It was a typical busy day at the office when my colleague Yani offered me something to munch. And it’s not just an ordinary something but something I’ve never tasted before. She gave me the nastiest brain piercing, tongue numbing, gum tingling, tummy rumbling sour tasting fruit I have ever tasted in my whole life. It’s actually the young unripe Kundang fruit Bouea oppositifolia (Roxb.) Adelb. that was cut into small pieces and dip into salt before you pop into your mouth. One bite and it is sure to make your face squirm with its extreme sourness. I love it!
So when Azman’s parents call to say their orchards in Kedah and Perak are laden with tropical fruits that are pretty costly at the Klang Valley, my heart jumped with joy! Despite having morning sickness and motion sickness everytime I ride in the car, I told Azman that hey we just have to go back and check out the orchards. Seriously I was not looking forward to those juicy rambutans, sweet durians, tasty dokong, langsat, mangosteen and jackfruit but KUNDANG!! KUNDANG!! KUNDANG!! I want KUNDANG!
Ever since Yani introduced me to that fruit I have been salivating day and night when image of the fruit crossed my mind. I wanted to get kundang and I want whole lotta them!! Truck loads of them..I wanna have them for break fast, lunch and dinner! I heart buah kundang! Yeah!
The trip back to Azman’s hometown turned out to be awesome. I am no city girl but I have never been to a real fruit orchard before. I had a great time collecting durians and picking rambutans but best of all climbing up a mangosteen tree for harvesting! wee!!
My supply of kundang was not plucked from the tree however because the tree is way up too high. I bought about 3 kilos from the local market. Yummy! We went back to KL with our car full of rambutans, mangosteen, langsat and dokong. Didn’t take back any durians though, wouldn’t want my car to stink after that. Hehehe! I look forward to the fruit seasons next year, hope to climb up the tree higher!
waaaaaaaaaaaaaa…..
nak jugak nak jugak!!!
u lil melayoq monster….
ada lagi ka stoq buah kundang hang?
uish… tak pasai2 pulak i’m sallivating…
u know each time when u or yani offered me those juicy buah kundang, i can only stare at them while politely taking only 1 or 2cuts when i can finished up everything in a jiffy…
but i told myself, “farah, relax farah, kasik mak-mak buyong (calling for preggy ladies in our office) chance…”
lalu aku pun lekaih2 la berlalu takut iman tak kuat… tu pun hari tu hang dah panggil haku monster waaaaa…. cant help it mate..
dah! aku nak sambung buat kerja haku…
hang memang hampeh
mmm…buah kundang tu..aku belasah gak walaupun super masam..!! ha ha ha.. :sinchan: keh keh keh
buah kundang? *screw up my nose* machaaaammmmmm!! erm, does that mean I’m not preggie yet :p hehehe..
Wahh ini baru betul punya mengidam benda masam. Hehehe.
Kundang tak best, buah-buahan yang selain dari kundang tu best ;-P
lain kali balik dusun, bawak la aku……
merujuk kepada gambar “the horror of leeches”, aku lebih horror tengok gambar kaki tu muahahahahahahahahahhahahaha!
bani… oklah next kitorang bawak ko balik… tapi bukan unt kutip durian cuma untuk tebas semak kat dusun durian.. hahahah
farah, stok kundang aku dah abes… wawawa! sedih!
Kat kampung aku, kundang ni dah pupus… dulu bleh gak merasa…
Diyana…alamak…buah kundang…dulu memang feveret kak lady…yang muda2 tu….sekarang ni gigi sensitif takleh makan banyak…tapi kalau buat sambat belacan…memang terangkat…
Jelesnya tgk orang dpt makan manggis straight dari pokok…sedap tu….nak sket!!!
is that a leg or what? cant figure which is top or bottom…hahahahaha. tatau la kundang tuh apa…
huiiii…siap panjat pokom lagi…dasat!
hahha hahha 😀
*pokom = pokok*
type error 🙂
hebat.. memang hebat ader bakat tinggal kat utan nie.. hahaha.. duer2 leh manjat.. hhahaha
Love manggis….
uuu…sedapnyer manggis tuh…yum yum…
P/S: D..yang hang nih pregnat pi panajt pokok tuh apsal? kang anak hang suka memanjat kang baru hang tau…ehehehehe
alamak byk taipo error plak…pregnat = pregnant, panajt = panjat…huhuh
hai.. saja nk menyampuk kat sini… dari rupa gambar tu buakn buah kundang.. itu buah setar… kalau buah kundang dia bujur sikit…dan ada munjung tajam…
kalau buah setar dia bujur telur and smoth je bentuknya…macam gamabq kat atas tu..
to ella,
saya pun nak mencelah. untuk pengetahuan…buang kundang dgn buah setar tu adalah buah yg sama..cuma orang belah utara panggil buah setar dan belah selatan panggil buah kundang.
betul la yg bujur bujur tu buah kundang atau setar…dan yg bulat sket tu kalu nak ikut org utara panggil dia buah ghermia (remnia).
tapi biasanya….buah setar ka..atau buah remnia ka…semua org kq aku panggil buah setar (kundang) jugak. tapi kat kl ni..asal bijik kaler purple tu buah kundang la…