Bibik asked me one day if the Japanese cucumbers I had been buying from Cold Storage were imported from Japan. Ignorant me, I didn’t know the answer until I saw the packaged seeds at ACE Hardware, Ikano when I went shopping for her birthday. I got her a watch, again. (She had given the one I gave her in 2004 to Ita, her daughter.) Long story lah pulak.
Anyway, I bought two little packages of Japanese Cucumber seeds, or Kyuri, and came home to surprise her on her birthday. KaCher got her a leather wallet, and Kitreena got her some hair clips. (Nak lah jugak mention kan.) She was surprised, indeed. I gave her the seeds the next day, and thanked her for her question. No sweat! It was just RM1.00 per package.
Today, just a bit over three months after Bibik’s birthday…we are enjoying fresh Kyuri every day. It doesn’t get any more fresh than this! The vine in our backyard has been producing more than what we can consume. We even had to share the cucumbers with neighbors for fear of wasting. Well, if that’s not nice enough…the squirrels have had their shares as well. Begitu meriahnya my backyard…Indonesian Bibik, Japanese cucumbers, and Malaysian squirrels in between.
Arigato gozaimasu, Bibik san!
Questa è Enida 
Oh i forgot to thank you for the cucumbers! I buat acar timun recently using one. Sedap mekkk! Sooo crunchy! Ada lagi satu. Rasa sayang nak makan, ade ke gitu? Muahaha. Soon, with a bigger backyard, you dont have to go veggie-shopping anymore, dak? La la la la la….
-Unden!-