Tapioca

The local starch. Tried one, should have taken a picture, the tapioca root looked like a rat. Used half of it for a chocolate cake and other half for thickening a chili con carne. Worked fine, actually both really yummy, but not bc of the tapioca, so wont buy one again. Beet root would have done the chocolate cake more spongy and smashed beans is my favorite thickener for chili.

Other new things on the food list this week.
Thai Rose Leaves, Lauge enjoyed them - quite rare he goes for green leaves.
Pandan leaves, is on the ingredient list on several products, now we have them fresh in the cupboard, have to try boil them with our rice, untill then they should help keep the cockroaches away (aargh on Bali we saw this gigantic coackroach, luckily the last night in that cottage, have only seen tiny ones here, but still, just do not like them - geckos though are just nice visitors).
Ulam Rajah (name in Malay: King of the Salad), found the texture too coarse.

Have been trying a bunch of different mangoes and the best one is the honey mango from Thailand.

We bought vegetables till it tipped our stroller on Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre. It is located right at the West Coast Container Terminal. The auction hall for vegetables is full of forklifts emptying containers, busy people and lots and lots of veggies. The smell was impressively intense from herbs and all sorts of onions. We met one of our local take away chefs and saw a lot of people buying for more than a household, so probably chefs.
The fruit options was not as good or might we did not find the right place. But 20% off the price on honey mangos from Thailand compared to the local chinese wet market - and if we keep eating (and drinking) as many as we do right now then it is a really good deal.