After an early breakfast in the hotel on our second day in Ho Chi Minh city, a few members and I strolled to a nearby street market. It was noisy and chaotic as there were many customers who were bargaining with stallholders over the prices of produce.
Several ladies wanted to buy fruits back to Singapore after seeing the wide variety of Vietnamese fruits.
a street market in Ho Chi Minh city
custard apples
raw tamarind fruits
Breast Milk Fruit (Vu Sua)
*Are you giggling?*
I had my first taste of this breast milk fruit at a tropical fruit farm. I didn't know what its name was until I returned to Singapore and googled for information. The succulent and soft flesh tastes like sweet milk.
One of my Vietnamese students described how he eats the fruit. Make a hole in the fruit, place his mouth over the hole and suck the soft flesh out. Yup, I understand why it is called the breast milk fruit now.
Are you still giggling? :D
All the beautiful and different fruits. I would love to try these.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Catherine
If you have a chance to travel to Vietnam, you must try every one of their fruits.
Deletebreast milk? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........
ReplyDeleteYou cannot remember what it tastes like, right? Try this fruit, tastes like milk.
DeleteInteresting to know about this new fruit, hope to taste it some day. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy WW!
If you travel to Vietnam, you have to try it. Happy WW!
DeleteOhh! what lovely displays :-)
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of breast milk fruit before and yes I'm lol-ing :)
ReplyDeleteSee the colourful fruits makes me happy, hehe...
ReplyDeleteBreast milk fruit? Never heard of it before....
ReplyDeleteGiggling non stop! Hahaha
ReplyDeleteI want to try the breast milk fruit!! :)
ReplyDeleteHelloooooooooooo ECL, good morning and wakey wakey LOL! :)
ReplyDeleteHey.. my MIL just got back from HCM! Wonder what sort of shopping she did on her trip. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think I wanna eat the breast milk fruit LOL! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy WW and hope u are having a great week! :)
ReplyDeleteHow could we not giggle?
ReplyDeleteone glance the breast milk fruit looks like guava. but with smoother skin. sweet as milk?
ReplyDeleteI definitely learned something new about exotic fruit.
ReplyDeleteThat is pretty funny I admit. But I'd try it -- I love to try new and different tropical fruits. There's a lady near here who grows and sells some (Florida climate is conducive to many of these) but I haven't seen the breast milk one. (And I don't think I'll ask ;>)!)
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