Dekopon: Sumo Fruit

I was listening to my new favorite podcast, dinner party download, and there was a segment that mentioned a fruit called dekopon. According to the podcast, the fruit is famous in Japan and is starting to be imported into the states. I was surprised to hear I hadn't heard of this "famous" fruit after living here for so long, and decided I needed to investigate. (On a side note, many of my Japanese friends haven't tried it, either.)

I found them easily enough at my local supermarket, at 128 yen a pop.

I heard the fruit is called Sumo in America because it looks like it has a little top knot.

Chad and I cut open the fruit, took a bite, and....

...it tasted like an orange. Like a mixture of an especially sweet orange and a slightly tart mandarin orange. Personally, since dekopon is a bit expensive, I'll probably just stick with oranges in the future. But I'm still glad I tried something new!