They say one's experiences define one's personality, one's outlook to the world. For me, travel is one such defining experience.
Neeti and my trip to China was one such defining experience for me. That experience made us try the "untried", and for me that definitely meant food....
One of the places that was more like a Mecca for me in the heart of Beijing was the Guo Shu Hao supermarket in Chaoyang District, from where we had picked up a colourful, succulent, rather strange looking fruit resembling a fat cacti - the Dragonfruit....
The mildly sweet flesh of the fruit, with crunchy seeds was rather appealing...
Later during our trip we headed to Zhangjiajie, in the heartland of the Middle Kingdom, Hunan province, we again enjoyed this unique fruit there....
Just when we thought our tryst with this exotic fruit had ended, Lady Luck smiled on us. We found this fruit available here, in Mumbai....
Our happiness knew no bounds.... we promptly bought it, even though it was a tad pricey. I was quite eager to relive the taste we had enjoyed in China, nearly a year back. The urge to enjoy the exotic taste again made the price literally insignificant.
So, finally this evening, we cut up the succulent and fresh Dragonfruit and enjoyed each bite! The melange of sweet-crunch took us back to the memorable trip we made....!
Xie xie!
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