Durians - The King Of Fruits....

.... Some say! In South East Asia we heard of the fabled Durian, a fruit that was the most unusual, delicious, revolting and a delicacy all at the same time. We had seen Durians for sale on the side of the road in many countries, its spiky green exterior enticing passers by to purchase them and eat their fleshy fruit.

On speaking to many Malaysians, whom the majority love Durians with passion, the best description I received was that trying one is like 'eating custard in a toilet!'. But yet i was undeterred and had to try out for myself. I was convinced i would like it!

All smiles, this is before the torture began. We were amused to have found one that looked like a love heart! Foolishly, we thought that was a good sign - but little did we know what vile gastronomic terrors lay ahead.
Ps yes, those really are my biceps (Preet's) - im not just a pretty face you know!

So the quest for the elusive fruit...

So one evening with Captain Sukhdev Singhs family it was decided to eat durians as a dessert, to find the fruit we searched the deepest darkest corners of Kuala Lumpur, but alas no Durian's! On went the search, as we exited a dark alley way a lone seller sitting in a corner had a few Durians for sale, on enquiring the price we moved on as the price was deemed extortionate. We went to a spot where we would be guaranteed to find them, and find we did, so after careful selection by the captain, three were percured. They were loaded into the boot of the car, a moment later a strange smell arose, the smell was something similar to an open Drain, or as Preet mentioned, off onions. Later I nailed the smell to being like off mangoes being fried with off onions!!!

So the taste....

We just had a great dinner, so went to the garden for 'dessert'. The smell of the fruit in the garden was eye-watering, really it was that bad. The Durians were skillfully cut open with a special knife (yes, they actually have a special durian knife!) and the fleshy seed was pulled out, the feel of the fruit like holding on mushy gone off apple, but yet i persisted! The taste was revolting, much like the smell but a lot worse. My dinner nearly made a second appearance, it was that bad. But a few minutes later i thought i would try again, but on tasting and having the same gag action i gave up defeated by the king of fruits!!

The before shot...
The after shot!

I watched in horror as our host family were laughing and joking at me in pain, and gorging on the king of fruits. This was a bad, but memorable experience for me and Preet too!

The haze is not from taking a bad photo, im sure its the evil fruit spirits dancing around!

Zafar went crazy for the fruit - he loves it more than all of the family put together!

My theories on Durians...

1.God was experimenting with fruits, but on this occasion got it badly wrong, so packaged the fruit in spikes, made it look ugly to prevent man from eating it, but man invented special tools to crack the skin to get to the flesh!

2.Adam ate a Durian not the forbidden apple.

3. Hell is having to eat only Durians for eternity.

4. Durians are like eating mouldy custard in an open sewer.

5.Durians are just bad news!

So there you have it... my experience!

After seeing Gurcharan - do I reeeeally want to do this!??!!!!

I will touch it with the end of my tounge - that's as far as im going!