In Richy’s family, fruit is king. For dessert, the table is always decked out with several kinds of the most amazing fruit. The freshest, best fruit that you cannot get at your local chain supermarket. Mangos like I’d never tasted them. Things I’d never tried, like cactus fruit.  Fresh figs & lychees. Piles and piles of fruit. Completely decadent.

Sunday night’s spread:

This weekend at the Saads, I tasted FRESH dates for the first time. I didn’t even know what they were when they were put down in front of me (see photo below). Fresh dates had never even occurred to me!

Well, I cannot go on enough about how amazing they are. Crunchy and super sweet on the outside. Flesh that is milder and almost nutty. I would eat these by the dozen!

Have you ever tried fresh dates?