Here you get to learn how to eat fresh lotus seeds! Shot by yours truly while on a road trip travelling from Udonthani town to the temple. Wat Non Sawang.

Since I didn't get any shots of the actual lotus flowers, I ripped them off the net so you can see how beautiful they really are.

Back in Singapore, we get to see the flowers, but I for one, have never seen the seed pods with the seeds. We usually use the dried lotus seeds in soups, and though tasty, it is radically different from the fresh ones.

Traveling is fun and exciting. What I like most about exploring another country is actually the food.

Food excites me, it is tactile, I can taste, smell, see it…it engages all senses at the same time, and somehow, different foods give me different memories like a strange tag to an instant recall.

In Udonthani, lotus flowers seem to be sold everywhere, and they also seem to grow everywhere. 

The Flowers are really beautiful, and after the beauty fades, you get little green pods with the seeds inside. If no one harvests and eats it, it turns brown and the seeds are propagated to new lotus plants which will flower, akin to the parent plant. However, the lotus seeds and really yummy eaten fresh, and are slight sweet and very crunchy. 

It makes a good snack without the insane calories of our snacks like potato chips.