Μανάβικο πουλά φράουλες προς 18,5€ το κομμάτι!

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It’s only at the Beverly Hills and the Pasadena Erewhon location, as far as I know from trying to call a few others. Yeah, a $20 strawberry. They know what they’re doing. People are going to want to try it JUST because it’s so wildly expensive. And I am people. Now, we KNOW we’re not going to go get this strawberry as part of our daily grocery haul. It’s clearly impractical, and clearly made for the experience. I mean, it comes in a funny plastic dome for goodness sake. So of course it makes sense to buy your normal $5 or whatever price your strawberries are (support small biz and get em at the farmers market, amirite?) but again, we’re trying this strawberry for the bit, ya know. Ok, so these are “tochiaka” strawberries. They’re a result of seven years of crossbreeding, an production which began in 2011. They’re grown in Tochigi Japan, which is literally called “the strawberry kingdom” locally. On the sign in the store, it tells you that their strawberries “redefine sweetness and beauty” and each berry is “cultivated to achieve perfect symmetry, brilliant color and exceptional size.” They also tell you to leave at room temperature for 30 minutes. I did about 15, if we’re being honest. When you open up your little strawberry dome a la beauty and the beast and the rose, it DOES in fact smell really, really sweet and fragrant. Some people are saying it makes your entire car smell like strawberry. Idk if they got some kinda extra smelly one, but my other friends took their strawberries home in the car, and that wasn’t true. If you made it these 5 paragraphs in, you’re probably annoyed I haven’t already told you how it tastes.It is kind of like God came down and crafted the version of the strawberry as you’d get it if you plucked it out of the dictionary. It’s juicy (but so are all strawberries, eh?) – but the most notable thing taste-wise about this one is how SWEET it is. It’s perfectly floral and bright and sweet. It is actually a fully perfect strawberry. Do I get why it’s $20? Yeah, it’s kinda like a science experiment. Am I thinking we’re gonna sit down with a big bowl of these? Nah, that’s not the point. We’re here for the moment. Please unleash your thoughts on this. I’d tell you not to be mean but I know you’re gonna be anyway.

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