Gooseberry

Gooseberry is the fruit often used to describe the aromas and flavors of Sauvignon Blanc.
However, I'd never seen the fruit. I looked for at stores but never saw them. One day, JC found and brought them home for me.

...Hoozuki?
This looked exactly like an ornamental plant called Hoozuki in Japan.
Hoozuki is not considered to be edible in Japan so I did a little research.
This fruit in the picture seems to be the fruit called Cape Gooseberry, not Gooseberry!
Cape gooseberry and Hoozuki belong to same family but not the same fruit.

It smelled very sweet like candy: he said it was because the fruit was very ripe and usually had more green aroma.
The flavor was like kumquat with a little bitterness.

It was tasty, but one thing I'm sure is the fact that I still don't know what Gooseberry is. My investigation continues.

By the way, if you see this in Japan, don't try to eat.
It's ornamental and said to give you stomach ache if you eat.