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Originally Posted by Mortis
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Almost all of the bigger hotels here in KL tell you that you can't have Durian in your room, who would want to? My wife left one in a plastic bag in the backseat while she went in to finish her shopping at a different shop, the smell in the car was awful, and that was in only 20 minutes or so.
I can't imagine what the durian toots would smell like, but I'm pretty sure it would be considered a chemical agent of mass destruction.
I've eaten it many times and if you can get over the smell the taste is quite good,
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I rather like durian. The smell doesn't bother me as long as I'm outdoors. I don't think I'd want to bring a whole durian into my house. It's really only the outer 'shell' that has such a strong smell anyway. The inner 'pods' almost have none. (Very slight) The better supermarkets in Thailand remove the pods and wrap them in clingwrap and sell it that way. Much easier to deal with. But still, I prefer eating durian in outdoor markets, especially the Albert Street Market in Singapore! People seem to gather from all over, spending hours pouring over the huge piles of durian, everyone trying to figure out which one is at its peak ripeness!
Durian tastes good, but I still prefer mangosteens over all other fruit!
Stitchawl