There are a lot of dates in the market now since it's the fasting month. I saw the now ubiquitous date displays at 1 Utama and something caught my attention...
RM 13.90 for five dates in a container! That's about RM 3 dollars per date! It's a ludicrous sounding price, since most dates aren't so expensive.
I couldn't resist from getting some though. I just had to taste these expensive dates, just to see what's so special about it.
I learned that Anbara (also spelled Anbarah) dates hails from Saudi Arabia and is the most expensive premium dates around.
These are very large dates, as you can see - here's a 20 cent coin on top of it for a better perspective. It well deserves the title of king dates indeed. I haven't seen larger dates around.
It tastes really good too, high sugar content, with very generous flesh. There isn't much of a seed to speak of, which is good. Fleshy, sugar packed dates, full of protein.
Anbara dates. i'm lovin' it.
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