Jewel Garden

Durian is my favourite. When we can’t buy a durian fruit we resort to buy a durian ice cream. Durian is known as the “King of fruits”, a label that can be attributed to its formidable look and overpowering odour. Due to its unusual characteristics, the durian has been referenced or parodied in various cultural mediums.

The edible flesh emits a distinctive odour, strong and penetrating even when the husk is intact. Regarded by some as fragrant, others as overpowering and offensive, the smell evokes reactions from deep appreciation to intense disgust. Other people say that “it smells like hell but it tastes like heaven” but for me and my family “it smells and tastes like heaven.”