I found this listing for langsat. It looks like it tastes like lychee / longan / rambutan. Who had these before?
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5 lbs-$49(free shipping)
10 lbs-$69(free shipping)
15 lbs-$79(free shipping)
35 lbs-$99(free shipping)
(Any fruit can be combined please note)
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Ah! Longkong! Yes one of our Chinese restaurants serves these on the desert bar sometimes. Yes they taste similar to Rambutan. But we get Longan more often here.
The difference is those tiny seeds in Longkong. Do not bit them. Very acrid and bitter.
I think I saw these at Costco today.
I know this one, they’re from SE Asia rainforest. The flesh is sweet and delicate without acidity when ripe.
How do you know they’re ripe? The flesh has yellow-ish translucent colour, the one in the picture3 are mostly ripe, pic2 I think slightly under. Milky white colour means unripe, their flesh also firmer and sour.
Also bigger segment means bigger seeds, I usually spit out the bigger seeds but not the small ones, just don’t bite the seeds they’re very bitter.
It’s a fruiting member of the Mahogany family.
We talked about this a few times in the past. Langsat is not as good as Longkong.
Thanks, everyone, for telling me more about these.
Looks like larger lychee. Bet its good!
Yes I believe Longkong is the Thai name, and I definitely agree that what Thais call Longkong is the better tasting one. In other parts of SE Asia, the names tend to be used interchangeably, which causes some confusion. This video talked about the naming confusion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggAxX1mK4oM
Wish we could grow Langsat here. Only Longan will grow here.
See the description of cultivars in the Wikipedia article, above.
I did, and I wasn’t debating wikipedia. I was simply sharing my personal observation that people in local regions tend to use cultivar names interchangeably (similar experience with “all the fruit” guy). So, my point was that the product label should be taken with a grain of salt.
No. Langsat and Longkong are not interchangeable. Two different fruit. Langsat is cheaper and leas popular due to its eating quality.
These days, it is harder to find Langsat as its popularity has declined. Longkong is what customers prefer.
I do agree they’re definitely two different fruits. I did say names though, not fruits.
From my own observations, I’ve only been able to identify two types: thin rind and sweet flavour vs thicker rind and more sour taste.
In Thailand I only ever seen what labeled what Longkong (thin rind, sweet)
In Malaysia and Indonesia either labeled as Duku or Langsat (the thin rind and sweet is obviously more popular).
Anyway I don’t have extensive experience, just a very limited observation.
This is sort of updated video from the same guy.
is this orcharddrop site a scam? it looks like it. Fruit prices are really low, the reviews on “candy apple” make no sense.
The ones I’ve had in Thailand are not as good as the longan, duku, lychee or rambutan I’ve had there. Maybe in that order of preference.
I like rambutan, but not the clingstone ones.
Sorry for splitting hair. Longkong is one variety (if I can call it that) of Langsat. In Thailand, people differentiate Longkong from Langsat.
Longkong has thicker skin. The skin color is pale/dull yellow. When peeled, it has latex-like substance (those allergic to it, it causes rashes). Flesh is thicker and sweet. It has few seeds.
Langsat has thin skin. Its skin color is brighter yellow. When peeled, there is little to no latex-like stuff. Tastes sweet and sour (some just sour). There are 4-5 seeds in a fruit.
In Thailand, Longkong is a lot more popular than Langsat due to its sweetness. It is not easy to find Langsat for sale.
In this link, please scroll down to the last two pictures of the fruit, Longkong (the top pic) and Langsat (the bottom pic) were clearer and easier to distinguish between these two fruit than most pics that I have seen out there.
Re. fruit on that video, from the look, the fruit from the left was Longkong. Not sure why it was not sweet. The other two on the right looked like Langsat to me.
