and was offered this,
would you buy it? I am guessing the answer would be no, but on the Chinese
online marketplace Taobao, they have been getting a lot of attention on Asian social
media lately, because of its unappetizing appearance, Chinese
company Nanjing Yican Foods has been turning a lot of heads with a rather
unique-looking product, a matcha and cheese bun that looks a few months past its
expiration date. Underneath its light brown exterior, the cheese matcha bun has
a light green appearance that looks just like the disgusting food mould that
develops on old bread products, but it is actually worse than it looks, squeezing the bun causes the green matcha and cheese mixture to ooze out of it, yuk!
photographs of
the unusual treat went viral last week, after being posted on a private
Facebook group called Taobao Happy Share. As you can imagine, they left a lot of
people confused, and many of them started sharing the pic on their social media
accounts. Soon, everyone was asking about the moldy-looking buns,
while the
general opinion was that the buns looked about as unappetizing as buns can get,
according to many of the over 500 customer reviews on Taobao, these things are true
delicacies. Many people praised their softness and great taste, claiming that they
will “definitely buy again”, the seller markets the buns as “slightly bitter
and unsweet, high-quality Japanese-style matcha buns”, the company is currently
selling them for 18 yuan, at today's rate £2.00 or $2.76 per piece,
but here is the thing, how would you know if one was really 'off' until it was too late?
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