Growing up, I would visit my family in Mexico. There I ate a lot guava it was favorite fruit (except maybe tunas which are these little cactus fruits). But here the guavas are more like apple size and don’t taste like the guavas I remember at all. The ones I grew up eating were small with a lot of flavor. They were also pretty soft.
Do these exist here? Why are guavas so different?
You can probably find quite a lot of Mexican dishes in Taiwan that don’t taste as good as you remember them from Mexico. 
Yeah but it’s not even a dish I’m looking for it’s a fruit 
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I don’t remember well guavas that I’ve had in Mexico but I do like Thailand and Philippines guavas which of course are the freshest when you’re actually there in country. Still good when they’ve been exported.
Taiwan guava, even though somewhat limited, in my experience very yummy.
They look like this
You can get this variety in Taiwan too, but it’s less common.
In Taiwan they eat Guava, like any other fruit, when they’re not ripe yet.
So it is possible to find!
Guess I gotta keep scouring the fruit markets
I’ve seen it most often at morning wet markets, like this one.
You have to keep an eye out for them. Soft, almost creamy, and an incredible smell. They tend to be smaller (white and red). The larger ones can sometimes also be tasty, but that’s a hit or miss thing.
Don’t even get me started on lemons.
Anyone know the Chinese name for that guava?
Guavas have been particularly bad for the last six months, maybe year. I haven’t had a good one from the markets or supermarkets for some time. Are they getting worse every year?
I’ve been getting good ones in the market. I’ll get more tomorrow and take a pic. Usually 10nt each.
Typically no deliveries after Dragon Boat holiday til Tuesday at the earliest from memory.
Citrus is an exception. Always overripe.
紅心芭樂
紅心芭樂 isn’t the right kind. It’s similar in shape but it doesn’t taste like the Mexican guavas (other than having the same kind of seeds). I are this the other day and it still tastes the same as those big guavas that are common here only pink inside
