Friday, June 29, 2007

The Rambutan...

The weather is fine, with clear blue sky. The Fruits trees in front of our house that belong to the neighbour show colorful fruits. It is the Rambutan in season again. This Rambutan tree has been there from the time we move to our present house more then thirty years ago. Rambutan tree once grown and taken care of would bear fruits every years. This particular tree had not bear any fruits for some years and just last years it start to shows flowers. Our neighbour decide to nurture it again and then starting this year it started to fruits again, giving the tree that rainbows of colors.

Rambutan is a special fruit of this region for it still retained its original Malay name. The Rambutan [ Rambut in Malay mean hair ]. As can been seen in the images about the fruits is hairy. It has a succulent flesh inside with a big seed. It taste sweet and made great dessert after dinner. Yesterday our neighbour gave us a bunch of the fruits. About is the images of the Rambutan. Have a nice day.

4 comments:

Cliff said...

Pak Idrus,

The best rambutans are those where the flesh detached from the seed easily. My dad planted two rambutan trees in our old house 35 years ago, one with red fruits and the other yellow, and is still bearing fruits till this day. The only rambutans that I can have in Melb are those canned ones !!

Pak Idrus said...

cliff, thanks for the visit and that informative comments. You do know what good rambutans are. Well, Rambutan tree once planted would last for life. Just give it a tender care and I am sure it would bore fruits every year, comes the season. Have a nice day.

Ismail said...

A'kum Pak Idrus,
It's look sweet and juicy. It's reminds me of my house left behind in Kedah. No place on earth better than home.

Pak Idrus said...

ismail, thanks for the visit and the kind words. Nothing is like home. Home sweet Home. My Kampong is Ampang Jaya. It became so when our grandchildren says that it is their nenek/atuk's home. Well, still at this age, how I wished I had a house somewhere in a traditional kampong. But then we just cannot have everything at one go. I am happy been here, in Ampang Jaya where the grandchildren made their kampong.My kampong too now. Have a nice day.