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January 2nd 2014
Published: January 2nd 2014
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It was a hot day. The ice-cream vendor outside the Central Market in Kuala Lumpur was ringing her bell invitingly; I stopped to look. On offer was durian ice-cream. Now, I’ve tried durian in various ways from different vendors over the years, and I’ve never met a durian I liked. It’s not so much the smell, which is pretty aggressive – think over-ripe pineapple left to rot in the sun with... Read Full Entry



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Kuan Yin
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garlic porkgarlic pork
garlic pork
good luck pastrygood luck pastry
good luck pastry
pastry to bring luck in the New Year
hot snowflakehot snowflake
hot snowflake
I have no idea what this is.
jelly-liciousjelly-licious
jelly-licious
instant noodlesinstant noodles
instant noodles
Instant noodles were very popular here. This entire aisle was for instant noodles.
jackfruitjackfruit
jackfruit
not to be confused with durian
jackfruit2jackfruit2
jackfruit2
Kimpo FamousKimpo Famous
Kimpo Famous
Red Garden
little boy singinglittle boy singing
little boy singing
This little boy was at Kapitan restaurant amusing himself while his mom had lunch.
Mr MurukuMr Muruku
Mr Muruku
He's nice, but I don't know what he is.
Penang curryPenang curry
Penang curry
prosperity mealprosperity meal
prosperity meal
McDonald's
rambutanrambutan
rambutan
roasting chestnutsroasting chestnuts
roasting chestnuts
The black bits are stones to keep the heat around the chestnuts.
Red GardenRed Garden
Red Garden
roti cakeroti cake
roti cake
WAWWAW
WAW
Note the Mickey Mouse rip-off.
satay at WAWsatay at WAW
satay at WAW
sausage donutsausage donut
sausage donut
this just looks wrong
sesame somethingsesame something
sesame something
snakeskin fruitsnakeskin fruit
snakeskin fruit



29th July 2014

cabochick
Andrea

Just the mention of Durian make me gag. glah. I'd be like you and just navigate myself around it. Thanks for the blog!
29th July 2014

Kuan Yin
Karen Johnson

And the worst part...
I think the worst part about eating durian is that your burps taste like durian for the next four hours. I am forced to drink beer and eat chocolate just to get the taste out of my mouth. (That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.)

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