As a Sabahan in Malaysia, I guess it is only right for me to introduce something unique in my state, Sabah : "The Land Below The Wind".
Okay, you are going to ask why is it called the land...... dot dot dot... . It's a long story. I'm not gonna dwell on that. Instead here's a sphere looking food that Cincau must introduce :
Locally, its known as bambangan. Its a mango fruit, and its seasonal. Sour to sweet in taste. Though I find most of the time its sour-ly pleasing. Great as appetizer with rice, be it for lunch as well as dinner. Others may use it as an ingredient for their soup. Of course, sour-ly tasty too.
I know some of you may say it looks like an enlarged ciku, well the flesh is nothing similar to the tiny ciku-dee. Flesh looks more to mango. Here's the evidence:
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The best way to take it? Pickled. Pickled bambangan mixed in cili with rice.
Nomsom!! = local indegenious language. Means "sour".
Heavenly Ummmph!! Come-come, try-try.