Comments on: Sampalok / Tamarind Candy from Thailand

by: eleonor

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:44:57 +0000

i love sampaloc candies.in 1977,i started making it as my source of income,untill now we are making it even my children had finished thier studies.i sold it in calababanga,cam.sur.they called it dindy’s sweet nd sour sampaloc.it is wrapped in yellow cellophane,rolled in white sugar nd salt,

by: Jacqui

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:06:11 +0000

I forgot to add that these Mexican stores also sell the spicy variety, the same tamarind balls but rolled in some spicy powder. Chili, I presumed. I tried one once but my tongue just cannot take it. Could they be similar to the Thai Sampaloc?

by: Jacqui

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:38:44 +0000

In all my three pregnancies, I only craved for one thing - sampaloc, but to my chagrin, the Philippine-made tamarind sold in Asian stores here in the Bay Area were more sugary than sour. Eventually found my sampaloc-heaven at the Mexican stores that sell it at a quarter per ball (around the size of the ball we used to play with jack stones). And to borrow Dodie’s description, they are the ultimate “face-distorting” variety.

by: EC

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:11:02 +0000

Salivary glands activated!

by: goodtimer

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:06:08 +0000

what i really miss is the sampaloc sold in my old school canteen in high school, wrapped in orange cellophane paper, a strip of sweet sampaloc candy with webbing, with specks of coarse rock salt. i think i could eat about 10 of those in one sitting.