Durian

In Thailand, Durian is considered “the king of fruit”.

You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » Rambutan 2005

Let me think of it again, may be death by a Durian is what I’d like.

Meme : Table Talk Anjali 2008

Let me think of it again, may be death by a Durian is what I’d like.

Archive 2008-05-01 Anjali 2008

Which brings me to the point : the Durian is the closest thing we have to an Unearthly Fruit.

Archive 2005-02-01 Zoe Brain 2005

It would not, perhaps, be correct to say that the Durian is the best of all fruits, because it cannot supply the place of the subacid juicy kinds, such as the orange, grape, mango, and mangosteen, whose refreshing and cooling qualities are so wholesome and grateful; but as producing a food of the most exquisite flavour, it is unsurpassed.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

It would not, perhaps, be correct to say that the Durian is the best of all fruits, because it cannot supply the place of the subacid juicy kinds, such as the orange, grape, mango, and mangosteen, whose refreshing and cooling qualities are so wholesome and grateful; but as producing a food of the most exquisite flavour, it is unsurpassed.

The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

These days, the weekday lunch hours at her place, called Durian Durian, are fairly busy.

SplicedFeed 2010

These days, the weekday lunch hours at her place, called Durian Durian, are fairly busy.

SplicedFeed 2010

These days, the weekday lunch hours at her place, called Durian Durian, are fairly busy.

SplicedFeed 2010

The Durian was my sweet, yet stinky valentine this year.

unknown title 2009