Lychee are in season right now!! They have them at my Vietnamese grocery. So yummy LOL. I love them. Where do they come from and what is their history. Are they and longan fruit similar?
2006-07-31 16:24:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
The longans we get here in Portland are small and yellow in colour. They don't taste herbal :) When they come fresh, they keep them chilled on ice in a big bucket. Otherwise they keep them frozen in the cooler. Next to the fish.. lol... so they have a fishy stink to them.
2006-07-31 17:20:19 · update #1
The longans we get here in Portland are small and yellow in colour. They don't taste herbal :) When they come fresh, they keep them chilled on ice in a big bucket. Otherwise they keep them frozen in the cooler. Next to the fish.. lol... so they have a fishy stink to them.
2006-07-31 17:20:29 · update #2
Lychees all the way!! We do have them in the West Indies, but it's a whimsical and moody tree which doesn't bear fruit every year!
That's why they are so dam* good!
2006-08-01 06:49:26 · answer #1 · answered by fabee 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I like longans better normally, but only if they're the ones from Thailand. The Japanese ones are really small have a much more herbal type flavor. Unfortunately, the Thai longans are hard to come by, so I rather eat fresh lychee over Japanese longans any day.
History wise, they're both east asian fruit. The words lychee and longan come from Chinese. Lychee just means that, no special meaning, however, longan means "dragon eye" due to the appearance.
2006-07-31 16:29:46 · answer #2 · answered by crazy_sherm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-14 17:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lychees are generally sweeter and juicier. I personally like lychees better. Longan skin is yellow. That's normal.
2006-07-31 18:59:52 · answer #4 · answered by Chicagoan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love lychee both canned and fresh. The fresh ones rocks. In Chinese buffets, non-Asians look at me strange when I get some canned ones in syrup from the fruit section. They look at that stuff as gross things. They are like what is that.
2006-08-01 09:35:16 · answer #5 · answered by monkey girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are similar, but I think that lychee are better - a little bigger, more flesh to the fruit!
2006-07-31 16:32:19 · answer #6 · answered by mike i 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lychee grows at cold temperatures but not particularly... as far as i know, lychee is the local fruit of northern INDIA in summer seasons.......... but I don't know whether they grow some where else... i was thinking till now, that lychee is our country's (INDIA's) local fruit...
2006-08-01 00:55:21 · answer #7 · answered by MADDY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i personal like lychee better
2006-07-31 19:43:18 · answer #8 · answered by aznflippgurl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omgg, longans are the bestest fruit everrr!!!
take care! :)
2006-07-31 16:57:47 · answer #9 · answered by Sci-Buff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋