Look at this exotic dragon fruit! With a unique shape and sweet taste.
I am always excited when shopping at a fruit and vegetable store. I always hope that I can find small surprises from types of vegetables or fruits that I don't find every day.
Sometimes the sellers who are used to seeing me at the market will offer me certain types of fruits and vegetables that they think are worth buying. Usually I will be happy to buy types of vegetables or fruits that feel like a treasure to me that are valuable and hard to find on normal days.
Like this time I was very happy when a waiter at a fruit shop offered me a fruit that I had never found anywhere else. Well, the last time I wanted to eat this type of fruit was when I was little and that was decades ago.
This type of fruit is white dragon fruit. The flesh of this dragon fruit is white. While the outer skin of the dragon fruit is yellow. This fruit is imported from Taiwan and I was very happy when I found this fruit again.
For 1 kg of white dragon fruit, it is priced at around $5.3. Indeed, if in rupiah exchange rates it is very expensive for comparison with local fruits. Because white dragon fruit is a fruit imported from Taiwan.
The story is different with red dragon fruit, red dragon fruit can always be found in local markets.
This is because red dragon fruit can be cultivated in my area. That is the reason why the price of red dragon fruit is also relatively cheaper than white dragon fruit.
Well, the dragon fruit tree is indeed in the same family as the cactus tree. The texture of the dragon fruit is also soft, just like cactus fruit in general. With a sweet taste.
I will show you the inside of the red dragon fruit and white dragon fruit. Basically, both red dragon fruit and white dragon fruit have black seeds, of course the black seeds can be eaten. So the texture of the dragon fruit flesh feels seeded, but it does not interfere with the overall texture of the fruit flesh when eaten.
Anyway, let's the dragon fruit type for taste. Which is more delicious? Fo me, the answer depends on the taste preferences of each person. Well, some people like very sweet fruit. Also, there are also people who like fruit that is not too sweet.
I will choose white dragon fruit because the taste not really sweet like red dragon fruit. That's why I'm very happy to find white dragon fruit again.
Anyway, red dragon fruit also looks annoying, especially when we try to cut the dragon fruit into two parts, our hands will be as red as blood and the red stains are quite difficult to clean and will leave red spots on the items we use.
So if I could choose, I would choose white dragon fruit. But if the stock of white dragon fruit is not possible in my country, then I will always love red dragon fruit. Have you ever eaten dragon fruit? Or maybe you've eaten cactus fruit? I think the taste of them will be the same because they are still in the same family.
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Anggrek Lestari
Anggrek Lestari is an Indonesian fiction writer who has published two major books. Now She is a full-time content creator. She has a goal to share life, poem, and food content that makes others happy and can get inspiration.
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