Originally Posted by
Visconti
For me, it's Durian. Most in my family love it, and it's one of the treats they most look forward to whenever in Singapore. While they indulge in the freshly chopped ones on one of those street fruit cafes, I always have to stand off in a distance.
I've tried for many years to acquire the taste for it, but have and likely always will fail miserably.
I cannot abide cilantro/coriander leaves, despite a multitude of attempts, but Durian was love at first sniff.
Not all Durian, or at least, not all what I can get in London, where I have had OKish portions and one misstep that reminded me of eating raw rotten onion layers, but whenever I come across a shop elsewhere in the world selling it it always makes me stop in my tracks and inhale as hard as I can. It’s like a heady, deep, rich custard, but with a complex fruit tang to it. I can’t see how it would be possible to enjoy eating Durian without enjoying the smell of it. Just wish I had more opportunities to eat it and someone to help educate me into learning what the best qualities to look out for are and how to work out and identify the optimum stage of ripeness. Just caught myself drooling thinking about the smell.