Oranges. They taste better and it doesn't have that stringy flesh like mangoes does
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Not all mangoes have stringy flesh. Most of the mangoes I see in U.S. supermarkets are the Tommy Atkins variety, which is pretty unremarkable. In the 1950s, the Florida Mango Forum described it as having, "unremarkable eating qualities and considerable fiber in the flesh."
I sometimes see Kent mangoes, which taste better and are way less fibrous. If you can find a Keitt mango, they taste great and also have low fiber.
Durian you fools! King of fruit, a divine and complex flavour.
Toffee and onion and sour cream and mango and banana and custard and pineapple all dance together. Ah durian, the only fruit worth travelling for to eat fresh off the tree.
Durian my beloved.
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grapefruit
Black grapes. They're high in antioxidants, actually taste like something, and they have this great crisp, almost crunchy yet still tender consistency. I can eat a few pounds in a sitting if I don't watch out.
Avocados
Against the mangoes I can get my hands on? Most fruit is better.
The best mangoes are the slightly tangy, firm, fibrous ones you can find in Australia. Those are absolutely unbeatable.
Here in NZ all you can find are the sickly sweet, soft, smooth fleshed mangoes which just aren't the same. Might as well buy the tins of Kesar pulp imported from India.
You probably like mango biche. Basically unripe mangoes are exactly as you described. Tart and firm. They only become soft and yellow when they ripen. I have a mango tree in front of my house and the street guys come and pick it clean long before they ripen since mango biche is better than ripe mangoes.
Good quality berries and grapes
Some berries just aren't fresh/ripe/grown. But once you get a good box of them...
I prefer the green grapes, and on the berry side I love them all: raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, various regional berries
Raspberries are the ultimate fruit, better than all others. A little sweetness, tart and tangy, good fibre, goes with everything. Mangoes are sickeningly sweet
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Persimmon!
Jack fruit
MangosTEEN....because its more hip. Plus its has more letters in its name.
No fruit is better than mangos.
All of them.
Oranges
Passionfruit
Plantains when they're fried.
By themselves, mangoes are pretty top tier
I'm not really a fan. They have a certain light taste of black pepper that ruins them for me. I guess I'm sort of like the cilantro-soap people.
Mangoes have a black pepper taste to you? I've heard of people not liking mangoes but that one is new. If they are unripe they have this kind of tree resin taste/aroma but even that varies across different types.
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Perfectly ripe cherries, pitted and frozen
I really like pears.
Mangoes aren't bad, IMHO, but if I had to give up a fruit permanently, I don't think that it'd be that near the bottom of my list. I'd rather keep standbys that are common in US grocery stores like like apples, oranges, pears, and kiwis.
It's hard to compare apples and mangos, but if we're gonna consider favorite tropical fruits, I friggin love fresh mangosteen. It's like a little fruity Bob-bom. Smooth and silky texture, creamy sweet flesh and just fantastic. They don't seem to travel well, unfortunately.
Or fresh pineapple.
I had fresh pineapple off a farmer's cart in the tropics two decades back. Afterward, I couldn't eat pineapple in the US for almost three years. It was so much better than the canned or grocery-store stuff there was just no comparison.