Friday capped off a no workweek. You can call it a vacation
of sorts. Most of the week as you know was spent beside the pool or touring
around. Today added a new twist, the Durian.
After a conversation with Mel, we determined that this would
be a great day to try one of the things that most Singaporeans love, the
Durian. It has quite the reputation and Anthony Bourdain said, “ Your breath
will stink like you just finished kissing a dead person”. According to
Wikipedia this medieval mace like fruit, “The smell evokes reactions from deep appreciation to intense
disgust, and has been described variously as almonds, rotten onions, turpentine and gym socks.
Why did I want to eat it so much? The love I hear about its fantastic
indescribable flavour perhaps, or the challenge of trying such a daring fruit.
Either way my love for good fresh food runs deep and I dove right in.
Mel picked me
up at the MRT and we drove to Geylang. Not that you could see much going on at
3 pm, but this is the Red Lantern District of Singapore, apparently dotted with
brothels along the way.
We pulled up on
a durian stand and were welcomed by a couple gentlemen. We sat down and Mel
picked out some of best durian you could get. I ate a ton of this. Possibly too
much, as these are very high in calories.
Taken from the
Canadian Nutrient Database
Portion: 1 cup
377 calories
4 g Protein
14 g Fat
77 g Carbs
-
10
g Fibre.
It’s also a
significant source of potassium, manganese, copper and many of our B Vitamins.
A picture is
worth a ton, how about a video of my first durian experience:
After the King,
I was introduced to the queen. The mangosteen
holds this monarch title. This fruit has
a red/purple tough exterior that your crack and inside yields a white, juicy
fruit with a consistency similar to that of a mandarin orange. These fruit are
very sweet and delicious. This was much lower in calories, about 70 cal per
fruit.
We drove around
for a bit en route to Orchard Road and a place to grab dinner. I had some sort
of spicy soup, had shrimp, squid, cuttlefish and Mel shared a fish ball with
me. It was good.
For the rest of
the evening I was laid back, I picked up the tickets for Zoukout for Clemens
and I.
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