Vietnamese Fruits – 7 amazing fruits you should try
When visiting tropical country like Vietnam, one of the great pleasure is you will try and taste lots of amazing fruits. In Vietnam, you can find fruits everywhere, from street corners to bicycle vendors. And now, take a happy journey into the wonderful world of Vietnamese fruits.
1.Durian – Sau Rieng
Durian has incredible, creamy, sweet flavor (Source: Internet)
If you’ve never traveled to Southeast Asia, it’s possible that you are difficult to encounter fresh durian fruit. You may hear that durian is the stinky fruit with the smelling like hell. Because of the bad smelling, durian is unwelcome on public station. However, once you have tasted the stinky fruit, it is an experience you are not likely to forget. Durian season is from May to August of year. This special fruit has humongous size, interesting odor, and this unusual fruit a lot because nothing compares to its incredible, creamy, sweet flavor.
2. Dragon Fruit – Thanh Long
Dragon fruit has red skin with a slightly sour and a little sweet flavor (Source: Internet)
When you think of a “dragon” – it might be a brightly colored, fire-breathing creature with green scales. And dragon fruit has the same description kind of dragon. Of course, without fire-breathing. This special tropical fruit known for its vibrant red skin and sweet, seed-speckled pulp. It tastes succulent, with a slightly sour note, but a little sweet at the same time.
3. Mangosteen – Mang Cut
The Queen of Fruits is another name of mangosteen (Source: Internet)
Also referred to as the Queen of Fruits, mangosteen is an exotic, tropical fruit to offer a number of health benefits. Mangosteen has a perfectly round shape with dark purple peel and their green stem looks just like blooming flower petals. The flawless milky white meat fits snugly into the outside peel and is divided into 4 or 5 pieces. Mangosteen has an aroma smell and the sweetness will overwhelm your mouth after you take your first bite. A slightly sour flavor remains on the tip of the tongue even after you swallow it.
4. Longan – Dragon eyes – Long Nhan
Longan has unique aroma, pulpy texture and sweet taste (Source: Internet)
Longan also has the name Dragon eyes because when the fruit is fresh, the flesh of the peeled fruit is a translucent white color. The dark brown seed shows through the translucent flesh and looks like the pupil of an eye.
It is a famous tropical fruit with the unique aroma, pulpy texture and sweet taste. In Vietnam, longan is best grown in the summer season and can be consumed both raw or as dried fruits.
5. Lychee – Vai Thieu
Lychee is a tropical fruit with the arrival of summer (Source: Internet)
Lychee is summer tropical fruit with aromatic smell and sweet taste, which is packed full of healthy nutrients. May of the Lunar calendar is lychee season. This tropical fruit skin may not be beautiful but when you peel off the rough skin, you will be surprised by its flowery scent and sweet flesh. Then you can enjoy the white meat as you eat around the seeds. In Vietnam, there are many ways to make use of lychee including tea with fresh lychee, lychee cocktails, chicken cooked with lychee, or duck salad with lychee sauce and more.
6. Rambutan – Chom Chom
One of the most famous Vietnamese fruits is rambutan (Source: Internet)
If you have not seen the rambutan before, you might be a little fear because it has a pretty odd appearance. Rambutan has half red color, half bright red or half yellow and lots of green “feathers” around the outside. The pulp is sweet and sour, tender, and succulent, but also packed with vitamin C and other nutritional components good for your health. Do not ignore it when traveling to Vietnam.
7. Star apple/Milk Fruit – Vu Sua
Star apple taste is fragrantly sweet and milky white like breast milk (Source: Internet)
In Vietnamese, star apple is called “Vu Sua” means “milk from the breast” . Why? Because star apple taste is fragrantly sweet and milky white like breast milk. It’s easy to spot with its round, mostly purple skin. Some are green though, but this does not mean they are not ripe yet. Do softly squeeze it before enjoying the star apple to set free all the juicy goodness, and bring a wet tissue as your fingers are sure to be sticky after eating it
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