Fruit Farm Visit in Pahang, Malaysia

         

  

    

 Two friends got together and started this fruit farm in Pahang between Bentong and Raub. Primarily a durian farm, they also grow mangosteens, langsats, rambutans, papayas and some other fruits. 

                         Self-invented contraption for getting the smaller fruits.

                                              Plucking mangosteens

                                               

 Daughter was there the week before on their way back from some camp. When she called me, there was such a racket in the background. She told me some were picking fruits, some were eating, some were just playing with the fruits; some were taking the dog for rides in the scooter, some were going to jump into the pond, some were fishing, some chasing the chickens, some trying to climb trees, etc. Wonderful break for active city kids.

                                            The rambutans were my favourites

 I was rather reluctant to go as I'm not a durian eater. Sad because I think I've got some kind of allergy to the fruit, always developing sorethroats after eating no matter how small the quantity or how I drink salt water from the shell or eat copious number of mangosteens offset the 'heatiness' of the this king of fruits. 

The Westerners say the fruit looks like cream, tastes like custard and smells like shit. The durians available includes most of the popular varieties like the the D24, D101, Red Prawn and the Raja Kunyit ( Mao Sang Wong ) which is the most expensive of the lot. There was much eating coupled with extensive discussion of the texture and taste (whether creamy or bitter or less sweet is better), shape ( regular or odd or oval or round and  size ( big or small or medium ).

Eat and tao-pao ( takeaway) for durian parties. Visitors pays RM10 per head for a eat-all-you-can visit and takeaways are changed according to weight of the fruits.

                            Some brave ones want to camp the night there with 

                         only the mosquitoes and the stars for companionship.