Hong Kong Diaries – Great Food Hall
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!
I love going to supermarkets when overseas. It’s nice seeing a brand new range of products and fresh produce not available in SG.
You should go to Citysuper next time you’re in HK. Very nice gourmet supermarket too. And if you’re lucky and visit at the right time when their in-house bakery have fresh buns out of the oven, their baguette is to-die for! Very aromatic, very crispy outside and very fluffy inside ! It’s usually sold out in a flash. Me and my hubby chomp down the baguette on the spot.
yes citysuper is the best!!! they’ve got yummy fresh soya milk
May i know what camera are you using?
to add on to the prev 2 comments i also love roaming the beauty section at citysuper apart from the food:p its one sprawling, fascinating place.
Great is fantastic variety wise… but also ranks way up there on the price.. i once paid close to HK$300 (thats S$60!) for an organic chicken!
What about the $400 grapes? Most expensive tacos ever…
hey I read your post just before I popped into ntuc and I saw the horned melons! and you’re right. they do look kinda freaky
@Chloe @rachel @eelyn
Thanks for the recommendation, will try out citysuper next time
@pavane
For these photos, i was just using my Canon Ixus 70 point-and-shoot camera. But it’s been level adjusted on photoshop
@Lynette
whoah that’s some expensive chicken. Yeah the prices are a bit off putting, especially if you come from Singapore and you know how much it could cost in the wet market.
@Dru
where they $400??? Well the tacos were so so, was a bit disappointed.
@kris
cool they have it here?! did you remember how much it cost? i wonder who would buy it??? unless you’re curious..
Nice to see you managed to make a stop in my favorite “atas” supermarket in HK! I love shopping there…it’s always such a pleasant experience.