One of my suppliers offered a visit to a pineapple farm supervised by his brother in Malaysia. Since I have never visited one before, I jumped on the chance.
We set off at around 7:30am. Had some Nasi Lemak(Coconut milk rice) at a small stall, pretty good actually. Drank my cup of mandatory milk tea every morning and headed for the farm.
The farm was huge. Weather was pretty cool in the morning but was already starting to turn warm.
Met up with my suppliers brother and they had already been cutting the pineapples and had a van loaded up with some. They cut up one o fthe pineapples for us to have a taste.
Man, it was DELICIOUS!!!
It was so sweet, so fragant!! and Juicy!! Wow!! Fantastic!!
As I mentioned, the farm was huge, we went around the farm collecting different pineapples from different lots. I could not see the end of the farm. My suppliers brother told me that this particular stretch was 5 kilometers long!! WTF!!! Thats a LOT of pineapples!!
By 12 noon, the weather was turning bad. We could see dark clouds heading our way. Since now is the monsoon rainy season, we know it will definitely rain, so we headed out of the farm. My supplier's car was loaded with like 30kgs of pineapple by then.
We decided to have a coffee break at one of the stalls on the main road, as we were just about to order, the rain started to pour!
After about half an hour and seeing that the rain showed no sign of stopping, we decided to move off. My supplier wanted to head for his durian farm to check up on the status, so we left.
When we reached the durian farm, the rain has subsided. The durian farm was drenched in rain water and the little streams running across it had flooded over, I dipped my fishing net that I brought along and still managed to catch a few rasboras and barbs, what luck!!
There were no durians to be found as the season was pretty much over. The only thing that was available was "Ang Mo Sung" a type of rambutan native to Malaysia. They were still very small and unripe. They should be ready in about 2-3weeks. We would be back to collect them then.
SInce we were all wet and dirty, we headed to town. We went to the foot reflexology shop that we patronised previously to get a quick shower and clean up. Then we went for a massage for about one and a half hours for RM$88(S$35). The massage was fantastic too! my whole body was totally relieved from the walking and bashing that morning. I felt lighter after the massage and more energised. I'll definitely be coming back there!
We went for a simple dinner after that and because it was a Sunday, everywhere was crowded. We had a few simple dishes and headed to Jusco to buy some groceries. Jusco was also packed with people!! We quickly got our stuff and then headed back to Singapore. What a day, I'll definitely go again if my supplier ask. Shiok!!
We set off at around 7:30am. Had some Nasi Lemak(Coconut milk rice) at a small stall, pretty good actually. Drank my cup of mandatory milk tea every morning and headed for the farm.
The farm was huge. Weather was pretty cool in the morning but was already starting to turn warm.
Met up with my suppliers brother and they had already been cutting the pineapples and had a van loaded up with some. They cut up one o fthe pineapples for us to have a taste.
Man, it was DELICIOUS!!!
It was so sweet, so fragant!! and Juicy!! Wow!! Fantastic!!
By 12 noon, the weather was turning bad. We could see dark clouds heading our way. Since now is the monsoon rainy season, we know it will definitely rain, so we headed out of the farm. My supplier's car was loaded with like 30kgs of pineapple by then.
We decided to have a coffee break at one of the stalls on the main road, as we were just about to order, the rain started to pour!
After about half an hour and seeing that the rain showed no sign of stopping, we decided to move off. My supplier wanted to head for his durian farm to check up on the status, so we left.
When we reached the durian farm, the rain has subsided. The durian farm was drenched in rain water and the little streams running across it had flooded over, I dipped my fishing net that I brought along and still managed to catch a few rasboras and barbs, what luck!!
There were no durians to be found as the season was pretty much over. The only thing that was available was "Ang Mo Sung" a type of rambutan native to Malaysia. They were still very small and unripe. They should be ready in about 2-3weeks. We would be back to collect them then.
We went for a simple dinner after that and because it was a Sunday, everywhere was crowded. We had a few simple dishes and headed to Jusco to buy some groceries. Jusco was also packed with people!! We quickly got our stuff and then headed back to Singapore. What a day, I'll definitely go again if my supplier ask. Shiok!!
