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When is a raw food bar not a raw food bar?

When it’s Nakd!

I was pre-warned that these so called “raw” bars were not actually raw by Shazzie but I saw one in a shop today and decided to try one. They advertise them as being “raw” but what they actually mean is that they are not cooked, but not all the ingredients are raw to begin with (specifically the oats and chocolate are not raw, maybe something else I can’t remeber). I had the chocolate one, I could tell the chocolate was cooked, it tasted fine but nothing special. (I’m sure they are much healthier than most (non raw) bars you can buy in a health shop.)

But none of that matters anymore because:

I got a durian! Whenever I buy durian (from a Chineese shop), the shop assistant is always amazed that an English person likes it. Today, the shop assistant went through all the durians and shook them to find one which was ripe for me, although I don’t actually think it’s ripe yet, I like to wait until it starts to open by itself… hopefully tommorow…

12 comments January 10th, 2007

Mangosteen

This afternoon I had a very strong craving for durian and in the end I decided to go and get one. I made a special trip in to Chinatown and went to all three shops I know sell durian, but not today. There was no durian to be found. Not even the pieces in packets that they sometimes have. So I got some mangosteen instead:

They’re good, you eat the white fleshy bits in the middle, hard to describe really, a little bit of citrus flavour, but not as good as durian! Also, there is not much too them, they are about the size of a small apple but most of the fruit is the unedible red bit around the white cente.

I added a new section to this site, FAQ, in the top menu. I’ve just answered two common questions for now “Where do you get your protein?” and “What is your daily diet?”. I’ll add more as people ask…

Add comment January 6th, 2007