Umeboshi
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Umeboshi are pickled ume fruits common in Japan. Umeboshi is often translated as 'salted Japanese plums', 'Japanese plums' or 'preserved plums'. Ume is a species of fruit-bearing tree in the genus Pru
Umeboshi, dry pickled
Umezuke, wet pickled
Umeboshi being dried in the sun
Plate of umeboshi
Li hing mui
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Li hing mui, known as huamei in mainland China, is salty dried Chinese plum. It has a strong, distinctive flavor and is often said to be an acquired taste, as it has a combination of sweet, sour, and
Umeboshi
…apricot is used to produce a salty, acidic variety, although other, sweetened varieties made from other fruits are also colloquially called mebos. Li hing mui – Salty dried Chinese plum List of pickled foods…
Li hing mui
Li hing mui powder from Taiwan.
Hoshiume, Japanese-style sweet and sour dried Chinese plum
Japanese-style dried Chinese plums, comfortably sour (left) and sweet (right)