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The annual durian feast returned for another splendiferous celebration of the king of fruits! I’m so blissed out because this year I’ve had So. Much. Durian. Mostly thanks to Clare, our van, and our spontaneity in our united, unceasing drive to gobble up just about as much of the creamy yellow flesh as we possibly can before durian season goes away.

Even after arranging and planning for the durian feast on Wednesday, we both still gave in to our hankering and snuck out on Monday night to satisfy our craving for durian :P

I simply cannot understand why people think durian is stinky :/ There is no part of me anywhere that can possibly connect the lovely fragrance of durian with a bad smell! People compare it to stinky socks, to rotting fish…seriously, I wish stinky socks and rotting fish really smelt like durian. What a lovely world that would be (though probably very confusing; I would probably be seduced into an old laundromat thinking they were selling durian).

Mos had a really good lobang for wholesale durian, so last week we jointly purchased 60kg of D13 for only $2 a kg (gasp!) along with some Golden Phoenix, Mao Shan Wang, and chestnut durian. It was each man for himself and too bad for the latecomers as we dived straight into the pile of luscious durian.

This is what 60kg of D13 looks like (minus the chestnut durian and Mao Shan Wang)

Huge ass durian!

Creamy and luscious yellow flesh

Sen savoring durian

Finger-lickin’ good!

Never knew Serene had the hidden talent of being able to skilfully prise durians open

Just look at that yellow

Everyone looking on approvingly

We ate about 45 kilos worth that night and packed the rest. I liked the Golden Phoenix durian - they’re very small (cute baby durian!) and pale yellow with a bittersweet flavor. The chestnut durian was pretty good too. I like my durian bitter and really creamy, so having had my first taste of Mao Shan Wang I was pretty much hooked :P Too bad Mao Shan Wang is so expensive :(

Can’t wait for more durian :P The durian we had on Monday at Serangoon was really pretty darn good too, for cheap durian! Super creamy and nicely bittersweet.

Oh and we also found out, courtesy of Mervyn, that washing your hands with a clean durian seed really clears your fingers of the smell. Seriously. We were all really skeptical but it actually works. After you devour the flesh, take the seed and scrub your hands with it under running water, without any soap. It really works :)

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