Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Watermelon Radish


I found this pretty radish today. It looked very plain and ordinary on the outside. White and greenish.

But with a magenta heart inside!

It is a watermelon radish. Peppery and strong! Very pretty in bento :) Recipetips says you can use it as you would a regular radish, and that it may also be referred to a Beauty Heart, Rose Heart, Shinrimei, Misato, Asian Red Meat, or Xin Li Mei radish. I used it as an accent detail with side veggies in a recent bento, and I think it would also be good in a salad. Perhaps you can find it in your market and try it yourself :)

7 comments:

  1. oh my god! so cute! I've never heard of this radish before. Wish I could taste one.

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  2. That's so cute! I will keep my eyes out for such a radish! Thanks for showing it to us!

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  3. You're welcome mook and BentoForKidlet! Hope you can find one to try for yourselves :)

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  4. It's very rare radish but the color is cute. I don't think I can find it in Jakarta oooo ....

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  5. Lia, I had never seen it before this week either. It is cool! Maybe you can find it in the future after they import it ;)

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  6. I've never seen that: it's gorgeous! *jealous* ;)

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