Today we decided to taste test some drinks bought at our local market. Neither Franky, nor Lilia or I had ever tried any of these beverages which included lychee drink, tamarind juice and
grass jelly drink. I've never actually tried a lychee, but I've seen it as a basket item on
Chopped so I'm pretty sure that counts as being familiar with it. Tamarind juice is one of my father-in-law's favorite drinks and it's sold at many grocery stores and all of the local Mexican restaurants. However, when it comes to Mexican drinks, I'm more partial to horchata or Tequila so tamarind juice has not been on my radar. The strangest sounding drink was grass jelly. I was really interested in tasting this one and didn't realize it literally had jelly-like pieces in it. The flavor was pretty tasty and similar to Thai tea, but as someone who does not like Jell-0, I couldn't handle the little floaty bits. Lychee drink was very sweet and the overall winner with Lilia and Franky. (In fact, she was caught red handed drinking Franky's share once he turned his head.) Tamarind was sweet, but with a stronger flavor and was my overall pick. To that I say, move over horchata!
Hey girl, great blog! I grew up on tamarind juice, my mom used to make it (she's Peruvian). I've had lychee fruit at Thai restaurants and liked them. I would like to suggest you guys try a fruit called Dragon Eyes. I found out about them somehow when my son was into the Harry Potter, and was able to get them at Whole Foods. Very interesting fruit. When you slice it in half, the seed in the middle makes it look like and eyeball! This was many years ago, as my baby is about to turn 18 in a couple of weeks :( Looking forward to reading about your adventures!
ReplyDeleteI still can't believe you have an (almost) 18 year old! I love the idea about Dragon Eyes. We'll have to make a Whole Foods run to search for them. If I find them, I'll definitely post about it!
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