Just thought want to share….

I am Malaysian….

For durian, either you love it or hate it, which is true – and try to eat few more different varieties as each give you different flavour, you can hardly find two that taste the same
Rambutan – there is another similar fruit called pulasan, with thicker skin
Sugar apple – also known as custard apple in Malaysia, comes in green or red colour skin
Soursop – looks like a bigger version of sugar apple but taste sweet and sour
Klengkeng – also known as mata kucing in Malaysia
Jambu Air – mild sweet, juicy (must buy look for the green, or maroon colour)
Tembikai – water melon
Jambu batu – guava (normally served with “preserved plum powder” or sprinkle of salt)
Pisang – banana (we have different types of bananas, the finger size one can be very sweet
Betik – papaya

For dare devils:
Nangka – Jack fruit in English, another strong flavour fruit, massive big fruits

Cempedak – another “stink” bomb to some people, but if you get the right one it can be very sweet, available in deep fried version (seed is quite eatible when deep fried)

Star fruits
Pomelo – football size citrus fruit, either sweet or sweeet sour (bit like grapefruit)
Ciku – small brownish fruit which can be sweet
Langsat – looks like “mata kucing”, sweet
Dragonfruit – comes in red or white variety

Have fun

I don’t recall any burps, but considering the reputation of garlic, that may make sense for some folks. I don’t usually have any adverse reactions to garlic unless I really go overboard.

I’d say most people’s repulsion stems from being unaccustomed to a supersweet fruit with very strong savory tones. It’s just a very weird combo and tends to catch people off-guard.

Sarah, you are quite the Durian expert. Where did you discover it… I can’t imagine you found it in Seattle!? I’m not sure yet how I feel about a sugar coated garlic clove – that sounds rather harmless though. Sugar coated anything can’t be all that bad after all! But interesting indeed!! By the way, as Catherine tells us, did it make you burp too? What a weird fruit!

If I hear of where you can find the mangosteen, I’ll be sure to let you know…

Catherine, what a story! That is hysterical. But I guess your friend didn’t find it as funny. Hope at least now the smell is gone from his breath, ha ha! I can’t believe how strong it must have been, even after just 1 bite. Gosh, I’ll need even more courage than I thought to try it! Thanks for sharing the story !!

Oh, and I’d be careful if this same friend gives YOU any advice on your next adventure!!

A friend recently went to Malaysia and I thought it would be funny and mischevious of me to ask him to try the Durian. All he knew about it was that it was a very popular fruit. So, he goes to Malaysia, is having a blast and comes across the Durian fruit. He asks to try it but the locals warned him that it wasn’t for “everyone”. No matter…he wanted to try it because I recommended it.

He said it tasted absolutely awful and he couldn’t go past the one bite he had. End result? It makes you burp. And you burp something really foul smelling , so much so that his guide and companions demanded that he sit at the back of the van with the windows open….Needless to say, he returned from Malaysia very upset with me because the smell of the durian stayed with him for three entire days! LOL

So I would just stick with the durian ice cream