Sunday, July 6, 2008

The Fruit Haul



The last thing we did yesterday before returning to our hotel to freshen up for dinner was to secure me some fruit to keep in my room--fruit being the staple of my gastronomic existence. Having been smitten with the red, prickly-cactus-looking fruit we had for dessert after our welcome feast, I naturally wanted a stash of those, but have no better idea what they're called than I do the other goodies I squirreled away into my tropical-fruit larder. Bonus points to whomever can identify the alien-fetus-looking fruit, the inside of which is a whitish flesh speckled throughout with small black seeds the size of something between a poppy and a sesame seed. (Pic to follow of the inside; for now, here's the outside).

4 comments:

Nancy said...

Dragon fruit, do I win?

Anonymous said...

Actually, this is called GREEN dragon otherwise known as Thanh Long. YUM!!

Anonymous said...

No, Nance...close...but this is GREEN gragon, otherwise known as Thanh Long. I want to TRY some!

Anonymous said...

Green dragon... fruit lizard...

Doesnt matter, In the south its called "Ugly Alien root"



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