Durian

I forgot the food bit... so here's a quickie!

I really can't fully comment on this spikey tropical fruit because I still have yet to overcome the repulsion that came along with my first exposure! Durian is certainly unique, with a STRONG personality... or stench as some might say. While we were still fairly new arrivals in Indonesia, and doing our language training, I was trying anything and everything new... until I tried Durian juice. One sip was enough to make me ill. I am told that as a 'fresh fruit' it is an entirely different taste sensation, but I just haven't been able to bring myself to try! In the evenings as you walk along the sea-front boulevard, it is the overpowering smell of Durian that ensures you remember you're in Indonesia, and not, say, back in the Galapagos!