There are all kinds of new fruits in Hong Kong, including these wax apples. Wax apples do not taste like apples – they’re juicy like watermelons. So delicious!
The official name of wax apples is Syzygium samarangense
bell-shaped wax apples in Hong Kong
In Taiwan and China, wax apples are known as lianwu (simplified Chinese: 莲雾; traditional Chinese: 蓮霧; pinyin: lián wù). Other names include love apple, java apple, bellfruit. water apple, mountain apple and rose apple.
These wax apples were red like typical apples but I read that some have colors ranging from white, pale green, green, red, purple, to deep purple or even black. The reddest fruits are the sweetest.
Hong Kong had a snowflake theme for New Year’s 2010-2011
Roasted Chestnuts were among the many street snacks I had in Hong Kong, along with Fish Balls, Cart Noodles, Wonton Noodles, and Put Chai Ko.
Most interesting street snack tried in HK: deep fried pig intestine, skewered on a stick
I did NOT attempt to have stinky tofu again (fermented tofu are cut, skewered on a stick, and then deep fried. It’s revolting!). That remains a black eye from my Taiwan night market experience. My nostrils are still recovering.
HK has a great subway system – easy to understand, quick to get nearly anywhere, and inexpensive. New York has a long way to go to catch up.Please tell me that’s not what it looks like…Snowflakes everywhere…Apparently that’s who you hire when you need security for a huge event like NYE
