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You love it or you hate it. Because of its distinctive and persistent odour the fruit is banished from hotels and public transportation in Southeast Asia.
We tried the fruit at a pavement vendor - you can really smell the fruit long before you can see the vendor! To us it smells strangely sweet and like onion!? and tastes a bit like onion too without the sting but sweet with a touch of mango - it is really weird. Not our favorite fruit. ;-)
Durians are like Thailand's version of Marmite - you either love or hate them. The odour from a durian is unmistakable and clearly not to everyone's taste - you are banned from having them in a public place and especially on public transport. Yet I know plenty of my Thai colleagues absolutely love them and look forward to the new season with relish
Durian (Durio zibethinus) is a large (30 cm by 15 cm) heavy (1-5 kg) fruit widely cultivated in Southeast Asia. It is native to Indonesia and Malaysia. Its strong and distinctive flavour/odour is loved/hated by many. Durian is prohibited from being brought into hotels and aircrafts.
Few people in Japan are familiar with this fruit, but there are a good number of durian addicts in a consulting firm that does business in Southeast Asia, for which I once worked.
I remember when one of my colleagues successfully smuggled durians for souvenirs from Bangkok. He arrived at our office on a late afternoon, and unpacked the fruits.
Durian enthusiasts on our floor soon noticed the presence of durians, and a spontaneous durian party started. Some Durian lovers on other floors who smelled the flavour like flies also joined the party.
When the party was at a full swing, a man in charge of building maintenance appeared at the party site saying that he received a report of gas leakage (^_^;
It was probably by someone in the domestic division who was not familiar with the fruit. We had to dismiss in the end.
Due to the hot weather, durians are harvested in great quantity. Makeshift stalls spring all over Singapore selling the King of fruits. There are many grades of the fruit, the fruit is sold by weight or quantity.
With the CDC voucher given out by the government, every Singaporean can eat this fruit FOC.
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Durian -Widely known and revered in southeast Asia as the "king of fruits", the durian is distinctive for its large size, unique odour, and formidable thorn-covered husk.
Durian ' King of fruits' -you either love it or hate it (especially the strong smells)
Tropical fruits in Southeast Asia
A durian smells like hell
But tastes like heaven
Visit Asia and have a taste of heaven !
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Durian - famous for tasting lovely, but smelling really bad - like rotting meat. I did try some years ago - it was quite pleasant to eat, just don't inhale! This is the Musang King variety, the most popular, for its bitter/sweet taste. I believe it is banned from being taken aboard passenger planes unless packed in airtight wrapping.
To the right of the fruit is some of the durian flesh packaged up for purchase, presumably to be eaten same day. On the left is a different shot of what appears to be durian growing on a tree. I only noticed them in the frame of the photo yesterday, I didn't get close to them when I was there, but being Singapore, it wouldn't surprise me if it was a realistic plastic tree that was part of the decoration for that café with the seating amusingly fashioned from old oil drums. But real or not, I guess that's what durian growing on a tree look like.
Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is a waterside building located on six hectares of waterfront land alongside Marina Bay near the mouth of the Singapore River, purpose-built to be the centre for performing arts for the island nation of Singapore. Taking its name from the nearby Esplanade, it contains a Concert Hall which seats about 1,600 and a Theatre with a capacity of about 2,000 for the performing arts.
The unique architectural design has been said to have an appearance similar to either a durian (a tropical fruit) or the eyes of a fly. Some Singaporeans casually refer to the Esplanade as "The Durian" or "The Big Durian" or also "The Durian Shell". - Wikipedia
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Durian the King of Fruits, sweet, bitter, creamy and strong in odour but taste fantastic.
Warning: either you love it or hate it.
Durian is named king of fruit in Asia. Have been thinking to build durian with LEGO bricks for a long time and finally manage to get it in shape this year. Which one is your favourite? ^o^ ~
A young Filipino enjoys his lunch while tending to the his family's durian stand located in Davao City, Mindanao, The Philippines. It took me several attempts to enjoy eating durian, and I can honestly say I enjoy it now, but only in small quantities, and never, EVER consumed when drinking beer. ;-) I prefer durian in ice creme, but I can now handle the "right out of shell at the hot roadside stand" version too.