That tour of Thai Town

[rachelmanija]

The mangosteen is my holy grail of untasted tropical fruit. They don't grow in the US. When I've traveled, I've missed the season. I have been looking for mangosteens for something like 20 years, with no luck.

Today, in honor of Anthony Bourdain, I had the morning glory stems and ground pork with olives at Ruen Pair, then walked across the way to my favorite Thai sweet shop, Bhan Kanom Thai. It was their 20th anniversary, and I got a free tote bag. And there, for the first time in my life, I found mangosteens.

Thanks, Tony.

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Re: spork of vicarious fooding

[thomasyan]

Do you have an H Mart near you? There's one we go to, and we've seen mangosteen the past few years.

Usually, the leaves (?) On the fruit have started to turn brown or are brown. I forget if we've ever gotten them with green leaves, but we saw pictures a friend took, and she had scored a haul with green leaves.

I think the price is like $12 per pound, maybe as low as $9 when on sale. We fun indulge too often, but in memory of Bourdain seems very appropriate.

Re: spork of vicarious fooding

[yhlee]

I'm in Baton Rouge, so no, but I'm not in a hurry.