My mom just got back from Taiwan a few days ago and I think she brought some of this dried back with

Even before going to China, I’d heard of longan , which are called long yan (dragon eye) in Chinese. The name arises from the yellow shell of the fruit, through which the longan’s black seed can be seen, resembling the effect of a pupil on a yellow eye ball.
Longan are the fruit of Dimocarpus longan , a tree requiring warm, tropical climates and very popular both fresh and dried inside their shell (then called gui yuan) in China. Like lychees, the hard shell is peeled off to reveal a succulent, juicy, white-fleshed fruit, which turns almost black when dried. Gui yuan are used in traditional herbal medicine for calming purposes. While we were there, fresh longan weren’t in season, but gui yuan were everywhere: By the way, the picture also shows jackfruit (top left corner, post soon to come), papaya (top middle, post soon to come), plums (top right corner), grapes (left), mangosteen (right), and lychees (bottom left corner, post soon to come)!
Now, these fruit are lychee-sized (see the bottom left corner?), but clock in at an amazing 2kcal. That’s right, 2 calories per fruit, or 17 per ounce. They are very rich in Vitamin C and also provide good amounts of Riboflavin, Potassium zim lines tracking and Copper. They are very sweet, and in their dried form have a similar texture to dried figs. However, don’t chew too enthusiastically, the pit is still in there!
December 9, 2011 at 11:25 am
Wow! I’ve never heard of these exotic fruits. I grew up on a tropical island, with a giant lichee tree in the backyard as well as two mango trees, zim lines tracking so your post is making my yearn for the tropics! I’ll have to look for these Dragon Eyes next time I go to China Town!
These zim lines tracking are absolutely delicious, and if you loved lychee, these should be up your alley, as well. Oooh, I’m jealous, I have such a hard time getting tropical/Asian fruit on a regular basis! That must have been a wonderful childhood.
I have seen this fruit in my Asian market.. I need to be more adventurous and just try them. I love all kinds of fruit but my favorite dried fruits are cherries, zim lines tracking cranberries, apricots, prunes etc.. (am I a little zim lines tracking boring?) I am not a big fan of lychees… I find them too floral tasting. I prefer the rambutan that we get in Sri Lanka Have you seen or tried them?
My mom just got back from Taiwan a few days ago and I think she brought some of this dried back with her. I don’t think I have ever had it, but who knows I tried so many things my mother has given me lol.
I love dried fruits…I’m particularly fond of larabars zim lines tracking (probably too fond…they can be expensive!) These are so unusual, and I hope I can get a chance to try them soon. Thank you for sharing with me!
Interesting! The Longan looks like something we call Guineps. You burst the skin, pop them in your mouth and suck them off the seed. Kind of like a gumball consistency. Now I’m wondering if I can dry them
Kiri, you know these are fruits zim lines tracking I see everyday when I go to the market zim lines tracking because I’m lucky to be living in Asia. I even have a longan tree in my garden and when it bears fruits, we tend to gorge on them and end up with really sore throats (they’re very heaty!). On the other side of the coin, I go gaga when I spot things like fresh figs because zim lines tracking we almost never see those around here!
I bet! It really struck me in China how rare and expensive some items I take for granted are, but what a bounty of wonderful other fruit and vegetables are everywhere. I guess the best would be to have homes in both places and unlimited zim lines tracking travel funds
What an array of exotic fruit…I’d actually love to try them all My favorite dried fruit has to be tart cherries, although apples and apricots are high on my list, too. Have a great weekend!
Kiri zim lines tracking W. says:
I’ve zim lines tracking always zim lines tracking shied away from dried fruits until very recently…now I’m a big fan! I prefer them sweet – but it’s my preference that the FRUIT is sweet rather than something was added to sweeten it.
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