Long Yan (Dragon's Eye) is a fruit similar in concept as the Litchi. You pop the shell to eat the white flesh and spit out the pit. The flavor is not as fruity as the Litchi, its just very sweet. Long Yan is often dried and used to sweeten Chinese herbal medicine drinks (brings back bad memories of childhood visits to the apothecary for cold remedies, which made dymetapp seem like candy).
My favorite application of Long Yan is sweet sticky rice pudding soup with dried Long Yan.
I'm actually eating this right now.
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