i have been looking at this fruit for months now and just recently a FM vendor posted a banner showing the inside of the fruit. upon seeing this, i realized this is the pitaya i ate in cancun in july. silly me. the restauranteur in cancun even showed me what the outside of the fruit looked like…i simply forgot. this is the red pitaya and there is a white pitaya (pics to follow). it has the consistency of a citrus fruit mixed with a kiwi. the seeds are kiwi-like. the fruit has a mild sweet flavor. this stuff sells for $8/lb. we just found the white pitaya in chinatown for $4/lb. bring on the dragonfruit!

finally! here’s the white: