Have you had to share a room, bus, plane cabin... with them, or even tried eating them?
I'd be interested in knowing the answer to this. I've never eaten them as I cannot quite get over that horrible odour.
Durians are also banned from hotels and transport in Singapore and Malaysia.
Do you know that the Esplanades - Theatres on the Bay in Singapore is shaped liked a durian - at least it doesn't share the aroma!
Reply to this We ordered banana shakes in Cambodia once and ended up (we aren't quite sure how though) with durian shakes instead. This was in our first 6 months of being away from the UK.
I thought the first taste was terrible, the second, third and fourth tastes weren't as bad and by halfway it actually tasted ok. Although Neil thought it was disgusting right from the beginning and the second and third taste just re-inforced that point to him!
It's very weird as our sense of smell and tastes have definitely changed - maybe we have been in Asia too long as now neither of us really notice the durian smell in markets etc. People we have been with who were visiting us from the UK instantly comment on it, but we are oblivious. Perhaps if we did try durian again we would have a different view of it? Even so, I don't think we would go out of our way to try durian again - there are so many more nicer tasting and smelling fruits out there!
Reply to this People told us that while it smelled horrible, the taste was great. Rubbish! It tastes like it smells.
Reply to this People told us that while it smelled horrible, the taste was great. Rubbish! It tastes like it smells.
Probably an acquired taste, much like Vegemite.
[Edited: 2012 Jun 28 05:00 - The Travel Camel:11053 ]
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