Thursday, October 15, 2009

Singapore - Durians


People seem to either love durians or hate them.  Apparently they can have the most delicious flavor which is indescribable, because I have never had a durian-lover explain what it exactly tastes like to them.  To me, its taste consists of a biting odor similar to raw garlic or onions, which overpowers the faintest hints of creamy sweetness, which I'm guessing is what this fruit's adherents love so much and perhaps have better facilities to appreciate; just like how some people are genetically incapable of smelling the change in the odor of their pee after eating asparagus or cannot stand the taste of cilantro.


Singapore had a lot of durians for cheap.  The durian-lovers in our group went crazy, while everyone else went in the other direction, as fast and as far as they could.  I stuck around with the durian lovers, one could say unfortunately.


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