What food do you bring on the plane (or to the airport)?
Nov 10, 2023, 10:31 am
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Interestingly enough, on a recent flight from SE Asia to the EU, my dessert course was a gourmet mini one of these and was actually pretty good. Too bad it wasn't one of those on demand items, otherwise I'd keep ordering these as snacks throughout the flight.
Nov 10, 2023, 11:30 am
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Char siu, custard, red bean, plain are the most common types I see here. Currently my guilty pleasure are durian cream puffs. But the flavour has been fading as of late...maybe they're putting in less durian... Would make an interesting flight. 😂
Nov 10, 2023, 2:58 pm
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Good grief! The one saving grace about Singapore's fine culture is the sign on their subway declaring a monetary penalty for eating the fruit. I'm convinced 50% of people are born either liking or hating it. I can't anyone acquiring the taste of it, which I surely can't even in a million years.
Nov 10, 2023, 8:41 pm
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Good grief! The one saving grace about Singapore's fine culture is the sign on their subway declaring a monetary penalty for eating the fruit. I'm convinced 50% of people are born either liking or hating it. I can't anyone acquiring the taste of it, which I surely can't even in a million years.
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Personally, I try to keep it under control. It's not repulsive to me, but it is a tad "heaty" so have to be careful not to consume too much at once.
Jan 8, 2024, 7:54 pm
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Good grief! The one saving grace about Singapore's fine culture is the sign on their subway declaring a monetary penalty for eating the fruit. I'm convinced 50% of people are born either liking or hating it. I can't anyone acquiring the taste of it, which I surely can't even in a million years.
Jan 16, 2024, 7:00 am
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"Nauseous" means causing others to be nauseated.
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Jan 16, 2024, 10:12 am
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Maybe it's coincidental, but the asian markets around here whose entrances go directly into the produce section have all put their fresh durian within range of the entrance. You get a good hit of it as soon as the door opens and the air whoshes out.
Jan 16, 2024, 10:46 am
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I tried durian for the first time last week. Some friends who love it are in town and we were shopping in Chinatown where they had a bunch of them. I was expecting so much worse, both the smell and the taste. Neither were particularly offensive but I can't say I loved the taste. The smell wasn't bad; not pleasant but not nauseating either. Ditto the taste. Not something I would ever choose to eat again but not vomit-inducing either. I don't get the extreme reactions.
Jan 16, 2024, 2:20 pm
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I tried durian for the first time last week. Some friends who love it are in town and we were shopping in Chinatown where they had a bunch of them. I was expecting so much worse, both the smell and the taste. Neither were particularly offensive but I can't say I loved the taste. The smell wasn't bad; not pleasant but not nauseating either. Ditto the taste. Not something I would ever choose to eat again but not vomit-inducing either. I don't get the extreme reactions.
I think the extreme reaction is along the same lines for people who go out of their comfort zone. Since it's not a big leap for me, it's fine. But for meat and potatoes people, I can see a bad first reaction.
Jan 17, 2024, 11:50 pm
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Sorry about that, I guess it is safer to say that “the taste and smell of durian makes me sick”. I have tasted durian candy once, that tasted good, but I want to try durian coffee next.
Jan 18, 2024, 1:10 pm
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Trust me, Durian coffee is not good and not an acquired taste... and this is coming from someone who has appreciated durian in many forms (chews, hard candy, pudding, cream puff, fresh fruit, ice cream)... I am interested in trying a fermented durian soup that I saw recently in a travel vlog (Kuching, Sarawak Malaysia)
Jan 19, 2024, 12:56 am
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Trust me, Durian coffee is not good and not an acquired taste... and this is coming from someone who has appreciated durian in many forms (chews, hard candy, pudding, cream puff, fresh fruit, ice cream)... I am interested in trying a fermented durian soup that I saw recently in a travel vlog (Kuching, Sarawak Malaysia)
Jan 19, 2024, 9:42 am
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Thank you for the warning, I would stop dreaming about tasting durian coffee. Your post also reminded me that I also have tasted and liked durian ice cream. I saw this recipe of fermented durian soup https://malaysiavegetarianfood.com/t...mented-durian/. Is this the same with what you saw in a Malaysian travel vlog, @StuckInYYZ?
Jan 20, 2024, 6:09 pm
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Generally, I'd take a trail mix-type of snack; figure, dried fruit, nuts, chocolate. To balance out the sweet, I'd have something savory, often in the vein of something from the Indian subcontinent. Lentils and fried potato sticks are the common denominators, as is the presence of chilies.