Fruit Shop and Market in Shenyang, China

When I visit other countries, including my home country, China, I love to see the markets, particularly fruit markets and shops, even just for a look.



In May, when I visited my parents in Shenyang, China, I went to fruit market and shops several times and I was able to savor my favorite fruits there - mangosteens - which had similar structure like lychee though bigger and the shells thicker and harder and the their tastes were different.  Too bad I cannot find them in the US.




Mangosteens


Lychees

Another fantastic looking fruit was Pitaya, also known as Flaming Dragon Fruit, which looked like jumped out the paintings by Bosch.  Though the taste of it was not interesting - very bland and not juicy, with the texture like that of half-baked yam.


Flaming Dragon Fruit (Pitaya)


Durian

Even the usually ones looked somewhat different and definitely the presentations:







However, going to the market in China, one had to be prepared to see some sights usual or downright unpleasant like below:






Fruit stands next to messy clothes shop

Even so, it was still fun.


Label: Shenyang, Shenyang Trip 2012