A Guide to Malaysian Fruits
When travelling to Malaysia we had one big goal - to try all fruits available. Travelling around the world is exciting, especially because one can experience new food and flavours. On the other hand, it can be quite confusing and even tirening. Sometimes the foods are so bizarre that one may not dare to try them at all or has unexpected unpleasant experiences. Malaysia as a country with equatorial climate has great variety of different fruits. Here I give an overview of Malaysian fruits but the list can apply to South-East Asia overall. Yet, the list is not complete, and I haven´t brought out all available fruits, it brings out only the less known ones for the Western world. I have to note that the journey took place in January. The variety of fruits can vary a bit according to the season and there are also varieties according to the type of fruit. Cherimoya ( Annona cherimola ), nona in Malay language, is a relatively big fruit. You can distinguish ripe fruit fro...