Addicted to Fruit

Nowhere have I eaten so much exotic fruit as in Southeast Asia. On my long journey through that part of the world, it became a ritual for me, upon arriving in a new place, to first seek out a street stall or market where the regional fruit was sold. Many of these fruits I ate for the very first time in my life, such as salak fruit, mangosteen, rambutan, jackfruit, dragon fruit, or longan. When I was traveling through Vietnam, the yellow mangoes were just in season. Every morning I would slice them into my oatmeal and start my days with an extraordinary aroma on my palate.

Nha Trang (Vietnam), January 2014