Yesterday we went to Chinatown. There were sidewalk salespeople selling a fruit I had never seen before - a fruit they called “dragon fruit.”

I wondered if the name of this fruit was what the fruit was actually called or if this was some kind of marketing gimmick. I looked it up online and found that sure enough, wikipedia has an entry for a fruit referred to as the “pitaya” but that also goes under the name “dragon fruit.”

Looking at the outer appearance, I thought it would be hard to get past the peel to the fruit - but the outer layer peels off very easily - more easily than an orange.  The inner fruit is white with black seeds.  The texture, consistency and perhaps even the taste are very comparable to the kiwi fruit - though it isn’t as sweet as the kiwi.  It tastes good.