Hi there,

I am Thai, have seen you tried "durian" twice, one in Malaysia and another one in U.S. "China Town" and you hated it already. I don't blame you cause if it's me I would have hate it too.
But I am telling you that you have never try the good one in Thailand which we consider "king of fruit". We normally don't have when it riped that much and too soft too smelly I hate it that way too.
Also we do "durian chips" and "sweet rice with durian in sweet coconut milk" as dessert. So if you have chance to go to Thailand again please try them or if you want I can make some frozen and send to you for try....just tell me if you want I'll be gladly correct your bad feeling about "Durian"

I tried Durian in Thailand a few years ago and I LOVE it! I did not eat the raw fruit. Instead, I drank the juice.

Recently a local gourmet Cambodian restaurant here in my hometown USA opened up. I noticed that they have Durian juice on their menu. I tried it there also and it was delicious!

I am American by birth but I love this fruit.

She is right.

My suggestion is that you eat it when it's still raw. It's very sweet like that of a strawberry and it's texture is firmer. The smell of rotten meat isn't there either. It actually smells sweet like the way it taste.

Try it this way and let us know if you can still eat it.

-Phu (Denver, CO USA)

I am British, lived in Singapore and now here in the USA. The only way I was able to stomach durian was as a candy. In Takashimaya department store they have the chocolate covered durian candy and that I could manage...!

I used to eat durian in Singapore whenever I visited for business. Personally, I liked it a lot but I have a feeling AZ would not like it no matter how it was served or from what country.

We always balanced it with mangosteen, a very sweet fruit that traditionally is eaten with it, but I have a feeling Andrew would love the mangosteen but still hate the durian.

When he was in Malaysia, didn't he try to eat it raw at the durian farm? I seem to remember he was out in the field and the durian were dropping into nets. The man with him offered a durian right on the spot. That's about as fresh as you can get.

My husband is currently living in Suzhou, China and he "tried" the Durian tart at a Thai food restaurant. He said it was very good, maybe because the chef added so much sugar and cream.