Penang Durian Trip Day 1

On June 26, I brought Simon, his mom, his brother (Ricky) and his gf (Crystal), his cousin (Vincent) and his wife (Lina) to Penang for Durian Festival (May to July 2010)...

We went to Bao Sheng Durian Farm... located at 150 Mk.2, Sungai Pinang, 11010 Balik Pulau...

If you can't get enough of durian + mother nature,  you can probably stay over at Bao Sheng Durian Farm for RM180 per night...

Simon and his mom waiting for durian :)

We were supposed to make reservation earlier but we could only confirm the number of guests a day before our trip.. We couldn't get branded durians like Ang Heh (Red Prawn)... The Award Winner of the 1989 Penang Durian Competition. This durian has orange reddish coloured flesh, has very little fiber and is fairly sticky with a bitter-sweet taste. Usually it costs about RM25 per fruit.

10 of us started digging in... We tried other durians... Eat-all-you-can at RM20 per person since we arrived quite late (about 6:00pm).. Unfortunately, the durians were not very good.. Well, because we didn't book early! Arggh.. I was told we should call up at least 3 to 4 days ahead!

The view is spectacular.. very relaxing as well...

But the road leading to Bao Sheng Durian Farm is very windy.. and not to mention steep!

Still, although we didn't manage to try all the branded durians... we still managed to wallop quite many durians...

My dad really wanted to try Ang Heh... but I was told we should have eaten at the beginning of the durian season, not towards the end when almost all were sold out...

After durian, we rested at home and then went over to Sungai Pinang Food Court for supper...

They have a variety of local delicacies at night (less stalls are open during day time).. Their char koay teow, grilled stingray with curry powder, curry noodles, rojak (mixed fruit with special sauce) are much sought after.. :)