What to do with 66,000 pounds of surplus dragon fruit?

[asakiyume]

I heard this story on BBC World News, but the online links I could find with the best images were from this Business Insider story by Kate Taylor.

The founder of ABC Bakery in Ho Chi Minh city found that thousands of pounds of red dragon fruit were going unsold out in the Vietnamese countryside because Vietnam had closed its borders with China, the main buyer. So this bakery began buying the fruits and using them in their baked goods:

pink baguettes

(photo: Kate Taylor)

pink buns

(photo: Angela Kao)

and dragon fruit cake!

(photo: Angela Kao)

Here's what red dragon fruit looks like, so you have an idea of where the color comes from:


(image from eBay)

These offerings have been wildly popular, and it's really benefited the local farmers.

Comments

[sovay]

The founder of ABC Bakery in Ho Chi Minh city found that thousands of pounds of red dragon fruit were going unsold out in the Vietnamese countryside because Vietnam had closed its borders with China, the main buyer.

Oh, my God, I want a dragon fruit baguette.

[rachelmanija]

WANT.

[cmcmck]

Pink things are pink!

Stand away from all those small girls (and doubtless some small boys)! :o)

[mallorys_camera]

Oh, I love this!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[amaebi]

Wow!

(It would be even better if dragon fruit weren't a snooze. But I bet it's nutritious.)

[shewhomust]

What a great story! My local greengrocer has dragonfruit, I've never got up the courage to buy one ...

[osprey_archer]

That dragonfruit cake looks amaaazing, I want it right now.

[queenoftheskies]

I saw that article and thought they were ingenious!

[sartorias]

I can't help wonder what it tastes like, but for pretty, can't be beat!

[kore]

The fruit and the cake are AMAZING. I want some!

[athenais]

I will ask my friend who lives in Saigon if he has sampled any of these delights yet!

[zyzyly]

That dragonfruit bread looks delicious! I'm glad they are being creative.