Singapore: the durian taste test

Siewyee, my coworker, Singaporean tour guide/ambassador, took us to Bugis  market last night, to fulfil my mission of trying the Durian (aka 'the stinky fruit'). Singaporeans call it 'the king of all fruits', a delicacy.
All I knew was that the smell and taste are famous. You can smell a durian from 10 feet away.


Siewyee offers some Durian already shucked:


chris takes a bite:




reaction 1:




reaction 2:




brian takes a bite:




reaction (note chris is still gagging on the left side of the picture):




jim takes a bite:




reaction:





and it's done. the taste is like... i can't describe it. foul. and it stays with you for a while. we immediately rushed to get some indonesian barbeque as soon as the tasting was complete

Comments

  1. Unknown6/23/2010

    A braver man than I...

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  2. Brian Bergey6/23/2010

    It tastes like a mixture of raw meat that is off and some really sour fruit. All marinated in sewer water.

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  3. Angel6/28/2010

    sounds absolutely revolting. Why do people eat it if it's so gross? I thought I remembered reading that it smelled awful but tasted good - but apparently I read wrong!

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