Vietnamese housewives are 'crazy' about Taiwanese star apples, priced at 350,000 VND/fruit.

Taiwanese yellow star apples are making housewives go crazy trying to buy them because they are quite different from Vietnamese star apples. To taste this new fruit, consumers have to spend 300,000-350,000 VND for each yellow star apple.

In Vietnam, star apple is not a strange fruit. Because, they are a specialty fruit commonly grown in the Mekong Delta with the Lo Ren - Vinh Kim star apple brand (Tien Giang) famous all over the world. Accordingly, Vietnamese star apple has the characteristic of round fruit, light green outer skin or some skin is half purple, half light green, inside is fleshy, sweet and fragrant.

However, in the current market, in addition to Vietnamese star apples, there is also a rather strange yellow star apple that is causing a fever, making many housewives curious and determined to buy it to try even though its price is up to 300,000-350,000 VND/fruit.

Taiwanese golden star apple has appeared on the market recently, making housewives crazy.

Ms. Khuc Ngoc Anh, owner of a store specializing in Taiwanese fruits in (Ba Dinh, Hanoi) said that Taiwanese yellow star apples have a completely different appearance from Vietnamese star apples.

The Taiwanese star apple has a shiny yellow skin, but instead of being round, the bottom of the fruit is usually pointed, looking like a nipple. When you split it open, you will see that the star apple skin is only 2mm thin, and inside there is only one tiny seed the size of a fingertip. The flesh is thick and has a sweet taste, and when eaten, it has a cool aroma.

This is a specialty in Taiwan, the harvest season starts from September and ends in December. Yellow star apple is extremely popular among housewives and office ladies. Therefore, although she has imported star apples to sell since the beginning of the season, the demand has not cooled down, every time the goods arrive, they are sold out immediately. Therefore, if customers want to eat yellow star apples, they often "reserve" and wait 1-2 days to buy.

This type of star apple has a rather strange appearance compared to Vietnamese star apple, especially the golden yellow skin and the bottom of the fruit often has a pointed tip.

“This specialty fruit is regularly imported but is always in short supply, even though each time it arrives there are dozens of boxes,” said Ms. Ngoc Anh. 1kg contains about 2-3 star apples and costs 300,000-350,000 VND/fruit.

Although the price is higher than Vietnamese star apples, customers still order quite a lot, many of whom are regular customers who often order dozens of fruits at a time. Others order to try them out of curiosity, wanting to see what they taste like.

Meanwhile, Mr. Dang Van Tai, owner of an imported fruit store in My Dinh (Nam Tu Liem, Hanoi) also admitted that because of its novel appearance, completely different from Vietnamese star apples, and delicious taste, Taiwanese golden star apples are being favored by customers, competing to buy them.

Although the price is quite high compared to Vietnamese star apples, Taiwanese star apples are often out of stock.

“Like on the 14th of the 9th lunar month, 20 boxes of Taiwanese star apples just arrived and were sold out by customers for the full moon offering. By noon, I had to turn away many customers,” he shared.

However, according to Mr. Tai, most of the customers who buy star apples at his store buy them to try out of curiosity, wanting to enjoy this unique fruit to see what it tastes like, and then many people find it attractive and become regular customers. Some customers, after eating, give feedback that Taiwanese star apples look very strange, but when eaten, they are not much different from Vietnamese star apples.

It is known that Taiwanese star apple is now available in many high-end fruit stores. The price of this fruit ranges from 600,000-700,000 VND/kg, and many stores do not sell by weight but by fruit, the price is up to 300,000-350,000 VND/fruit.

According to Vietnamnet