Raw Fun!

Where to find young coconuts in London? Also known as green coconuts?

You go to the New Loon Moon Supermarket in Gerrard Street, Chinatown! Today they cost £1.50 each. Much better than ordering through the internet for £4 each.

In fact they may well also have them on the other side of the street, at Loon Fung. Today was my first visit to Loon Moon actually.

Now the reason I have had trouble finding these young coconuts is - although they are also called "green", they are not green! In fact they are the colour of many other more normal things such as a piece of wood, soap, or daikon, so I wouldn't be surprised to find I have been seeing them for years and not knowing what they are.

I found this about Loon Moon:

You can find trays of rambutan, mangosteens, mangoes and langsat. It's also an opportunity for you to come up close with a whole jackfruit and the infamous durian. It's the green spiky football sized fruit that is the notorious taste test as to whether you've truly embraced south east Asian food! You can buy the edible part in trays inside the supermarket - the soft flesh surrounding the inedible seeds smells strong and aromatic and tastes like custard but much sweeter and stronger. A tip for shoppers is that you can find trays of durian in the chilled cabinets at the back of the shop as well as by the tills.

This is what we want!!

If I had known that, I would have looked more closely as well!

Unfortunately due to recent flight restrictions no food from Thailand could arrive so there was a lot missing. Next time! (shall I go again now?)

In other news, I eventually found a bar of raw chocolate. It is made by the Conscious Chocolate Company and is good, and expensive. If you buy more than 30 bars you get a discount...

It's raw which apparently means it's good for you, unlike the cooked kind. As it is very rich it seems that it goes a long way which probably makes up for the price.

I definitely recommend it, though will not be having it every day I think.

I don't know why raw food exponents are always (mainly?) going on about chocolate. Maybe they are still thinking in the way of the cooked diet. Or maybe it really is extra good for you?

Anyway, with a reasonably-priced watermelon as well, we have several of the ingredients for some raw fun!

It's not "raw" though, it's just not cooked. It's like saying "organic" - it's not anything strange, it's just food grown in a natural way (different from the other food). Organic means growing, you see.

Well that's all for today. We still have durian to look forward to!