Durian, Daddy,... Durian!

After 2 visits to a famous fruit stall in SS2 called www.DurianSS2.com, Christa started jumping in excitement everytime we passed by the stall in our car. "Durian, Daddy,... Durian!".

Eating the King of Fruits or durians happen to be a very interesting highlight of the evening. We seem to get the children at their best behaviour once they are told that we would be going for durians.

Both Christa and Clarissa would sit quietly as the durian seller skillfully plants his cutting device into the fruit and splits it open with little effort. The sweet aroma (pungent, to some) stirs up our salivary glands even before placing the white or bright yellow flesh in our mouths. Mommy and I only allow the girls to bite off the flesh off the seed that we hold(this would prevent accidental swallowing of the seed!). Each of them could only finish a maximum of 3-4 seeds.

Depending on the variety of durians, an outing with the family could cost us anything from RM10 - RM50. My wife likes the bitter and sweet durians. I like them just plain sweet and orange flesh. The children would take both variants. At the stall, we could have mineral water and a wash of our hands after feasting on the fruits.

Just watch for the after effects of the fruit. "Burp......!" And the pungent aroma fills the whole room.