Bali, love at first sight - fruits in Bali

Having been to Seoul for a short while, I will direct my blog back in Bali again. As a food lover, I learned about Balinese local fruits and crop plants. Bali does not export these cultivation products, rather consumes them inside the island only. Indonesian cooking is keen on using fresh ingredients and this is probably the biggest secret of delicacy.Typical fruits are mangosteens, mangos, bananas, avocados, pineapples, papayas, guavas, jackfruits, starfruits, oranges and so on.
Avocade had been my favorite during my stay in Bali. Avocado itself looks like a fancy word to me without knowing why. In Chinese, avocado is intepreted as "butter-fruit" , "oil-pear" or "crocodile-pear" that reveals 3 features of it : rich nutrition, pear-like shape and crocodile skin.  Balinese avocados are different from American ones. They are bigger in size and more crispy in texture. I will introduce three joyful ways to enjoy avocados in Bali.
1. Avocado juice
Avocado is a refreshing and light-sweet fruit.Young-avocado juice is watery and ripe-avocado juice is creamy. So, if you feel like a cool-off in the hot day, try the young-avocado juice and if you feel like a sweet dessert, try the latter one with chocolate sauce in it. See pictures!

Avocado juice

Avocado juice with chocolate sauce inside

2. Avocado in sandwiches
Avocado is not a sweet fruit and it can replace vegetables in the sandwich. A great match!

Avocado shrimp sandwich with chips

3. Avocado hair treatment
This is not for eating. Avocados are made into hair treatment products in Bali and you can find them easily in SPA houses. I am not sure whether it is the reason why Indonesians have good hair texture.
Finally, let's end this post with a glance at a fruit stall in the way to Mt.Kintamani and a mango tart bitten by mom@_@.

A fruit stall in the way to Mt.Kintamani



A mango tart with many mango slices only costs about 1.8USD^^