Dragon Fruit

To me, this is a "NEW" fruit as we never have any dragon fruit during our childhood. I still remember when I was first introduced to it about 10 years ago, i tasted the white Dragon fruit and I didn't quite like it as it doesn't taste sweet and it's a bit soft. I always ignore Dragon fruits in the supermarkets and really do not understand why people are buying it. I always think it's the trend and people just buy it and it's not cheap as well.

But recently, i saw the red dragon fruit and had the chance to eat it in a few occasions, and the color is so rich that really attracts you to try it. This time i quite like it, maybe because i like the color. It's just me. Now that it's so popular due to it's nutrients and goodness found in the fruit, more farmers are growing it and it's quite affordable.

The fruit is called PITAYA which is a fruit of cactus family. It is also known as dragon fruit, huǒ lóng guǒ (火龍果/火龙果 lit. "fire dragon fruit"), strawberry pear, nanettikafruit, or thanh long. It is best cultivated in dry tropical areas with moderate rain water.

It is believe that this fruit contain 10 times vitamin C than a vitamin C supplement and it's easily absorbed, helps purifying blood, anti cancer and also has antioxidant goodness. More detail benefits of Dragon fruit could be found here.

Ian and Iason do not seem to like the fruit. I will have to coax them to eat by telling them that if they eat it, they will be as powerful as a Dragon, ie, they can fly as fast and become as strong as the DRAGON. ;)