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Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
I wonder if the number of durian-consuming ethnicities in the U.K. isn't big enough. IN my part of the world, even the normal supermarkets (incidentally owned by the family that also owns Tesco/Fortnum & Mason) have long sold whole durians imported from Thailand (not sure if any is imported from the Philippines). I can't eat any more than one or two so a whole one would be wasted. It does come frozen though, only way the airlines will transport it?
Even if London's "durian-consuming ethnicities" come low as a proportional % figure of the total population, the numbers are still HUGE - possibly higher than Toronto or New York. (I understand Americans sometimes pop over to Canada to get their 'fix' as the supply chain there is better)
Those with East Asian backgrounds tend to sink under the UK's Racial Monitoring radars, but they are still numerable. Also, the majority tend to stay in London when given the option.
I can only show you
this PDF document and assume that out of the 200,000 British/Chinese, half of them (minimum) will live in London, and out of the 800,000 classified as 'other' I'm going to guess that 400,000 of those are from East Asia.
My conservative estimate is that there are between 100,000 & 250,000 potential Durian eaters in London, perhaps more.
More info on London's ethnic make-up here
http://www.guardian.co.uk/britain/ar...395362,00.html
I can only assure you from observation that a
lot of Durian gets sold - and if you want to buy fertilised duck eggs (balut), I can direct you towards those too.