My friend brought me one local special product. It looks like an Artichoke, but actually it is a dragon fruit flower.
Picture shown here is a dragon fruit's flower (before it turns into the dragon fruit). (" Pitahaya " or "Dragon fruit" always refers to fruit of the genus Hylocereus. - Ref. Wikipedia) The flower bud is quite sweet. It is a good ingredient for salad, soups or stir fry.
In Taiwan summer time, Dragon fruit is right in the season, delicious and refreshing. But quite oppositely, flower bud is rare to see in the summer.
The color mix of the dragon fruit flower is beautiful, and its V-shaped symmetrical lines represent a good piece of art.
朋友帶來當地的特產！它看起來像朝鮮薊，但其實是火龍果花。 畫面的火龍果花，是它變成了火龍果前的樣子。很甜美，可以做沙拉，湯或清炒。 在台灣，夏季經常看到火龍果，非常美味爽口，但花蕾卻是罕見的。 火龍果花的顏色組合很美，而且那些美麗的對稱線條是一件很棒的藝術品。
