Strawberries

Ah! Strawberries....one of my favorite fruits. This post is for the health conscious fruit lover like myself.

As with all fruits, strawberries are best eaten in its natural state. Cooking or baking will make them lose some of their vitamins due to the heating process. In Malaysia, we are fortunate enough to get strawberries despite the hot and humid weather! They are widely grown in the highlands especially in Cameron Highlands and Genting Highlands. The weather there is perfect for strawberries.

This picture was taken during my recent trip to Genting Highlands. The strawberry farm is huge and I was salivating throughout the farm tour! The good thing is visitors are allowed to actually pluck the strawberries but the charges will be more compared to you just buying the pre-plucked ones. Oh well, how could you resist the novelty of plucking your own strawberries? Besides, you don't get to do this every day. If you are curious, the strawberries cost RM80 per kg versus RM30 per kg for pre-plucked ones. Yep, that's almost 3 times but you don't have to pluck one full kg! Just go for the experience....it's well worth it.