Hawker: Coconuts & coconut water

Two of my favourite drinks, which you can buy at most hawker centres in Singapore, are Sugar Cane juice (freshly squeezed in front of you - with a slice of lemon!) and then Coconut Water. 

Again to avoid additives and all sorts of nasties, ditch cans and cartons and get the real thing. And there seem to be two kinds: 

The Green One: is a young coconut with no flesh inside, but it will have refreshing, coconut water for you to drink. If you just want a thirst-quencher, this is your guy. And it sells for around SG$2.50.

Green!

The Beige One: is known as Thai coconut. Not sure if it's actually from Thailand, but it's had the green shell hacked off, and I think it's an older fruit - because it has lots of flesh inside. It costs a bit more (maybe SG$3.50) but it is drinks and dessert all in one! (And coconut meat is very filling.) In fact I find the water from this nut considerably more flavoursome as well. FYI if you have a metal spoon handy, it will be much easier to use than trying to scrape out the coconut meat with the plastic one provided!

Beige!

Enjoy your slurping!