Public Durian Eating #3

We were back for our monthly party in Hangzhou, China, when we ran into some durian at a fruit stall. Hangzhou is one of the top domestic tourist attractions in China. Not many foreigners have heard of it, but it's an easy 1 and half hour train ride from Shanghai, and they've got a nice lake, hills to hike, tea plantations, and an enormous Buddhist temple to gander at. Marco Polo -- that hyperbolic nutcase -- once called Hangzhou the most amazing city in the world, and scores of old school Chinese poets penned odes to the lake. They should have penned odes to my favorite fruit, durian.

Oh Durian!



Me and my boys Zig Zag, a live electro band based in Beijing, found the durian, Joey Gu from Phogger took the pics.


Checking out the durian -- does it smell ??


People on elevator not too happy about the durian stink.


We cracked open the durian by smacking it on the pavement, very cavemen-like, rawww!



Then the durian was passed around -- either turned away in disgust, or eaten with lust and passion...



















Thanks to the Joy Luck Club of Hangzhou for letting us make a mess.



What's this all about? Check out Public Durian Enemy #1 and Durian Eating #2.

[Random Rant:] For some totally bizarre reason, they only have Bud Ice beer on the train. Who drinks this stuff?

Public Durian Eating #2

Public Durian Eating #2
Location: The Shelter club, Shanghai, China
Victims: The Antidote Party people
All pics by Joey Gu @ Phogger



Another crazy party night at my favorite bomb shelter in Shanghai. Late into the night I brought out the stink bombs, super juicy ripe cuts of prime durian fruit. I circled the rooms looking for victims. Interestingly, most of the girls ate it right away, but most of the guys turned it away in disgust. Wimps. Philistines.

Here's a few pics of Public Durian Eating #2, Feb.2009...















* What's this all about? See Public Durian Eating #1...
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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...