Buddha Head Fruit

So much to blog about this week, so little time left in the weekend.  So I think I will use what time I have to talk about a new discovery for me- the Buddha head fruit, also known as a custard apple, also known as a sweet sop, also known as a sugar apple- and pictured here.  

The Buddha head fruit was introduced by a colleague earlier in the week, when she brought in this bizarre shaped fruit, ripped off the top, and told us to help ourselves to the fruit.  You basically grab a chunk of the fruit and eat around the long black seed that lies within each chunk.  It tastes like a sweet custard, especially when it has been refrigerated- which I guess is how you are supposed to eat it.   Anyway, I liked the fruit so much, that I purchased my own at a night fruit market and had it for breakfast this week.  This fruit is really filling. I have yet to finish anywhere close to a whole one yet.  I can eat the top part and then I am stuffed- most likely because the BHF is really high in calories.

Then, this weekend, we traveled to the Taitong area- which I guess is known for their production of Buddha head fruit.  We rented a scooter- more on that in a future blog- and as we scooted around, we found Buddha head fruit stands everywhere.  There were even statues and billboards dedicated to the glorious BHF and so here is Myron on a scooter next to a giant replica of the Buddha head fruit with a Buddha head fruit billboard thrown in as well in the background, for good measure.