My Tho is known for its huge district of exotic fruits and offers many
best kinds of fruits in the Mekong Delta. Let’s once come to My Tho fruit
market and you will realize...
The MeKong River Delta is
the richest and most fertile area in Vietnam; the river itself has its source as far north as Tibet and
passes through more countries in Asia than any other river. The name signifies
the river “of nine dragons”, the atmosphere is languid and the heat is tough;
the mangroves rule the swamps; and the canals’ dark waters have tales to tell.
My Tho is always the first
stop on tourists’ bus tour, and you are going to get a lesson on exotic fruit;
even if you are not passionate on the subject, the mere color and shape of some
of these delicacies will change your mind.
It appears that the durian has
earned its place as the "King of Fruits" among the peers. The fruit
is distinctive for its large size, unique odour, and formidable thorn-covered
husk. It is huge, green on the outside, and smells like Camembert cheese on the
inside. The fruit can grow up to 30 centimetres long and
15 centimetres in diameter, and typically weighs one to
three kilograms. Its shape ranges from oblong to round, the colour of its
husk green to brown, and its flesh pale-yellow to reddepending
on the species. The edible flesh emits a distinctive odour, strong and
penetrating even when the husk is intact. Regarded by some as fragrant, others
as overpowering and offensive, the smell evokes reactions from deep
appreciation to intense disgust. Hold your nose and take a bite! It is much
more delicious than its odour!
You are also enjoying another
kind of fruit - rambutan. The rambutan is very similar to
lychee and tastes like a sweet, chewy apple. The rambutan is a
medium-sized tropical tree in the family Sapindaceae, and the fruit of this
tree. It is probably native to Southeast Asia, although its precise natural
distribution is unknown. It is closely related to several other edible tropical
fruits including the Lychee, Longan and Mamoncillo.
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| Rambutan |
Longan is a wonderful and
delicious tonic fruit to build energy, to nurture the heart, and to add luster and
beauty to the skin. It is believed that Longan is not only great for the skin,
but is also a fantastic sex tonic. For
that reason, Longan is considered as a special tonic for women who
wish to be both beautiful and sexual. It has a 2000 year reputation as a
special love tonic. Longan is equally beneficial to men. It is believed to have
a calming effect and to add radiance to the eyes. Longman is Vietnam’s most
profitable, farmers in the Delta have already sacrificed coconut farming for
this fruit. Well, it is a mad fruit!
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| Longan |
Mango consists
of numerous species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family
Anacardiaceae. Mango is one of the most extensively exploited fruits for food,
juice, flavor, fragrance and color, making it a common ingredient in new
functional foods often called superfruits. Mango fruits are oval and egg shaped
with smooth, soft skin. The skin is usually a combination of green, red,
and yellow. The interior flesh is bright orange and soft with a large, flat
pit in the middle. The ripe fruit is variable in size and color, and may be
yellow, orange, red or green when ripe, depending on the cultivar. When ripe,
the unpeeled fruit gives off a distinctive resinous sweet smell. In its center
is a single flat oblong seed that can be fibrous or hairy on the surface,
depending on the cultivar.
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| Mango |
The most attractive one is the dragon fruit(Thanh
Long in Vietnamese), because it looked like a flower about to bloom.
It has interesting black seeds inside and a white flesh, so that when it is
cut, the red rind gives it a really lovely frame. Dragon fruit is cactus
family, origin in Central America desert area. Thanh Long is planted in
Vietnam, especially in the Southern areas, since the beginning of century 20;
and since the beginning of 1990 it becomes a product. Vietnam is a country that
exports dragon fruit with a large trade scale. Dragon fruit is a fruit that has
high nutrition value, a lot of water and mineral substance; makes liver well
and laxative. Dragon fruit is good for people who get high blood pressure and
obese. Beside that, dragon fruit can limit development of diabetes, thus dragon
fruit is a kind of fruit that many people like best.
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| dragon fruit(Thanh Long in Vietnamese) |
Pineapple is the common name for an edible tropical
plant. This herbaceous perennial plant grows to 1–1.5m tall with 30 or more
trough-shaped and pointed leaves 30–100 cm long, surrounding a thick stem. The
pineapple is an example of a multiple fruit: multiple, spirally-arranged
flowers along the axis each produce a fleshy fruit that becomes pressed against
the fruits of adjacent flowers, forming what appears to be a single fleshy
fruit. Pineapple is commonly used in desserts and other types of fruit dishes,
or on its own. Pineapples are the only bromeliad fruit in widespread
cultivation. It is one of the most commercially important plants which carry
out photosynthesis.
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| Pineapple |
The star apple or “vũ
sữa” is very sweet and creamy. You will also see guava, banana,
custard-apple, water-melon, strawberry and lots of others.
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| Vú Sữa |
You are strongly recommended
to pay a visit to the My Tho fruit market and you will join in with the
asmosphere of the local people and enjoy the delicious fruits.
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