Walking through the markets in town I often see fruits and vegetables that may look a little odd but they are still familiar. There is one fruit, however, that I see in every market that doesn’t look like anything I’ve seen before. I was in E-Mart yesterday and saw a large selection of this fruit that was actually labeled in English. Mystery solved – it’s a Yellow Melon. I bought a few to bring home, research, photograph, and taste.
Yellow Melons are called Korean Melons when they are exported from Korea to other countries. This melon is a small, oval shaped fruit that is dark yellow with evenly-spaced lighter stripes running from tip to tip. They are now grown in some of the States such as Hawaii and California but are still primarily found in Asian markets.
