Astonishingly often, I come across strange food themed oddities, mostly on Taobao, China's largest online shopping portal (part of the Alibaba group).
I'd like to share some of the most amusing or bizarre.
Kicking off with a pistachio. Well, a pistachio pin / badge.
These come at a whopping ¥8.39 / $1.16 USD a nut. Real pistachios are around ¥20 / $2.76 for 100 grams. Made here in China.
Next, also Chinese, are salad (or whatever) bowls resembling pillows. I often rest meats; never salads. Maybe that's what I've been doing wrong.
Bedding down your salad will cost you ¥100.78 / $13.93 a bowl.
Finally for now, this time from Japan is the strangest (in my estimation). A half eaten hamburger.
When I first saw this image, I thought it was a giant burger cushion but no. It's hamburger sized.
Ths nonsense costs a whole ¥500.77 / $69.21. For that I could buy 15 real burgers from McD's.
More to come as I spot them.
