Keow Savoy- Thai Green Eating Mango
This was my first time trying a green mango. I was pleasantly surprised by the taste and texture. It was crisp and chewy. The first thing I tasted was a mild creamy sweetness, then a very faint hint of subacid (but no distinct "sour"), and finally a addictive turpentin-ey resin twang that said "
Yum...Mango!"
Although the flesh is somewhat similar to a green apple, green papaya or white guava, the Keow Savoy's taste and texture are much more appealing to me.
I tried eating some slices dipped in salt, and it was delicious. Then I tried salt + chili powder = also delicious, but a bit overpowering of the natural flavor. Then I tried plain Keow savoy under the influence of Miracle Fruit and the taste was quite a bit sweeter, but did not enhancing the flavor for me.
The first day I got it it was "too green" and not so delicious. The second day it was perfect: Crisp, chewy and delicious. The third day it became just a little bit too sweet & soft for what it was. So there is a 'window of ripeness' with this mango, just like normal ripe mangoes.
As a fruit lover who is somewhat conservative about eating too much fructose / sugar, I found that it was pretty much the perfect healthy snack. I had no guilt about eating it with breakfast, etc. I ran back to the store to pick up some more and was sad to hear them say the season is dropping off.
Source: Fortune Cookie Oriental Market, West Palm Beach, FL. The owner, David, is an avid tropical fruit grower. His store sells seasonal tropical fruits like jaks, red sugar apples, wax jambu, logans, Thai mangoes from his yard... some imported, and some from local Asian farmers in the community (try their Thai bananas).