Trying Fresh Durian in Kuala Lumpur from Eat to Blog on Vimeo.
I recently visited Singapore and Malaysia, and here’s a short video shot by my sister while we were in Kuala Lumpur. Jalan Alor is a busy street, lined with restaurants and fruit vendors, where we sampled many fruits of Southeast Asia. Here’s my reaction to eating fresh durian for the first time. If you’ve never heard of durian, the outside resembles a spiky football. Inside are creamy lobes of fruit flesh surrounding large pits. Oh, and it smells like rotting garbage and is an acquired taste. It’s considered a delicacy, but because of the stench it’s been banned in many places, including our hotel.
Not seen above: I actually went back for a second piece. Once you get past the initial flavor, it starts to take on notes of caramel, which is great. But it’s still a struggle to eat it, and two pieces was all I really wanted to eat.
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Maybe “tastes like onions” can become a new catch phrase. At any rate, you’re a brave, brave man.
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@ Jess + Garrett — i’m relying on you to help this catchphrase go viral.
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So I’ve tried frozen durian and really liked it, I think it might be easier to take down that way as well. I’m sure they’ll have it in the Asian markets in NYC http://bit.ly/KRdpFd
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@Rodzilla – i’ve also seen whole (de-frosted) durians for sale in chinatown, but i couldn’t resist the opportunity to try the fresh stuff at the source.
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Yeah, I opted for frozen over fresh to ease myself into it, and actually getting the fruit from the full durian is apparently quite the process.
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@Rodzilla – yeah, we opted to let the pros open it for us, but we saw plenty of people with whole fruits crack them open themselves.
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