Public Durian Eating #1
Public Durian Eating #1
Location: Logo bar, Shanghai, China
Victims: South Rakkas Crew, various drunken patrons
We always pick a vice for a new year's resolution. We wrote about that before, here. This year we struggled with a few ideas -- prostitution, petty theft, nose picking... and then settled on something brilliant. Public Durian Eating.
Durian is the best thing you can ever put in your mouth. But it's also one of worst things you'll ever smell. It's completely offensive and inappropriate. And so so so so good !!
Like stinky cheeses, the stronger the better. Durian is a magical food. Like wine or good chocolate, you taste hints of all sorts of other foods and aromas in the fruit. One bite tastes like strawberry, the next like raw garlic, the next like creamy vanilla custard. And it all smells like dirty old wet socks. Which is why some people completely freak out when they smell it, and why it's banned in many public places, like the Singapore subway.
So we went to Sogo on Nanjing Road and found a really nice 50 RMB cut of durian. Took it out to Logo bar to share with the South Rakkas Crew, who were in town for the Jue Festival. But no camera was present, until later. The cops came in right when I was bringing out the durian, perfect timing! But they turned out to be more concerned with the volume and choice of music I was playing. We turned it down and put on cheesy Chinese pop. Local singer Vivian had her camera and she digs durian, so here's the proof (yes, it's legal to eat this in public in China).
We want to see massive durian flash mobs all over the free world. Durian eating contests. Durian orgy porn. Durian haiku. Durian therapy.
Want to know more about durian? And this guy is making "odor-less" durian -- that's bogus dude!
Oh, speaking of new years, I got a call at 8am on New Years Morning (what were they thinking?), from an Australian radio host. The interview is here: Weird Meat on ABC Radio Canberra. The audio clip is under the egg photo, click on "Weird meat passion" to listen.
More public durian eating pics:
DJ Tootekool, even after a summer in Kuala Lumpur, can't do it.
Logo owner Taipei enjoys a piece.
Durian food coma bliss...
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posted by Michael @ 10:43 AM
8 comments
8 Comments:
My little brother loves this shit... he went as far as to eat it and proceed to burp in everybody's faces.
In the words of Charles Barkley... "turrrrible"
I love durian too, and I agree that removing the smell from it would be an incredibly bad idea.
With regard to the interview, balut can easily be gotten in SF (we have a large Filipino community here). The Alemany Farmer's Market has it every week, as do many of the tiny grocery stores in the Civic Center/SOMA area. If you're ever back out here, I can get some for you. I'm a weird food connoisseur myself.
Gah, I don't know how you can eat that. The smell of Durian doesn't bothered me but the taste! It tastes like burnt plastic.
We have a Malaysian friend who turned us onto it - secret of public eating is to freeze it first - when it thaws the smell is gone and 95% of the taste is still there - although it lacks a little in intensity.
Seriously, what is wrong with Dorian ? it's a fruit..?????
OMG...I LOVE durian. We only get the frozen variety here, but it's better than nothing. Strange thing about durian is that it smells bad when you cut into it, but the aroma from outside the skin (before digging in) is sort of flowery and sweet...at least to me. The flavor is like the sweetest custard with a dash of garlic. LOL. I teach, and I once brought one in for a multicultural experience. The class went nuts over it, and a surprising number of kids actually tried it. That's astounding in a town of 2,000 where most of the residents have never been farther than the woods surrounding the city. Most of the students had never even tasted kiwi, mango, or fresh pineapple before, so their minds got a little blown with this King of Fruits.
Mandura has Durian as 1 of its main ingredients. In fact, the 'DUR' in the word Mandura is short for Durian. Ok, the Man in Mandura stands for mangosteen and the A at the end stands is for Acai. Mandura also has pomegranate. It tastes so dselicious I call it my daily delight. Currently you can only get Mandura in the U.S. for $30 1 month supply. It is also a great business opportunity. www.itshrunk.com/af6f4f
o_o hm I never knew what it was lol I always see it when I go shopping with my mom at the Asian market haha gotta remember to try one next time!
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