In Singapore we have our Cold Storage, Giant, Marketplace,NTUC Fairprice. In Hong Kong they have Wellcome, Taste, Great Food Hall and ParknShop.

The other day, I went into the Great Food Hall at Pacific Place, and was surprised with the variety of food available at this supermarket.

They had a huge deli and bakery section, with freshly baked breads, plus well stocked rows of food from around the world.

I spent a good 20mins just in the vegetable section, looking at the fresh produce and finding fruits or greens I’ve never before.

Check out the size of that Artichoke!

And talking about weird produce, check out this fruit! It’s called Kiwano fruit or Horned Melon.

The horned melon (Cucumis metuliferus), also called African horned cucumber or melon, jelly melon, hedged gourd, melano, or kiwano, is an annual vine in the cucumber and melon family. It is grown for its fruit, which looks like an oval melon with horn-like spines. The fruit of this plant is edible, but it is used as often for decoration as for food. Though the horned melon is native to Africa, it is now grown in California and New Zealand as well.

Source: Wikipedia

I didn’t buy it, but this is what was said about the horned melon online:

It tastes like a sour cucumber with hints of kiwi and lemon, and the texture resembles an aloe plant’s gelatinous, gooey guts, but full of semi-rigid, pumpkin-like seeds. The seeds are hard enough that we don’t think we’re supposed to eat them, but because they’re suspended in the gelatinous goo, it would be very hard to eat around them.

Hhhmmmmm….. thank goodness I didn’t!?! Doesn’t sound very appetising to me!