Dien Grapefruit was once a fruit used to offer to the King in the past, and through many years of ups and downs, it still retained the famous reputation. Tourists coming on Hanoi street food at the end of the year are the time when Dien grapefruit is harvested.
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Something about Dien grapefruit
Buoi Dien is the name of a type of pomelos grown in the land of Phu Dien, Hoai Duc, Tu Liem, Hanoi. This is the area where the villages have traditionally grown pomelos for years. A Dien grapefruit has a different flavour than normal pomelos, so the price is also much higher. Therefore, there are many places selling fake Dien grapefruit. Therefore, to enjoy the original grapefruit, most buyers find their way to the garden.
In Hanoi specialities, Dien grapefruit is often mentioned. However, this is a hard-to-buy fruit. The reason is that Dien grapefruit is only harvested twice a year, once in August, once at the end of the lunar year. However, the type of grapefruit Dien harvested in August is not as good as the kind of harvest at the end of the year. Therefore, tourists must come to the end of the year to get the best pomelos to taste.
In addition, because of the value of this Hanoi traditional food, often traders and buyers everywhere pour out to order Dien grapefruit early so sometimes it can be said, it is so lucky to enjoy good fruit. There are many tourists coming to Phu Dien since the pomelo flower newly blossomed. So just enjoy the characteristic aroma of grapefruit flower has just ordered grapefruit soon.
The flowers of Dien grapefruit have a richer aroma than many other pomelos, each season of flowers blooms, and there are fragrant smells all over the garden. The leaves of Dien grapefruit are smaller than regular grapefruit leaves, where the planting must be fertile because Dien grapefruit is quite difficult to grow. Dien grapefruit flowers often bloom in February, and fruit often ripe at the Lunar New Year. Each mature tree (5 years old or more) only gives about 80 fruits.
For Hanoi people, in the tray of five fruits on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, Dien grapefruit usually appears. But now Dien grapefruit is almost out of order every Tet, so not all families have Dien grapefruit to display on the five-fruits tray. The price of grapefruit Dien bought at the garden is also high compared to other pomelos. The lowest price is 60,000 VND or more. And an interesting point of Dien grapefruit is that the smaller grapefruit is, the delicious the taste is.
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The taste of Dien grapefruit
Characteristics of grapefruit Dien is when ripening the shell will turn yellow, the shell is round, not rough and firm. When grapefruit is properly preserved, it can be kept for the whole year, the taste is better and better. Connoisseurs who eat Dien grapefruit often apply lime to pomelos stalks, put them in a dry place, then 1-2 weeks after that, they will turn pomelos over.
People do so that to help pomelos sweeten more. After for a long time, Dien grapefruit shell will be dry but the inner part is still sweet, juicy and have aroma hard to resist. The taste of the grapefruit Dien is sweet, very cool, when visitor on Hanoi local food tours try the pomelo, the sweet and aromatic flavour remains forever so the more you eat, the tastier you enjoy.
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