Originally Posted by
bisonrav
There's something worse than cheese anyway.
Durian. Regular travellers to SE Asia will know it. They have special machines in Singapore to fumigate rooms where people have illegally consumed it. It's best described as sort of stinky garlic infested custard fruit. And my wife (like most Chinese from the region) absolutely loves it. Oh, the glee on her face when the toddler decided he liked durian flavoured ice cream on the last trip.
There are, genuinely, hotels with buffets in Singapore where the durian pastries are kept in fume cupboards.
Cheese is amateur hour stuff in comparison.
I’m Chinese and I hate durian. My parents love it though. It’s a Marmite thing.
recently stayed at Sofitel Angkor and the hotel specifically bans durians in the rooms.
Once I bought Saint Marcellin cheese (unopened and cling wrapped) and at LYS security the guy asked me what’s in my suitcase, because the terracotta dish holding the cheese obscured the cheese in the scan, I sheepishly answered “fromage” and he was fine with it.