Pong's Orchard -- Kyle Gets His Kaffir Lime Tree From Fulton

Kyle was the first to tell me about the Asian fruit trees that you can buy in Fulton, and he finally hooked up to buy his own kaffir lime tree.

The trees come from Pong's Orchard in Fulton, a family-run business that grows fruit and trees on 27 acres:

I finally got my kaffir lime tree from Mr. Pong at his Fulton orchard. I'm going to use the uniquely-flavored double leaf in some Southeast Asian recipes.

Mr. Pong has a couple heated outbuildings where his citrus trees live in the cold weather. There were dozens of different trees, and a lot had fruit on them in various stages of ripening. He gave me half a satsuma tangerine off one of the trees. It was quite the treat eating it outside in the cold air with the setting sun.

Mr. Pong figured out I was somehow associated with a nice blog. He wanted the blog to write about his go-to Chinese restaurant in Fulton -- Hunan China. He's especially fond of the chow foon, Singapore noodles and dumplings. I've had all those dishes from there, but it's been years since I've been. I'll have to check it out again.

If someone wants to visit the orchard, I would email asianpearmd@verizon.net or call him at (301) 854-9969 to arrange a time to meet.

(Update: I fixed the reference to Hunan China above. Kyle had heard Mr. Pong say Hunan Manor, then we thought it might be Hunan House. But Al Pong confirmed in the comments that it's Hunan China. Check out his comment for his contact information and for more details about the types of trees that you can buy. Thanks for the fix.)

This is part of a week of guest posts highlighting finds that other people have found around Howard County.