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Hey guys, so this is really exciting. I have
a durian
relative. This is not the durians that everybody
talks about. This is
in the same genus, but it's a different species. This is
Durio kutejensis
I don't know how to say it, but that's probably
at least a little bit close, but here the local name for it is Lukak
which if you compare this to a regular durian, it is a lot smaller. I mean usually durians are like
really big like this guy is
you know, it fits in the palm of your hand.
It's pretty tiny. It's bright orange on the outside. It has got little hairs on it.
It's got like little
wedges like a little star and underneath each one of these is where the flesh is
so it's like kind of segmented inside
and then you can see it from the outside– it is supposed to be
kinda like the durian for people who do not like durians which would be
me, so this is a good durian for me
I would say hope so because this is supposed to not have like all that funkiness that regular durians have.
So I mean it still smells, but the smell is like even though it is kind of funky
It's not funky in a bad way.
It's almost like, it's very like sweet and aromatic.
It's not that bad. I mean there's like a little bit of a funkiness to it like
like sulfuric smell, like egg like smell that
you know regular durians have but it's not offensive at all like durians
have like a decent vanilla custard kind of smell and taste
but they also have an onion and feet taste mixed in.
This
It doesn't smell like onions and feet. Maybe a little bit like onions, but it mostly smells like
like an eggy custard.
So this should be really interesting.
I'm kind of excited. I actually like the smell of this, but it still is pretty funky, and I had to keep this hidden
from my hostel. I put this out on the windowsill.
Just so like it wouldn't stink up the room and even then it kind of stunk up the room anyway, so it does still
abide by those rules that your hotel tells you not to bring durians in and this I think still counts
so that's why I'm doing this outside right now so bear with me and all the background noise.
I don't know the proper way of cutting a durian
so if I'm not doing this right, feel free to make fun of me in the comments. That's fine
there
That's
really cool-looking. I love the vibrant color in there. The smell of this is not entirely unpleasant
It's still does have a little bit of that oniony durian smell but
it's a lot easier to take than regular Durian, just the smelling it but
most important thing is how does it taste if you haven't seen my durian episode,
you can watch that and see that
I'm kind of a little like weirded out by these stuffs though.
Like I'm okay with the durian. I get it. I get why people like it, but I'm not like a huge fan
personally so will this
manage to actually like get me excited about durian. Let's see.
Yeah, I'm going for another bite.
This is good. This is really good. Um, you know like...
If you don't like durian
This would be a really good way to get into it.
I mean it's one- smaller so there's a little bit less commitment to it, but also like the flavor is just like
It doesn't have like that durian taste to it, but it's not like
so strong. It doesn't like hit you in the head.
The texture is also much easier to take. It's like see it's kind of like
firm.
It's not like scrambled egg garbage-like texture. It's like actually pretty nice and firm. It has like...
It's got chewiness to it.
It's kind of sweet.
It's got like um...
a little bit like a sugary taste to it, not... You know like regular durians don't have a lot of sugar to it.
They're not like super sweet. This is sweeter, than a regular durian. It tastes like, kind of like candy
but like not sweet candy. It's just like a fruity kind of flavor.
Maybe a little bit like jackfruit
and like a not so offensive chempedak.
It like separates pretty easily. Actually, I just ripped this with my hands and it opened up
so it actually might not be necessary to use a knife to cut this open.
Is this actually like? You see that, it actually opens up just at those seams there. That's how it disperses
its seeds like when these
get super ripe, they split open and the fruits fall out at least like for a lot of durian species,
it does that so I'm guessing this one does that once it's
getting a little more ripe on the tree.
Also reminds me a lot like
eggfruit. It's got like an eggy taste, a sweet taste,
kinda like an egg tart kind of flavor.
Hmm
Yeah, this is nice.
There's no sourness to it. There's no bitterness to it.
There's kind of a mellowness to it.
Alright, so in summary,
this is like if you took durian,
you made it a lot less offensive, a lot less strong. You made it sweeter
and you mix in the flavors of
like eggfruit and jackfruit inside of it. That's what you get when you get this. It just has like this pleasant
custardy, tart-like
flavor to it, but it's also quite fruity as well, but it goes really well together
and the texture is better.
This is good. This makes me understand
why people like durian a lot more. If you're kind of unsure about durian
and you're not like a big fan
I would say like if you can get your hands on one of these,
this will make you kinda understand why people like it.
Durian is like an acquired taste.
Maybe I'll build up my tolerance to durian by eating these because I'm not a fan of regular durian. I get it
It's okay, but if I were to eat a lot more of this, I think I would actually really enjoy it.
I'm gonna turn off the camera and eat the rest of this thing for my dinner.
and...
Yeah, I highly recommend it. If you can get your hands on one of these.
If you want to see why people like durian
like why people are raving about it but
to you it tastes terrible, start with this guy right here
and I think it will make a whole lot more sense.
It's doing that for me right now.
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