What is this?
What do you call this fruit? They look like tiny oranges and are a little bit bigger than calamansi. No need to peel or slice these little things. Just pop one into your mouth or bite right into it. It is citrusy sweet and very refreshing! I was told it also soothes a sore throat. Now if only I know what it’s called. Perhaps you do?
February 26th, 2007 at 11:52 am
ay onga ano yan…this would be perfect for me..i like oranges, but i hate peeling them!!!
February 26th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
di kaya kumquat yan? looks like it.
February 26th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Baka kiat kiat?
Hmmm…. di ko rin sure what that is…
February 26th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
dwendeng pongkan?
February 26th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
hmm…they kinda look like clementines…
February 26th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
hindi ba kiat kiat yan?
February 26th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Aren’t they mandarin oranges?
February 26th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
clementines nga ata. wala siyang subdivisions? para siyang malaking longgan no? hehe!
February 26th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Kiat kiat. My baby loves it. Love love loves it!
February 26th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
mini semi-orange!!!
February 26th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
i’ve never seen that before. is it chinese? how’s the balat — like asian pears or like apples? is it available year round? looks so yummy, eh.
February 26th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
They certainly look like kumquats.
February 26th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
kumquats… i see a lot of those here in KL. They’re really good, but can be very expensive.
February 27th, 2007 at 7:28 am
actually there’s some kinds of kumquat na maasim, so alternative namin dito sa australia as kalamansi.
–miss b
February 27th, 2007 at 9:56 am
Aaah. So that’s what a kumquat looks like. I’ve been hearing all about that in Nickelodeon’s All That, in the crazy taxi driver scene. Haha, wait, you can eat the skin?
February 28th, 2007 at 12:31 am
I love kumquat esp. if I find a sweet batch. It’s so convenient to eat and my son likes it too.
February 28th, 2007 at 2:40 am
I have never eaten real kumquats but I’m curious though. Wala ata dito yan eh. I did have kumquat boba before because I was curious about the taste.
March 1st, 2007 at 12:28 pm
well…madami sa divi yan hehehe
sa supermarket meron din…
they callet it kiatkiat….
March 5th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Hey Toni, kumquat boba is just boba (bubble tea) with kumquat flavor. It was actually pretty good parang citrusy sya.
March 8th, 2007 at 11:58 am
hello! kiat kiat ang tawag namin dito. =) Matamis at masarap. =)
March 18th, 2007 at 12:04 am
they’re not kumquats! i just got back from San Francisco and bought two kilos of kumquats from the organic market. kumquats are like kalamansi with subdivisions inside and big seeds. the rind is just like kalamansi except that it’s orange. also, they’re so sour like kalamansi. so i’d go with two of the commenters that said they’re kiat kiat. of course, i’ve never seen nor eaten kiat kiat. but those are definitely NOT kumquats.
April 1st, 2007 at 1:44 am
Your final link, goes to a description of a kumquat, but you said it’s a kiat-kiat.?? Anyway, that is actually kumquat, a kiat-kiat is like a miniature ponkan, you can’t eat the rind. Kumquat is eaten, whole. kumquat is great to use for desserts.