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| Mangosteen |
She led me around the dessert buffet, past white china platters of small chocolate, mango, and multicolored confections to fresh fruit arranged by type in neat rows. Bananas, oranges, red apples, green apples. It wasn't exactly what I had in mind when I said I was considering dessert, glancing back at a black forest cake on a pedestal.
"Yes, this one," she said, pointing to a bowl with red spheres covered in green spikes. "You must try zeez one."
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| Mangosteen cut up, showing white edible part and red shell She paused, scanning the fruit. "Ah yes, zere it eez. Zeez one too," and she pointed to a smooth purplish-black sphere, capped with a stiff leaf and thick stem. |
"Ugh, Imane. Are you kidding me? That looks like a red sea urchin. And this one... I don't know. It looks like it might be rotting. I don't know."
"You are a vegetarian, you weel love it. Take it and eat," she responded.
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| Rambutan |
The mangosteen has a red squishy shell that you cut through with a knife. Inside are small white sections: this is the part you eat. It is sweet and juicy and complex - the closest thing I can compare it to is a mango. I think a rambutan looks like an eyeball after you peel off the spiky skin. It is also white inside and you eat around a small seed. It's not juicy or as flavorful as the mangosteen but it is sweet. My teammates said it's like a lychee but I've only ever tasted the nasty ones we get in a can in the U.S., which I think are gross. Apparently, canned lychee are no comparison to fresh ones. Great fun to taste some new foods! #ibmcsc uae
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| Rambutan, peeled (you eat the white part) |
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| Rambutan with bite gone! See the brown seed? |
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