rambutan

I had an opportunity to shoot in Costa Rica a month ago, and after my assignment was done, I wondered the markets looking for good food. On the corner of a street outside San Jose, I found this little fruit stand with the coolest vendor I met on the trip. He gave me all these samples, and introduced me to the Rambutan fruit. It tastes just like Lychee, but it has these crazy hairs on the outside. They are super good, and I recently found them at 99 Ranch market, which is an insanely good Asian market. They have a seed in the center, which you obviously don’t eat, that is surrounded by this opaque jelly like fruit. If you find them, give them a try. It’s worth looking for.