JUST TO SHARE (Lau Tai Onn): A Durian-eating Day Trip To Titi Jelebu N.S.

A pose at the durian orchard at Titi

On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 after morning walk at the hill near our residential area at Bdr Sg Long, Lai Fah Sang, Yong Yew Khoon and I left at 10.45am from BSL in Lai's car to Titi, Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan.

We reached Pekan Titi at about 12.20pm and met up with Leong Wong Fatt who had earlier invited us to eat durians in a durian orchard in Titi. We went for coffee and bread at a coffee shop in the town before proceeding to the orchard. The ride in Leong’s pickup truck to the orchard on narrow laterite road took us about 20 minutes, passing by hilly rubber plantations along the way.

Leong is entrusted by his boss to manage the durian orchard and he has two Burmese workers there to pick up durians as well as mangosteens. Lai, Yong and I ate about 6 to 7 pieces of durians of the various species of D24 and Musang King with the compliments from Leong. All durians were very tasty as they were fresh and I had never been so satisfied for a long time. After eating. each of us bought some durians from Leong to bring home. I bought 3 pieces of D24 durians weighing 4.5 kg for RM 65.00.

We left the durian orchard at 1.50pm and returned to Pekan Titi at about 2.15pm. Leong delivered 2 crates of mangosteens to a fruit shop after Lai took 3kg and I 2kg of them. We were told the mangosteens were traded for RM 2.50 per kg only there (whereas the price is around RM 8 per kg in KL). I also bought 2 pieces of pineapples (selling at RM 4.00 per kg) from the shop for RM 11.00.

A wefie with Yong (pic centre) and Leong (pic right) at the coffee shop at Titi town

Pic from right: Yong Yew Khoon, Leong Wong Fatt and Lai Fah Sang

Arrived at the durian orchard

D24 durian

Three of us savoring durians (Leong didn't join us eating)

Musang King durians

Leong calculating the quantity of durians to be sold to us

Leong showing us the budding point of durian

Durian tree

Mangosteen tree

Durians (covered) and mangosteens in crates being transported out from the orchard

The road from orchard to town

Leong driving his pickup truck

After that, we went to Leong’s bungalow house for a rest. We settled payment to Leong for the durians we bought and it was a pleasant surprise that the mangosteens were given free to us.

Leong took us to Kedai Kopi & Makanan Swee Fatt in the main road of Pekan Titi for refreshment before we returned to home. He initially wanted to bring us to a “tong sui” shop but it was closed. The shop was full of customers that made me admire at the easy-going life of a small town like Titi at about 3pm in the afternoon on a working day! The cost of one glass of iced coffee, two cups of hot coffee and a glass of barley water was only RM 6.00. Cheap!

We bade farewell to Leong at 3.15pm. Before returning home, I managed to take a few photos of a wall painting of a building said to be contributed by Tan Sri Lim Wee Chai, the founder and executive chairman of Top Glove Bhd. who hailed from Titi. We returned to BSL at about 4.55pm. I am grateful to Lai for the driving and Yong for the company of this pleasant durian-eating trip.