Korean melons at Kim's Asian Market
When I buy a melon, I start with my eyes closed. Fingertips over the skin, listening for a hint of seeping sugar. Not soft and mushy, not even so far as call to it sticky, just a wee bit of glow, there on your skin.
Then I raise the melon up and inch or two from my face. A ripe melon will hit you before you have a chance to whiff, but I whiff anyway. Wait for the thick sweetness to open the top of my throat.
I held up a Korean melon in the market the other day. Glow, glow. Whiff, whiff. Like a light honeydew with maybe a little Crenshaw intensity thrown in at the end. Lovely.
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Your photos are gorgeous! I have never heard of a Korean melon before, but now I am curious.
- by Cakelaw on Mar 31, 2009 at 10:57 PM | link
Hi!
I was wondering where you buy the korean melons. I live in North Carolina and I was wondering if anything is near me. Thanks!
- by Jennifer on Sep 30, 2009 at 1:06 AM | link
I'm sorry, I don't know North Carolina at all. But if there is an Asian market near you, I would start there.
- by celinabean on Sep 30, 2009 at 8:30 AM | link
Hello! Great photos and stories.
I love Korean melons, but haven't yet found them here in Montreal. They were the first new food I fell in love with when I moved to Seoul for a spell four years ago. I bought a three-pack of them only hours after getting off the plane. Yum!
- by Meaghan on Oct 7, 2009 at 12:17 PM | link