Sunday, July 4, 2010

Soon Beng Longan (Mata Kucing) Trading Orchard, Gadong Estate, Tanjung Sepat, Selangor



After a hearty lunch at Hock Heng Huat, Tg Sepat, we headed towards Banting direction and made a right turn from the main road into Soon Beng Longan orchard at Gadong Estate, Tg Sepat. The owner began planting longan trees many years back and it is now one of the most successful longan orchards in Malaysia. Actually longan doesn’t really grow very well in our climate and soil but this orchard managed to produce good quality longan. I have been visiting this orchard for many years. The medium size longan is very sweet. I would normally buy the fresh longan (RM5) and sometime dried ones as well. Apart from longan, there are also other produce for sales such as fresh vegetables, dragon fruit, coconut, bananas, sweet potatoes, guava, rose apple, melons and many more. There are loads of buses and cars going into this plantation during weekend and school holidays. This is more of an educational trip for my children. Town children seldom get to see how fruits and vegetables are grown. We sat down there, enjoyed some pandan coconut drinks and local fruits.

Address
Soon Beng Longan Trading, Gadong Estate 42800 Tanjung Sepat 25 minutes from Banting town and 5 minute dirt road drive into the orchard
Telephone number : 03-31481018 H/P: 019-2392369
Map of our round trip

11 comments:

CathJ said...

I love Longan... ^_^

cleffairy said...

Lucky me. I was a bit of a kampung girl. Hahahahah.... climb rambutan trees and eat rambutan like monyet on the tree when I was a kid. Damn buas! LOL.

Cheryl said...

Looks very delicious! Sounds as if you are all having a great time with the holiday.

Christine said...

all that lovely fresh fruit, wow

wenn said...

yummy, i hvn't taken fresh longan for quite some time..

ICook4Fun said...

The last time I went back to Malaysia I wanted to drop by the logan farm at Tanjung Sepat but it was closed. Hopefully the next time I go back home it will be the right season to visit.

suituapui said...

Wah! Local longans! I like! They plant it here too...but not really that cheap. I'll just stick to my pisang keling! LOL!!!

Reanaclaire said...

gosh..i never heard of tanjung sepat before.. really my geog is terrible..
I love longan too.. but mostly from thailand ones are sold.. i seldom buy cos heard of the chemical they put.. but if local, i dont mind eating them often..

Ayie said...

OH pete I so so so miss fresh young coconut!

smallkucing said...

Hmm...good place to explore. So it's open to public la? Okie...will drag hubi to go one of the weekends.

Angie's Recipes said...

Fresh longan! I am longing for some of the exotic tropical fruit!