fruits

While Ping was visiting New York City late summer, tiptup and diddykong brought Ping to the Chinatown. Ping got the impression that NYC Chinatown is the best in US but Ping kinda prefers the Chinatown at San Francisco. There was more stuff to see and more like 'teng nang keh'. NYC Chinatown is more similar to Chicago Chinatown, just larger and busier. It is also blended in with the Little Italy.

The one thing that Ping was really excited about while at NYC Chinatown is the fruit stalls!! Definitely something that you won't get in Michigan or even Illinois. It's like those fruit stalls at Petaling Street or Campbell Street. The best is, they were selling lychee, rambutans and jambu!!! Tropical fruits!!! DK bought us some lychee and cherries. The cherries was requested by Ping since it's the cherry season and it's very expensive here in MI, which for some reason, is not a big producer of cherries - still considered imported fruit.
Back to Michigan, it's all apples. :( Definitely not Ping's favorite fruit. But when Ping first got back here, there was still quite a bit of cherries around. Kinda expensive...but but but..nice leh and we don't get it in M'sia.
And the next best thing...strawberries!! Haven't tried those from Fraser Hills or Cameron Highlands but the ones they sell here are really sweet and juicy. They can be pretty cheap on certain days too, depending on the seasons.
During the winter, Ping's fruit source is oranges! There's not much choice during winter unless wanna buy imported fruits like Korean pears. There is definitely more choices in tropical countries since there are different fruit seasons all year long. Some of the fruits like 'ampela', 'ia' (coconut), 'ong lai' (pineapple) and 'bok kua' (papaya) can grow all year long too.