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Ok, so
This one I'm kind of excited about
I'm such a geek
Ok, I've got um three Dragon fruits today
The white variety, which is easily found in New York, where I'm from
The red variety, which is...
not impossible to find, but pretty damn hard to find in New York. Very easy to find in Malaysia, though
Most fruit markets will actually sell the red one before the white one
So, it's easier to find the red one then the white one here,
just because these are more popular, they're little more flavorful
And... this one
This tiny little one is a Yellow Dragon fruit,
which are extremely rare, for a couple of reasons
They're, as you see, smaller
They can get a little bit bigger, maybe they can get to the size of like a white one
But, uh...
They're usually a little bit smaller
They also have little, these have been trimmed off, a little thorns off the sides
You'll maybe see a little dark area, that's where a thorn was sticking out
These they just have, these little flaps here, there's no danger right there
These actually can hurt you
So, they take a little more time to prepare, for a little less fruit
But, the flavour is supposed to be better
Uh...
So, I'm going to compare the the three of these
So first, it's time to cut them open
Ok
So, as you see
The inside of the white one is it's actually fairly firm, very small seeds
The red one, looks very similar to the white one just...
you know?, obviously it's red
They also tend to be a little more round and these tend to be a little more oblong
This one though, if you look in the center there you can see that the the seeds are bigger
Like, uh..
You can actually like see the seed there
It's like it's bigger... bigger seeds
And it's also a little more like, uh...
jelly like? I want to say
Like a little more like translucent
But this one is just like really white on the inside and more firm
So, let's uh...
Let's do a taste test?
Ok, I close the curtains, hopefully my lighting is a little bit better now
So I'm going to, first try the the white one
I reviewed this before, it's nothing new, I eat these a lot
I like them, they're refreshing
But they don't have a whole lot of flavor
You know?. Not a whole lot to talk about
I mean, if you want to know more about what these tastes like,
you look at my other review
They're just kind of, uh...
maybe like a little bit like a kiwi
but pretty much flavorless
When I eat these I usually put like a little bit of lemon on them
Just to give it a litttle more flavor
Not like... not much to talk about
They're like slightly sweet,
slightly sour
But, that's about it
The red ones, usually have a little more flavor to them
Yeah, they're sweeter
Probably just as sour
The white ones and the red ones they're not very sour,
just like a little... little tartness to it
But more flavor
It tastes almost like a little bit like a berry sort of taste to it
Have you had, Cactus Pears like Tuna?
They taste a little bit like that
But, uh...
The seeds are easier to digest
Yellow Dragon fruit
This is...
different
I don't know if you saw it before. But as you can see, like the...
It actually separates a little bit
It's kinda like pulpy
Unlike these which seem to be just like a solid mass
The pulp in it this one is more closely together, it doesn't separate well
This one does a little bit more?
I guess the pulp is just like slightly larger
Yeah
So different, you know?
The yellow dragon fruit has, uh...
It's much sweeter, you know?
It's,yeah... a lot more sweet than either the red or the white
And has more flavor to it
The flavor is different
You know?
It's it's kind of weird, but
It tastes kind of like Lychee to me
Just this is like as...
not like exactly Lychee flavor
But, it's got like a similar kind of like sweetness
It's probably just as sweet as a Lychee is
It just kind of has like... that kind of like real like sugary...
mellow taste
the way a lychee does
So, I think, uh...
Yeah, it reminds me of that, you know?
The other ones don't
You know?, the uh...
The red and the white one don't remind me of a Lychee
It tastes kind of like if you combined...
the Red Dragon fruit...
with a Lychee
That's, maybe like a bizarre way to describe it
But, uh...
That's what I'm thinking
Yeah, it doesn't really have like the slight berry sort of flavor that the the red one does
And doesn't really taste so much like a, uh...
like a Cactus Pear, or Prickly Pear
No, I wouldn't say so
But, very interesting
I'd say like out of these three fruits,
I would certainly choose...
The yellow one, above all
I don't get why these are not more available
I think that, if they were more easily available, at least here in Malaysia, you know?
Where people know what a Dragon Fruit is
And they like dragon fruit, just like this these are very common
The red and the white ones are very common
But, this one isn't
I think that, uh...
as like a specialty item
maybe if you charge a little bit more for it
people would love it
I mean, you get a little less for your money
Uh...
And the... you know?
You get the thorn so it takes a little more work, it's a little more dangerous
But, it's so much better, I mean It's...
It's like night and day between this and the other two
So, yeah. This is, uh... been kind of cool for me
like a very rare opportunity to have the red, the white and the yellow all together
This one, by the way, I got at the Tropical Fruit Farm in Penang
They have a little market stand and I bought this and took it home
So, It's like a rare thing. I got from a conservatory
But, uh...
From people I've spoken to about it,
they do occasionally sell them, you just got a hunt for them
These grow in Southeast Asia and South America
They're out there, they're just rare
So, if you get the opportunity, take a look around you might be able to find it in those sorts places
But, uh...
Otherwise, I hope you enjoyed watching me eat it
Cause, it was fun for me
I hope it's fun for you
Thanks for watching and bye bye
Oh, and I just, uh...
Just realized something as looking in the mirror, getting ready to go on stage and do a show
My lips are kind of, looks like a little bit, like I have like lipstick on
And, uh...
My tongue is a bright red from eating this bugger right here
So, uh... yeah
My audience is going to be probably a little curious about what I've been up to
So, this should be interesting
Just a reminder,
that if you're eating Red Dragon fruit, be careful
Because, this stuff can stain clothes
And it also can turn your pee and your poop...
red
So, uh...
If you eat a lot of red dragon fruit and then you go to the bathroom, you might think you're dying
You might not be, it might just be the dye
So, uh...
Watch out for that
But, thanks so much for watching
Take care, bye
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