Exotic Fruits of Asia

This is Dragon Fruit. It is pretty wild looking! It took me about a month before I picked one up at the store to try at home. I just had no clue what it was. (I run into that a lot in Hong Kong) But, I gave this a try recently and was pleasantly surprised.  The outer skin is rubbery, sort of feels like a mango skin. You can slice through it easily.  Inside the fruit looks like a white kiwi. It has tons of little black seeds inside white pulp. The fruit is sweet, creamy and crunchy, not tart or sour like a kiwi, much more mild.  They cost about $1 US here. It would look pretty cool in a fruit salad-something different. You can probably find these in the US, just look in the fruit section.

From http://dragon-fruit.biz/

Pitaya Fruit, Pitahaya Fruit or commonly known as the Dragon fruit is among the most nutritious and wonderful exotic fruits. It is a favorite to many, particularly people of Asian origin. It features a mouth watering light sweet taste, an intense shape and color, not forgetting its outstanding flowers. In addition to being tasty and refreshing, this beautiful fruit boasts of a lot of water and other vital minerals with varied nutritional ingredients.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Native to Mexico and Central and South America, the vine-like epiphytic Hylocereus cacti are also cultivated in Asian countries such as Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. They are also found in Okinawa, Hawaii, Israel, northern Australia and southern China. Hylocereus blooms only at night; the large white fragrant flowers of the typical cactusflower shape are among those called "moonflower" or "Queen of the Night".