The Best of Davao

The best-est in Davao are the fruits _ the best quality of banana, mango, pomelo, lanzones, marang (click here ), rambutan , durian (click here, here and here ) mangosteen,  etc.etc. . .

They come cheap too. Especially if they were in season. Almost triple the price if you would buy them here in Manila.

The second best-est is that we have relatives based in Davao. luckiness!!!!



So during the recent (2010) Kadayawan when most of the fruits were in season, we flew to Davao , took a blast savoring all the fruits there. We could only eat so much and not so much to take home, prevented by baggage allowance.

So thoughtful cuz' Sylvia came in the rescue. She sent us a follow-up fruit box after a week of Kadayawan and while we were all back here in Manila missing the sweetness of Davao fruits and our relatives too.

The only fruit that was not in season during Kadayawan was pomelo, another flagship fruit of Davao. In the box included few pomelos  with ate Sylv's promise that she would send later when the pomelo season come.

And ...

true to her word, ate Syv sent us a box of suha (pomelo) this month of January 2011.

The pink seedless pomelo is to die for. I'm salivating  just seeing this photo of the suha she sent.

Ofcourse, they were gone the minute they arrived. I'm not sure with cousin ( she does hording so well, hehe).

So Ate Sylv_ you know why I'm posting this one_ where's the other pomelo box you promise to send again? hahaha!  We're waiting =)))))))

Durian Spikes

I still burp the after taste of durian and wear the infamous smell of durian, my ever favorite smelly fruit. Coming from Davao City where this fruit hails popularly in this side of the universe, I did ofcourse take back home some for my can't- get- over- it- cravings. I don't have issues with frozen durian. I actually prefer mine frozen which to me taste like an ice cream.

Cuzin' knew how we are forever yearning for the king of fruits and brought us to a durian market the soonest she could when we woke up the following day.

Buying durian ( or any fruits) here in Davao is a breath of fresh air. The customer  calls the shot. You  taste first with the privilege to buy or not. Here the customer is always right!

Best thing, you don't have to wait to get home to answer your craving. They have dine-in tables on the spot.






This month of August is Davao's Kadayawan Festival. We were there just few days ago and how delighted we were to realize that this month is also the harvest season when almost all fruits found in this province are in abundance and therefore nth times cheaper. I saw durian everywhere around the city. So opposite of scarce supply in my island see here and here .

durian tart

durian yema



Old time favorite durian sweets are yema, pastillas , tart , ice cream, shakes, but this time I was so happy to find all new favorites :



durian meringue tarts

durian pie, so magical. luv.luv. it!

durian ice candy! wowee!

durian_ _? those in square plastics ready to use for durian float ( ala mango float)



Trivia for this durian trip 2010 : cuzin' Joey had introduced us to 12 varieties of durian. Oh please don't ask me to name each and describe _ I can't! But I realize how diverse each variant is. There's one which is pure sweetness, there's one that is bitterly sweet, garlicky sweet. . so on and so forth. All are interestingly del-i-cious !