Vitamin Boost

No matter if you travel to Beijing or any other Chinese city you'll find a much bigger variety of fresh fruit and vegetables than most European people are used to. It's almost a paradise for people who love fresh fruit and there are lots of opportunities to try new things. People really interested in China's culinary variety might be interested in culinary China tours which introduce you to different types of food and often even include cooking lessons for the hands-on experience. In all cities it's easy to get something fresh and full of vitamins at every street corner but some vendors with their little stands might charge tourists above the regular price. You'll see that in the supermarkets fruit and vegetables are a little more expensive so if you get the chance have a look at one of the open markets which are a great place to see anyway. Especially fruit is a great, healthy and easy snack in between. Let's take for example the dragon fruit (火龙果, huolongguo) which you can also find in European supermarkets if you look for it. But the price here is definitely lower and you can get it almost anywhere. With its pink or red outer skin with something that looks like green yellowish flames it definitely deserves its name. The flesh of this fruit is white with lots of little seeds in it like a kiwi. It's hard to describe the taste of something but it's definitely refreshing and has a subtle sweet and sour flavor. To eat it you slice it and eat it like a melon just leaving the skin or you simply chop it in half and scoop out the insides. Another interesting fruit is the mangosteen (山竹, shanzhu). It's pretty small and sometimes a little sticky on the outside. It has a thick dark purple skin and a green part on top. The easiest way to eat it is to gently crush it until it breaks into two parts. The white fleshy insides are very juicy and taste a little similar to a peach. Anyone who likes lychees will probably also like longan (龙眼, longyan), literally meaning dragon eye, a small brown fruit usually sold on little branches. It's not as fleshy as the lychee but still similar in flavor and it also has a dark pit in the middle. The sweet, crimson Waxberry (杨梅, yangmei) with its bumpy surface is also worth a try. It tastes like a mix between raspberry and strawberry and you can it eat whole. Just spit out the seed that's in the middle. Vegetables are harder to try out unless you have the opportunity to cook and someone who can give you some advise how to do so. In many Beijing hotels you'll have a good selection of original Chinese food. There you'll definitely get the chance to try some delicious and traditionally prepared vegetable dishes. from China Travel Blog http://blog.chinatraveldepot.com

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