20 Jan

Amao strawberries from Fukuoka are supposedly famous. The small tub of 4.5 strawberries was ¥198 from the Parco supermarket. Larger punnets were ¥580 – about 7AUD. The strawberries were a very pale, red colour and the inside was also very pale – almost completely white – but they were worth the expense as they were incredibly sweet. There are also Amao strawberries that look and taste more like the ones at home. Later in HK I spotted 500g punnets of imported Fukuoka Amao strawberries selling for nearly 20AUD each. [gallery...

19:57 / Fruit / Fukuoka / Japan / Travel / Whole Foods
06 Jan

I came across about four of these 'twin almonds' today after eating a whole lot of un-shelled nuts. Now when I see concave-shaped almonds in the bag I'll know where they come from. It's the first time I've seen two nuts in one shell (apart from ground nuts) and I used to think it was pretty unusual, but I found so many in the same bag so maybe not....

22:18 / Whole Foods
22 Dec

Got to try another type of mango because they were $1 each at Toscano's. I liked the Honey Gold mangoes better than Calypso. Their texture is similar to Kensington Pride and do seem to have a sweet, honey-like taste....

21:43 / Fruit / Whole Foods
20 Dec

Visited the Queen Vic Markets today to check prices on quinoa. While searching I saw blackberries, two 125g punnets for $5. I haven't tried fresh blackberries before so I thought I'd give them a go. Can't really describe what they taste like, but the sweet ones have a more intense 'berry taste' than sweet blueberries....

21:43 / Fruit / Whole Foods
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