When I was in Taiwan staying at my grandfather's house, we would go and walk around the town visiting the markets and buying fresh fruit to take home. One of the fruits that I had almost daily was the longan (dragon-eye). You don't find them very often in the United States (only in Asian Supermarkets had I ever seen them), but today when I went to Trader Joe's, I saw in their fruit section longans from (where else?) Taiwan.
When I was there a month ago, at the time of our departure we could get 6kg of Longans for 100NT$ ($3 USD). I was pretty sick of eating them when I came back, but it was great because it they were so cheap and so sweet. I went into Ranch 99 a few days after I came back, and 2kg of longans would have cost about $5. Of course at Trader's Joes, it's even cheaper, because Taiwan overproduced longans this year which is why we (along with Trader Joe's) could get them so cheaply.
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