"The novelist Anthony Burgess wrote that eating durian is "like eating sweet raspberry blancmange in the lavatory". The travel and food writer Richard Sterling states that "its odor is best described as pig-excrement, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock." Other comparisons have been made with the civet, sewage, stale vomit, skunk spray and used surgical swabs. Such descriptions may reflect the odour's variability. Different species and cultivars vary markedly in aroma; for example, red durian (D. dulcis) has a deep caramel flavour with a turpentine odour while red-fleshed durian (D. graveolens) emits a fragrance of roasted almonds.
The fruit's strong smell has led to its ban from public transport systems in Singapore and in Bangkok."
The fruit's strong smell has led to its ban from public transport systems in Singapore and in Bangkok."
I didn't seek it out, but I did come across some durian cake in a sealed packet for about $8 $ingaporean and thought that it's not like tasting the raw thing, so I didn't buy it.
Ironically, someone donated a Mc Donalds durian Hello Kitty doll to the Op Shop I volunteer at, and I bought it for $3 Australian and now doing a web search I see someone at EBAY trying to flog it off for $50 Australian:-)
Ironically, someone donated a Mc Donalds durian Hello Kitty doll to the Op Shop I volunteer at, and I bought it for $3 Australian and now doing a web search I see someone at EBAY trying to flog it off for $50 Australian:-)
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| Hello Kitty 2015 McDonald's Durian Lover 7" Plush |
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| Durian McDonald's Hello Kitty (limited edition) S$55 |
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