Funny shaped Japanese Watermelons
Human face Japanese Watermelon, approx. costs USD1282 !
So after 3 weeks or so in Hong Kong, I am now back to Switzerland. I had a temperature shock from over 30ºC to a drop to daytime temperature of 9-10ºC. I was told that there was no obvious signs of autumn in Basel this year and normally we could go mushroom hunting during this period, it is not possible this year due to not enough moisture.
As usual, every time I go back to HK, I would have a checklist of food I miss and at the same time I would love to catch up the current eating trends there. Eating in HK is somewhat like fashion, there are always new hot spots to explore. Upon arrival, I immediately bought the latest issue of local food magazine to catch up the lastest information to eat like a local again.
In my coming posts I hope to share with you some highlights of my food journey there and some interesting food related pictures with you. For a start, here are some interesting Japanese watermelon pictures for you, watermelon does NOT always need to be round in shape !!! They were sold here during the Mid-Autumn Festival period.
Super big 70kg Japanese watermelon
Pyramid shaped Japanese watermelon
Square shaped watermelon was actually the first creation among the funny watermelon series some years ago already!
Heart shaped Japanese watermelon
I guess these heart shaped watermelon will be popular in the coming Valentine’s Day? I personally think these melons are more fun to look at than to eat, for one they are outrageously expensive and another reason is that they are genetically modified!
I wonder how they grow these! So cool!
What hilarious shapes! The Japanese are always way ahead…
Cheers,
Rosa
They look well but look at the high price!!
I agree, I think that they are much better to look at than to eat,..
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how do you carry a 70 kg watermelon home from the supermarket?
Too funny … but who would dish out that kind of money for a watermelon??
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Wow, crazy watermelons! I think you’re right about them being better for looking at than eating. Those are expensive melons!
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How funny! I’ve read about the square ones in my Japan research, but haven’t seen photos of them, or the other equally weird ones, until now. They’re sooo expensive!
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Oh! I’ve seen the square ones before
Your pictures are great!
Wow, your pictures of water melons are fun!
I just wonder how many customers are ready to buy these expensive water melons….:P
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Those are super cool watermelon shapes! How do they do it?!
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Ha, ha, ha that was fun to look at! I’m with Peter, you need to go with a truck to the shop
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Cool but I wonder who will buy them.
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expensive watermelons :O hehe
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This looks great! I love it.
Nice post and great blog lol
I was looking around to find new pics for my blog and find this one! Nice!
Those japs are too funny