You Know You’re Malaysian When…
…pictures such as this one make your mouth water! 
Yes, these people are ‘paying tribute’ to the King of Fruits in their very own kitchen.
On a different note, observe the background – the different containers/jars which were once found in (almost) every local home.
We thank Charlie Choong for this picture.
The funny thing of eating Durian is that it’s best eaten while squatting like the picture above…not very ladylike but that’s the best way to enjoy the fruit. My family used to love Durian with a passion and we even ate our durian with rice along…not the pulut type but normal white rice…we prefer the bitter type compared to the sweeter option…what about others?
white rice and durian…interesting combination, IpohBoy
I prefer durian on its own
I am looking at the most elegant of dinner chairs in this picture. Many of them are still around which shows how timeless and hardy they are.
KKFoong, some kopitiams still use such chairs!
Reminds me of those good old days. I had done what was in the picture numerous time. However, I have lost my craving for durians now.
The routine after eating durians is drinking tap water with the shell so as to cool the body system. Mangosteens help too.
In the 1950s, the lorry delivered the durians on edge of the road and they piled up to about 1 meter high. An average durian cost 30-40 sen only. The symmetrical fruit is not as good as the curved one and the best one were those gnawed by squirrels.
AHLAI got it right about drinking water with the shell and eating mangosteens to cool the body chi. Do not consume alcohol (brandy or whiskey) after eating durians because they are anecdotal evidence of death caused by food poisoning when alochol is mixed with durian in the stomach.
In Sydney, Thai durians (air freighted)can be bought for RM10-12 per kilo and they also come in a plastic container without the fuss of opening the fruit. You can freeze it and eat one fruit a day as an ice-cream.
Heard funny stories about durian eating in cars, trains, hotels and airplanes. For those who don’t like it, it smells like poo, same feelings about smelly cheeses.
Cold durians (that was kept in the fridge) and white rice…!! I remember that!!
During tmy younger days of the 60s, my dad bought durians by the pile. There would always be some under-riped fruits, which no one would eat. My granny would collect the pulp to make a very sweet heady stew of the pulp with santan, sugar (cocout sugar’s the best) and pandan leaves. Definitely super delicious!!!
It’s a Nyonya desert, Durians eaten with pulut rice, santan, Gula Malacca, and a pinch of salt. Tastes all the better when eaten with fingers! However we used to make it a main meal, but with white rice. Also drinking water from the shell is suppose to rid the smell from your mouths! Those were the days, when my Dad used to buy durians by the ‘Land Rover’ loads. Nowadays, I hardly eat Durians, RM 20 per fruit just puts me off.
Unripe durians are also good cooked with Bo Bo Cha Cha and Sago.
Ah, someone else who knows the whole durian-pulut rice-santan-gula melaka concoction! When I share this recipe with friends, they have never heard of it & exclaim what an overload of ‘lemak’! Ooo, but it’s sooooo creamy sticky crazy delicious!!!
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Well 5candles, welcome back. Don’t leave it so long next time, we need your support.
LOL! I remember my first trip back to Malaysia, we made a stop in Singapore. We visited the foodstalls and I bought back a plastic packed durian to the hotel for my night snack. Of course, my Filipina wife thought it was odiferous as well but my needs are greater than her wants. None of the Mandarin hotel staff did say anything to me on the remainder of our stay but I did learn later than it is prohibited in our hotel. My wife said the smell still permeated on our last day in the room.
Hi IpohboyinLA….welcome to the blog!
I just had durian last June on my vacation..Penang famous ,..it’s..good taste after so long….it’s taste with Nadia pulut…but I prefer eating it own it’s own…indeed Durian in the King of all fruit…
sorry…wrong spelling….NASI PULUT…..:-)
I have been told by some ‘kampong’ folk that tigers are quite fond of durians too! Apparently, they can prise and pull apart the fallen durian fruit with their claws. Any truth to this?