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Daechu Tomatoes They call cherry tomatoes, daechu tomatoes here. I like to snack on them at night.

Fruit Jam Sushi You know that you have no place in the kitchen when you basically just give up and serve an abomination. This is gross. What you have is a rice roll filled with carrot and cucumber covered in cherry jam, blueberry jam, and honey mustard (I guess that is a dessert food after all). It was so gross looking that I had to try one. The rice was mushy and the jam too sweet, the vegetables tasted wrong in this food bomb. I guess somebody liked it, because they were all gone by the end of the night. Dan

Korean Watermelon I do loves me some watermelon and I was dang surprised to see that they had these ones for sale on April 10th. They ain't big yet, but that probably means they are sweet. I can't wait 'til watermelon season starts 'cause I'm going to eat my bellyful. Dan

Persimmons by Lindsey Huster October in Korea. This season is known for its foliage- a glowing exterior that resonates just as warmly as cherry blossom season. Colors like cinnamon, crimson, and golden rod adorn trees. An unmistakable orange hue, however, also comes into fruition this season. Ah yes, the color of a persimmon. I cannot conjure a better produce-personification of Korea- or for that matter, South East Asia. I can even recall my first persimmon encounter in Korea. It was  fall, my first weeks in Korea (which also happened to be my first few weeks without a proper sandwich). As I cut thick slices of what I believed to be tomato, I uncovered rather the delicately sweet, but also tart treat. As a fruit, it does appear to be a kissing cousin of the tomato. Although a bit oversized and with a pointed bottom, some persimmons carry the familiar red hue and skin consistency of a tomato. Others tend to be more orange and smaller shaped.  Both grow, however, o...

The Elusive Mulberry While visiting a friend in Suncheon this weekend, I crossed paths with the elusive Korean mulberry. Thinking back to previous mulberry experiences (really lack thereof), I can only recall singing about such fruits rather than eating them. "Here we go 'round the mulberry bush," remained a staple of daycare sing-alongs, and until recently, I didn't even know what a mulberry looked like. Upon a first glance, the mulberry (오디 in Korean) vaguely resembles a raspberry. Upon further inspection, however, the mulberry is longer in shape and darker in appearance. The taste, too, is less sweet than that of most fruit. Unfortunately, this taste has been erroneously labeled "bland"- what a misconception. My first taste of mulberries remind me of my first bites of dark chocolate, or sips of coffee, all of which seem wonderfully strange at first, but gradually became an acquired and sought after taste. Thankfully, mulberries will be in seas...

Do you know why Koreans don't really have dessert? It's because their fruit is so good. Now in the summer time, there is so much amazing fruit such as mulberrys, raspberries, watermelon, grapes- that a heavy cake slathered with chocolate seems unappetizing. I recommend you try a lot of Korean fruit these days. Cheers, Dan Chamwei: Korean Melon (Eat the seeds! That's where the sweet flavor is) Upclose: Chamwei Mulberry...Yum and they paint your lips.