A Very Hairy Fruit: Rambutan
15 Oct
Rambutan: A Very Hairy Fruit
Rambutans
Hairy Rambutan
These cool looking fruits not only look like fun times, but they also taste like fun times. They taste very similar to lychee and that makes total sense as it is scientifically closely related to lychees. If you haven’t tried either, I would suggest you do so soon!
A Single Rambutan
So how do you even eat that thing!?
Well, very easy… kind of. First and foremost, don’t just bite in to it. Now, what you can do is take a knife and cut through the hairy skin layer of the Rambutan, and then pop off the top so that it looks like this:
Cut Opened Rambutan
Then, you can take out the “meat” of the Rambutan and eat it. However, be careful! There is a single large seed (large compared to apple seeds) in the middle of the fruit, so be sure not to swallow it!
More Rambutans
Allright I’ll try it… but where can I even find this “hairy fruit”??
Well, there are two answers: 1) Frieda’s Rambutan
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It has been a long time. They are so very good. Thanks for the memories.
I only had them for the first time last week! I was so excited as I love trying new foods, and it looked so cool/exotic! You should look for some around you so you can eat them again :)
More exotic varieties of this fruit are available here in the Philippines.
That is so fun! I only saw this type around here. I live in Atlanta, Georgia in the US so it’s a little harder to find these types of fruits than in Asian.
No worries, I’m sure you’ll soon find time to visit the Philippines. I’ll be waiting for your future post about this. :-)
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Nice! I love these! I had some in Hawaii once and the fruit near the seed had an almost electrical tingly taste. Nice review/pics!
Thanks! This was the first time I had them! I really like them but I think I”m just way too lazy to have them as often as I’d like haha