Orchards drawing in durians lovers from afar
Aromatic delight: The foreign visitors enjoying durians during their visit to the farm. With them is Chang (right).
It’s like the Pied Piper but of aroma as durian orchards here lure travellers despite it not being the peak season yet.
Tourists from as far as the Middle Kingdom are following their nose to the durian trail.
Chinese nationals Guo Xin and his wife Xing Zhi Yun, both 32, were among the many foreign holidaymakers whose mission here was solely to savour the thorny fruit.
“This is our first time to Penang. We came here just to eat durians. In China, there are durians imported from Malaysia but they are very expensive.
“Thai durians are not as pricey but we prefer the taste and fragrance of those from Malaysia,” Guo said when met at a durian farm here.
Guo, who is from Dalian, and Xing arrived in Penang on Thursday. They will be here for a week.
Another couple from China were also spotted enjoying durians with coffee at the orchard.
Wei Chan Fang, 39, said she and her husband Zhan Xiang, 38, were durian lovers and they especially loved the Musang King variant.
“We travelled to Penang just for durians,” she said.
She said that durians from Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia were available in her country.
“But in my opinion, the ones from Thailand and Vietnam lack the aroma of Malaysian durians.
“The durians from Malaysia, especially Musang King, have become very expensive in China, so much so that ordinary people cannot afford to buy them. So we rather travel here to enjoy the best of the fruits,” she said.
v For Indonesian Martin Suhartono, 29, eating durians with a group of people was a new experience.
“Back in my hometown, there’s no practice where people gather together to eat durians like this,” said Martin, who is from Bandung but works in Singapore as a logistics manager.
Bao Sheng durian farm owner Chang Teik Seng said this year’s peak season was expected to be from July till early August.
“The durian season is usually around May to July every year.”
“The durian supply this year is also expected to be low, with an average of 100 fruits per day in July as compared with 400 to 500 fruits per day during May and June in previous years when weather conditions were better,” he said.
Chang said that the fruits started to drop three days ago.
“The number of fruits is expected to increase from now on before slowing down in August.”
~News courtesy of The Star~
Aromatic delight: The foreign visitors enjoying durians during their visit to the farm. With them is Chang (right).
It’s like the Pied Piper but of aroma as durian orchards here lure travellers despite it not being the peak season yet.
Tourists from as far as the Middle Kingdom are following their nose to the durian trail.
Chinese nationals Guo Xin and his wife Xing Zhi Yun, both 32, were among the many foreign holidaymakers whose mission here was solely to savour the thorny fruit.
“This is our first time to Penang. We came here just to eat durians. In China, there are durians imported from Malaysia but they are very expensive.
“Thai durians are not as pricey but we prefer the taste and fragrance of those from Malaysia,” Guo said when met at a durian farm here.
Guo, who is from Dalian, and Xing arrived in Penang on Thursday. They will be here for a week.
Another couple from China were also spotted enjoying durians with coffee at the orchard.
Wei Chan Fang, 39, said she and her husband Zhan Xiang, 38, were durian lovers and they especially loved the Musang King variant.
“We travelled to Penang just for durians,” she said.
She said that durians from Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia were available in her country.
“But in my opinion, the ones from Thailand and Vietnam lack the aroma of Malaysian durians.
“The durians from Malaysia, especially Musang King, have become very expensive in China, so much so that ordinary people cannot afford to buy them. So we rather travel here to enjoy the best of the fruits,” she said.
v For Indonesian Martin Suhartono, 29, eating durians with a group of people was a new experience.
“Back in my hometown, there’s no practice where people gather together to eat durians like this,” said Martin, who is from Bandung but works in Singapore as a logistics manager.
Bao Sheng durian farm owner Chang Teik Seng said this year’s peak season was expected to be from July till early August.
“The durian season is usually around May to July every year.”
“The durian supply this year is also expected to be low, with an average of 100 fruits per day in July as compared with 400 to 500 fruits per day during May and June in previous years when weather conditions were better,” he said.
Chang said that the fruits started to drop three days ago.
“The number of fruits is expected to increase from now on before slowing down in August.”
~News courtesy of The Star~
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