{"id":20219,"date":"2024-07-05T07:53:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T11:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20219"},"modified":"2024-07-05T07:53:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T11:53:28","slug":"longin-for-longan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20219","title":{"rendered":"Longin’ for Longan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Longans are similar to lychees but a little less juicy and a little less florally-sweet but no less delicious; they\u2019re both members of the soapberry family (along with rambutans) and both very much in season currently. (Nope, no currant puns; one per post is my limit.)<\/p>\n

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Its name comes from the Chinese \u9f8d\u773c (l\u00f3ng y\u0103n), literally \u201cdragon eye\u201d: if you hold a peeled longan up to the light, you can see the dark seed through its translucent flesh, hence the name. Here\u2019s looking at you, kid. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Since it\u2019s the height of Asian fruit season in Chinatown, I\u2019ll publish one more chapter here in my Chinatown fruit report but I urge you to head out and support your local Chinatown for a first-hand experience.<\/p>\n

Of course, if you\u2019d prefer a guided tour (ahem!), please check out my Not Your Ordinary Chinatown Tour.<\/a> Hope to see you soon!
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