Times like this

... I just misssssssss durian so much. Usually I will go back to Malaysia during my winter break. It's now fruit season in Malaysia where u can find all sorts of tropical fruits like durian (MY FAVOURITE - King of Fruits in Malaysia),mangosteen , rambutan, duku and many many more! And times like these, one will fall sick easily as most of the fruits are quite heaty (ie if u dun drink lots of water when u consume quite large amount of durian or rambutan, u might get a sorethroat/cold). I know some people just HATE durians very much, so much that they can't even stand to be in the same room/space as durians (esp. when someone is opening them up to eat them). The very strong odour is just killing them. Thats y the saying goes: either u love it or u hate it. Haha. Well, for me, I told my mum b4 that I wish I could have durians everyday. LOL.

So.....

I decided to try the frozen durians here. The reasons being:

1) I never tried those b4 and have been wanting to try them coz I wanna know how different are the taste of those as compared to the fresh ones back home

PLUS

2) I'm feeling pretty durian-deprived (n it gets worst) when I saw some durian posts from a couple of Malaysian foodbloggers. (here and here for other seasonal fruits in Malaysia)

Hence, last week I went to Laguna (Asian Grocery) at QV to get myself the frozen durians. Laguna sells 2 kinds of frozen durian - one imported from Thailand and another from Malaysia - the popular D24. D24 is one of the most popular and expensive durians in Malaysia because of its good quality. I never knew Melbourne has Malaysian durian (only 1 species ~D24) and thought there is only Thai's. Also, sometimes Safeway has got some whole durians (from Thai as well) there. I wanted to get Malaysia's D24 but it has been SOLD OUT... and I went back twice and was still no stock on it =( So, no choice, Thai durian then. About Thai durians, I've only tried it a few times when I was a younger, and from memory, they don't taste very good and it often has very huge flesh inside, hence a bit too much to even have 2 seeds of them. But heck, I MUST hav durians. LOL. So, here it is:

Frozen Durian (without seeds btw), $5.29

This is how they look like

As u can c, the durian has been wrapped and it doesn't look very appetizing... Neway, I have let it thaw by sitting on the table a few hours b4 I eat it.

the durian after I opened the wrapper

ooOOoo, I have had one bite b4 taking the last pic... so the edge of the durian I'm holding might probably look gross. Haha. Neway, they just stack 2 seeds, I think, and wrap them into 1. Therefore, tts very meaty esp since they have removed the durian's seeds. HOW do they taste like? Well, I can only say my memory did not fail me. However, I did feel blissful to be able to eat it here since I have been craving for it for the past month. And... because its so meaty, I only had 1 and left another one in the fridge (not freezer as I was thinking tt I don't have to unfreeze it again the next morning.) When I wanna eat it the next day, the durian bcome a bit watery and there IS actually some "water" in the tupperware and when i eat it, it tasted a little bit sour... I ate some and throw the rest... (I should have put them in freezer!)

I'm not sure I gonna buy this Thai frozen durians again as its inferior quality (comparatively) makes me miss the fresh Malaysian durians even more. Nonetheless, I probably will try the frozen D24 if I c it next time.

San