Dragonfruit: The New Superfruit

Make way for the new, aptly-named superfruit, the dragonfruit! From pomegranates to açai berries, from goji berries to yumberries, the world has seen plenty of superfruits break into the market. Well, here comes another. The dragonfruit, also known as pitaya or pitahaya, is the latest entrant to the world of superfruits. Native to Central and South America and cultivated in places as diverse as South East Asia and Australia, this fruit from the cactus species come in three varieties – red skin with red flesh (widely considered to be the best-tasting), red skin with white flesh and yellow skin with white flesh.

Dragon fruits are high in antioxidants, which help to fight carcinogenic free-radicals from forming in the body. In addition, they are a good source of Vitamin C, and are rich in minerals, especially calcium and phosphorus. They are also low in calories and high in fiber, while the seeds are have high polyunsaturated fatty acids. Aside from its nutritional content, the fruit is also said to help excrete heavy metal toxins from the body and lower cholesterol and blood pressure. Dragonfruits are also known to be a natural laxative.

At Hailam Kopitiam we find the red flesh a good healthy drink. Come over and try drink no 659, our very own fresh dragon fruit juice or if you prefer an ice blended effect ask for drink no 663.

Some have found our drink no 664 which is a combination of orange & dragon fruit ice blended a better health choice with lots of vitamins.

Others have said the dragon fruit taste better with passion fruit. No harm trying it during your next visit. Ask for drink no 662 for the fruit combination juice or 665 for the ice blended. We also have passion fruit and dragon fruit shake in drink no 638.

Hmmm..... well we have one of the best selection of drinks after all the best of both worlds is here, Hailam Boy & the Carribean Queen.

Anniversary Cash Vouchers

In conjunction with our first anniversary celebration we are giving away cash vouchers worth RM5 for any food/drink purchases at our outlet totalling RM30 and above for just a limited period only. So come over to our outlet and ask our friendly waiter/waitress for more info.

There is no need to split your bill/receipts if you spend more cause if your total bill/receipt is RM60 and above you are entitled to 2 vouchers and if your bill/receipts comes to RM90 you will get 3 vouchers and so forth.

The vouchers are limited and can only be redeemed in your next visit at Hailam Kopitiam @ Putra Nilai before 31st December 2011.

The management and staff at Hailam Kopitiam would like to thank all our customers and patrons for their support the past one year.

We take this opportunity to wish our Christian friends & customers a Blessed Christmas and the rest a Happy Holidays and a Productive New Year!

We commit to serve you better and do give us your feedback so that we may improve along the way. Remember, a cup of coffee shared with a friend is happiness tasted and time well spent.

Natural food and its benefits

Ginger is good. In any form of cooking, you can eat it at least 1-3 cm size a day. Ginger helps in activating the flow of sticky blood.

Garlic is good, too. Most herbal doctors recommend taking a lot of garlic. Any form of cooking will do. In my study, taking a lot of garlic increases your blood pressure. I do not recommend you to take more than 4 cloves of garlic. That's about one half size of whole garlic a day.

Onion reduces high blood pressure in a short period of time (within 15 to 25 minutes). You can take as many as you like in any manner of cooking. However, you must slice it at first, and then keep it for about 15 minutes to one hour before cooking. Cooking it immediately after slicing will not reduce your body cholesterol amount at all.

Bean sprouts are good food for all. It helps the flow of blood if you take daily. It is also a recommended food for young baby-bearing mother. It is a good source of Vitamin E, too.

Tofu (bean curd). It is available anywhere in big markets. This is one of the best protein sources of nonfatty foods. You can fry it or toast, or, you can eat it as is, with ginger and soy, as it's already cooked.

Tofu is good for most sickly people especially those on middle and old age.

Gelatin is one of the best foods for hypertension patients. It contains a lot of fibers and ability to reduce cholesterol. No fat and calories to add your body. You can use gelatin for many ways.

When cooking rice, drop a piece of gelatin in it. Taste of the rice becomes very fine. Try it. When cooking any kinds of soup, drop one half of gelatin in it. The soup will taste better. When cooking chop suey or curry, drop one whole of gelatin in it. It will taste better.

You can also make jelly cakes as seen on the image.

Seaweeds are good for health because of its nutritional value such as Vitamins A - Z, iron, calcium, you name it. You can probably find it in seaweeds. Okinawa people's long life is known in the world. More than 70 % of people in Okinawa live above 100 years old and still works in the rice and sugarcane field.

Studies done by Japanese scientists tell that the long lives of Okinawans are because of greater amount of seaweeds they eat.

Okinawans long life expectancy, published by USA Today.