Ben's General Food Store (Closed)

This is a Japanese pumpkin salad. It's a little weird to me, because the pumpkin has a thin layer of skin. Am I supposed to eat it or discard it? The skin is weird. Overall, pretty nice, because pumpkins are awesomely starchy and moderately sweet by nature, and the pesto sauce gives it some herby taste, but too much of this eaten on its own does get very boring very fast.