and wait for like 5-10 minutes depending on each individuals preferred softness or texture. Then pour all the water out and it is ready to be eaten. How easy was that right? haha The skin is peeled in such way so that the insides of the fruits can be cooked faster as the absorption rate from the hot water into the fruit is fast. This is due to exposed layer which makes it easier for hot water to be absorbed.
There are quite a few ways on how you can enjoy this rare or rather exotic fruit. For me, I usually sprinkle some salt n then eat it but for some they put salt at the same time when they put the hot water. This is done so that the salty taste can be absorbed into the core of the fruits.
The cooked kembayau will look like the 2nd picture above where the stripe part of it is no longer white but a bit purplish in colour. It is also soft. The taste and texture is kinda unique and kinda hard to explain in english because I am not sure what the word in english is but I will just use the local words to explain it. The taste in local term is ‘belamak’ that is usually used for fatty foods. Its like oily taste but not quite. Maybe a healthy type of oily taste? hahaha The texture is ofcourse soft. Basically the part of the fruit which we eat will just slip off from the seed like a snowboard smoothly sliding down the snowy mountains. I might be a bit over board in explaining it but the only way for you to completely know is just to try it by yourself. So maybe if you have time do visit Brunei and have a taste of this unique fruit called the kembayau.
I have a feeling that this fruit is famous worldwide already because of the unusual look that it have and also the taste and smell which for some is disturbing but for others it smells like its time to dig in. Anyway here is some pictures of the Durian which is also know as the King of fruits.
Just for your info the pictures are not mine. I will post the link where i found them at the bottom of the post and to the owners sorry to use your pictures hope you dont mind. Thank you~
Anyway back to the post. The durian have a very unique taste that some say that the taste is an acquired taste but for some people it just comes naturally. I mean that they came to like the fruit naturally at first bite. Durian is really famous for its smell as it is soo strong and unique that some hotels actually banned their customers from bringing durian into the hotel as the smell disturb other customers who didn’t like the smell. Well talking about over reacting ay.. hahaha
Durian also has its nutritional side. Do u know that its a good source of energy? no? well me too as i just found out that there are a lot of benefits from eating durian and this (Â http://www.stylecraze.com/articles/amazing-benefits-of-durian-fruit/# )website for me provides good and simple explanation of it. If yall are curious and wanted to know more, i suggest yall to visit the website. Its quite interesting for me though.
oh and yes durian is seasonal. I am sure you will know when the season comes because you will definitely able to smell it if you are in the area! hahaha
Hey again yall~~
Im just starting out with this blogging thing so was thinking of introducing some of Brunei local rare fruits. What I mean by rare fruits are the fruits which are only found in certain places of the world because of the climate in the area and also the fact that the fruits are seasonal.
The fruits which I am going to talk about exist not only in Brunei but also in the neighboring country. So don’t over react when yall read the coming posts. hahaha ;p
Brunei Darussalam is the name of my country. Brunei is not really famous worldwide yet so its fine if u haven’t heard of it but u will know about it after u read this =D
As you can see from the map, Brunei is a small country which is located in the Borneo island. Main financial income of Brunei is the oil and gas. If you are still wondering where it is then just imagine from Singapore by plane to Brunei is just 2 hours. Yes its not that far.
The climate here is tropical equatorial climate which is basically just hot and humid. temperatures ranging from 22-33 degree celsius.
Thats all the info I will share for now. wanna know more? do leave a comment 🙂
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