Buddha's Hand is offered on menus

KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS
The name sounds like a sculpture you'd find in a museum. In photos, it looks like an artist's vision gone awry. In reality, Buddha's Hand is a very old aromatic citrus fruit that is showing up on trendy menus.
Distillers discovered the flavor for high-end vodka awhile ago. But, the Wall Street Journal says, it has been appropriated by upscale chefs who use it in dishes such as fancy desserts, carpaccio and sushi.
In an Atlanta restaurant called Alais, the fruit is served whole for customers to shave over raw beef. In San Francisco, it is made into marmalade with lemon pudding. A New York Japanese restaurant, Sumile, mixes it with oil to dab on fish.
The fruit, which resembles bunches of gnarled fingers, is said to have originated in India thousands of years ago. It has been used for perfuming rooms and holiday tree ornaments. And its color, a creamy yellow, makes it perfect for displaying in bowls or matching paint chips.