Buah Salak ohh..Buah Salak

My sister in law went to bandung/jakarta recently for a visit recently and brought back some Buah salak or its scientific name is Salacca zalacca, it’s also known as snake fruit. Hahhaa ONLY AFTER EATING A WHOLE LOAD did i remeber to take a picture of this last delicious puny darling here..

Buah salak is widely available in the Indonesian island

Eating buah salak is an acquired taste.. you have to go thru the whole process to love this fruit. Just that once you start its hard to stop.. its has a very unique combination of sweet and sour taste ..or in malay..BERLEMAK.. Locally, its quite rare to find this fruit in the open market but once a while when it is availabe it wont hurt you to give it a try. However, from what I heard those grown locally is not as nice and sweet as those from the Indonesian island. here's a snippet of info about this buah salak that I have gathered from the web..

"Salak (Salacca zalacca) is a species of palm tree (family Arecaceae) native to Indonesia and Malaysia. It is a very short-stemmed palm, with leaves up to 6m long; each leaf has a 2m long petiole with spines up to 15cm long, and numerous leaflets.
The fruit grow in clusters at the base of the palm, and are also known as snake fruit due to the reddish-brown scaly skin. They are about the size and shape of a ripe fig, with a distinct tip. The pulp is edible. The fruit can be peeled by pinching the tip which should cause the skin to slough off so it can be pulled away. The fruit inside consists of three lobes, each containing a large inedible seed. The lobes resemble, and have the consistency of, large peeled garlic cloves. The taste is usually sweet and acidic, but its apple-like texture can vary from very dry and crumbly (salak pondoh from Yogyakarta) to moist and crunchy (salak Bali)."

adapted from Wikipedia