I adore fruit. It's just so amazing that nature can gift us with such amazing little packets of deliciousness! Here in Hong Kong we are so lucky that we can try fruits from all over the world. So whenever we see new and exotic fruits, we like to try them out.
This is our latest fruity discovery, the Spanish persimmon, known by the trademarked name 'Persimon® ' (one 'm'), or 'Ribera del Xuquer' or as 'Rojo Brillante', a fruit so delicately and refreshingly sweet that it brings to mind what I imagine the nectar of the gods would taste like. The persimmon is after all the fruit of the Diospyros tree and tellingly, 'Diospyros' is a ancient Greek word that means 'divine fruit'.
The unique delicate flavor of this Spanish persimmon simply blew us out of the water! Though pricier than the regular persimmon we took a chance and now would gladly pay the extra. Having actually discovered it last year, we have been waiting eagerly all year for the Spanish persimmon season to start again! (Which is now, oct-jan, so keep an eye out at the markets!).
