Holding a Whole Holed Coconut…hole.
One thing I appreciated out there was the wide variety of fruit juices. I mean, what do restaurants here serve for juice? Orange and apple. That’s it. But Asia’s got that shit down. Watermelon, guava, mango, strawberry … all sorts of fruits that we chump Canadians just don’t juice.
So one day I decided on a whim to order the ‘coconut juice’. Much to my surprise, however, it came still inside the coconut. They just hack a hole in the top and give you a straw. Also available widely from street vendors, as is evidenced:
One is also given a spoon in order to scrape out the coconut’s meaty deliciousness. This, however, can prove troublesome, since they always seem to make the hole in the top too small, so I end up scraping up my hands on the jagged edge of the shell. However, as is seen here, getting at that tasty coconut meat can be a trying experience, even when you have the advantage of tiny Asian hands:
