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Mr Taster
Nov 8, 2011 03:06 PM
Replying to my own thread, 3.5 years later.
DU, I never did check out the fruit place you recommended at Bolsa and Magnolia (forgot about it, actually, until rereading it just now) but I was in Little Saigon this past Saturday (where I finally scored the youtiao and house special soup at the real Trieu Chau-- absolutely delicious) and found some lien ou at the fancy fruit shop near the back entrance of the Asian Garden Mall. The shop also had fresh durian and those Asian guavas (the green skinned, grassy flavored ones) which have the distinct benefit of sending my wife into throngs of euphoria.
Just ate one today. They were delicious. I had forgotten how the texture is crisp and lightly sweet, a little sour, a little astringent, with a crisp yet oddly spongy meat. The closer you eat to the core, the more astringent and sour the fruit becomes.
Would love to know where to find these closer to home-- say, somewhere in the San Gabriel Valley.
Mr Taster
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So, going slightly OT, what are they like?
Are they so wonderful (like mangoes) or unique (like, um, durian) that they're worth seeking out at any price and distance, or are they more like, say cornelian cherries, (which made me think "hmm. These'd be OK, I guess, if you couldn't get any ACTUAL cherries, but once you could get THOSE, these would go by the wayside") or star-fruit ("OK;. Interesting LOOKING, but they don't really taste like much...")?
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re: silverlakebodhisattva
Das Ubergeek
Jan 30, 2010 09:18 PM
The latter. They're not like mangosteens, which drive mortal men to madness.
Good to see you back, RGS.
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Das Ubergeek
Apr 24, 2008 09:23 PM
Mr Taster, do you know about the Vietnamese fruit and flower shop at Bolsa and Magnolia? I couldn't tell you what the name of it is, but it's in the same plaza as the gigantic Viet Market, the Banh Mi Che Cali and the hot vit lon place, on the (I think) SW corner.
When they're in season -- which, I seem to recall, is Septemberish -- they have them there. They also sell dragonfruit, cherimoya, durian, breadfruit and mangosteen in their various seasons.
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re: Mr Taster
Das Ubergeek
Apr 25, 2008 05:56 PM
The ban was lifted last year. The imports are not as fragrant as what you find in fruit stands in southern Asia but they are still very tasty.
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How interesting, it is similar to a fruit we used to eat in Jamaica.
Everything you wanted to know about it, including the bearing seasons. I wonder if it could be grown in LA from a seed? Not sure exactly what they mean by extra-tropical, but if they grew it in Israel, maybe it would work here.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/mo...
Also, I wonder if they would ever have it in Indian markets in Artesia.
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