like LOWJHG, i - a SGPrean - am repulsed and convulsed, by durian, smells, tastes, sight, even mentions cos they stir up smells and tastes.

And to add to my troubles, I grow up in a family who adore that fruit. And I forgot to ask my fiancee if she eats durian before I popped the question.

If it not too late, you can put the subject in prenap...

Singaporean and love it. Recently I have been craving durian ice cream on top of durian puree at Ji De Chi @ Liang Seah!

8 years since we married, but my son has joined me in pinching his nose on the fruit

It doesn't do much for me. There are lots of Durian stands in Indonesia, but I've never really enjoyed them. I've tasted worse stuff, certainly. There are lots of better fruits I'll eat though, if in such a tropical country.

I'm probably one of the few people who neither hate nor love them.

Smell isn't really setting me off, sure it doesn't smell very good, but I've never though it being atrocious. Just so-so.

Taste, again, it's ok. I don't mind to eat a few pieces of it, I kind of like mango (but not love it), so Durian as well is ok-ish. Would I eat it, if I had some other, more tasty choices? Not really! But once in a while it's ok.. Durian ice cream, again, if more preferred choices are available, don't really need to have it, but if it's only Durian or other tastes I don't fancy much, then why not..

I don't like it either and apparently it's bad for your digestion if you eat too much of it.

and if local (SGP) folklore is to be believed, NEVER EVER consume alcohol with durian (unless you wish a hasty return to yr Maker)

One needs to eat durian along with mangosteen for balance; yin and yang, love and hate, king and queen of the fruits.

I do like Durian, been a number of years since I ate any.

I really like durian and enjoy the sticky rice/durian (rather than mango) variant.

The custardy texture and flavor are fantastic.

But.... I'd much prefer to run through a kg of mangosteen or rambutams uninterupted.

Durian reminds me of rotting onion bagels awaiting pick up in the trash set out on Columbus Ave near the park - anyone who runs in NY in the AM knows what I am talking about.

I have never gotten it past my nose.

Mangosteen ... check for the yellow latex (avoid) and then YUM!

The smell is great, the taste even better, Yeah I'm asian :p

As a native NYer I can assure you that I've never heard a bagel/durian comparison before. :D

The yellow goo in Mangosteens is bitter and definitely best avoided. Often it forms when the fruit is over-ripe.

Love the taste but hate the smell of the fruit. Only tried it for the first time a year ago when in Singapore, but have had durian ice cream and bubble tea in usa since then.