Before my maid left for her one month holiday back to her hometown, she asked me what do I want from there. Without much thought, I told her to buy some Buah Salak for us because it is very cheap over there; only RM3 a kilo. She bought 3 kilos of Buah Salak.
The first time I saw and ate Buah Salak when my boss’ maid brought some to the office after she returned from her holiday too. Seeing it for the first time with the snake like skin, I thought it was a dead animal! The maid has to peel for me and forced me to eat the Buah Salak before I started to like the taste of this crunchy and sweet fruit. 
Since then, every time she goes back for her holiday, I will remind her to buy some Buah Salak for me. And I was so happy to know that at my BIL’s house in Kelantan has a few Buah Salak trees! More free Buah Salak for me to enjoy. 
Beside Buah Salak, there is another special fruit that came here in her Samsonite luggage. Next post.
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I only heard of buah salak from my malay colleagues, those from terengganu or east coast esp.. they normally buy back these, i think near the thai border, they sell a lot.. u love to eat these? for me, so so la.. some can be very sourish, right?
I just learn abt this fruit 2 days ago when my son asked me when he was doing his homework.
[...] was what found in the maid’s bag beside the Buah Salak; Buah Gajus / Cashew Nut Fruit. However they are not edible. Well, you can eat the fruit if you [...]
How does this taste like? My hubs’ Indon staff once bought this for us from Indonesia but I dared not try coz looks so geli! Nice ar?