Hokkaido Yubari Melon
One of the most expensive fruit on Earth. In 2016, a supermarket in Amagasaki bought a pair of Yubari King melons at auction with a winning bid of ¥3 million.
From Wikipedia, this melon seems to be a hybrid cultivar and is the specialty of Yubari, Hokkaido.
Just before my trip, I was watching a documentary espousing the greatness of this melon. I remembered seeing the Japanese host, for a fleeting moment, casting aside her usual Japanese decorum and grace for just a split second moment to almost timidly grab a piece of the melon from the 2 TV commentators from Taiwan and then breaking into a big wide smile and softly nodding how great tasting this melon is.
The best such melons should have about 18% natural sugars. This small slice, which cost me 350Yen, was perhaps not as sweet, even though it was still plenty nectar-like in sweetness. The flesh however, was not the cranky hard crunch - it was a mellow marshmallowy that exploded with fruity juices that shocked my senses with both flavours and tastes. (It was bells ringing aloud sensorially!)
Hokkaido Yubari Melon
One of the most expensive fruit on Earth. In 2016, a supermarket in Amagasaki bought a pair of Yubari King melons at auction with a winning bid of ¥3 million.
From Wikipedia, this melon seems to be a hybrid cultivar and is the specialty of Yubari, Hokkaido.
Just before my trip, I was watching a documentary espousing the greatness of this melon. I remembered seeing the Japanese host, for a fleeting moment, casting aside her usual Japanese decorum and grace for just a split second moment to almost timidly grab a piece of the melon from the 2 TV commentators from Taiwan and then breaking into a big wide smile and softly nodding how great tasting this melon is.
The best such melons should have about 18% natural sugars. This small slice, which cost me 350Yen, was perhaps not as sweet, even though it was still plenty nectar-like in sweetness. The flesh however, was not the cranky hard crunch - it was a mellow marshmallowy that exploded with fruity juices that shocked my senses with both flavours and tastes. (It was bells ringing aloud sensorially!)