all right welcome to some durian tourism here at the durian farm it is day four
out of our five day itinerary and we are learning lots planting harvesting
eating you name it it's all durian related and i want to start the vlog by saying
a lot of people think durian is the best fruit in the world because it tastes so good
wrong durian is the best fruit in the world and it does taste so good but the reason durian is
the best fruit in the world is because durian is an event now watch we've got about 20 people like
i said day four of five on our durian tourism i can't imagine another fruit that has this much uh
gathering together people coming together to eat a simple fruit when's the last time you had an
apples and oranges party right so whether it's tourism or whether it's just on a personal level
when you get good durian you call your friends you call your aunties you call your cousins yes
ivana's mother travels from indonesia to malaysia for durian that's right
so when's the last time you called your friend over a really good banana you just had
it doesn't happen the reason durian is the best fruit in the world is because durian is an event
it's a gathering together it's almost like a holiday it's almost like a religious experience
because everyone gets together everyone eats the durian everyone talks about the durian
it's the best fruit in the world because it is an event
all right lindsay from the usa so you're like the durian expert now apparently you've lived in asia
for like 12 years and you love durian it's your favorite fruit and why um so we look for durian
and i eat there in almost every day really yeah almost every day and you don't have any
stomach problems eating durian i'm not fat either i have no problems with my health as far as i know
so dorian is actually healthy i think it's very healthy yeah it's just a fruit yeah
why do i love durian i like it because it's a game it's really interesting because the fruit varies a
lot not only between the varieties yeah because um durian's more like a wine right like there's over
230 different aromatic volatiles right which makes it similar to a wow there's a lot of different
ranges in flavor and they differ from variety to variety but within the same variety fruit
it actually evolves over the lifespan of the durian so when it falls off of the tree
it won't taste the same as when it's been like the next day oh my gosh so you have to really
get to learn how something's right and i really like being able to pick durian for other people
you're like the durian scientist yeah more like a durian sommelier right right right so
we help people to identify the durian that they like and then also the stage
of ripeness that they like it all right um and then we also get to work with the farms because
the way that the farm is treated really affects the flavor wow cool so it's
really like complicated um and so it keeps it really interesting right wow all right thanks
all right richard from sweden and you've been all over southeast asia
to find the best durians so which country do you think have the best durian that's so hard hard
yeah i mean there's good there's good everywhere in asia everywhere yeah okay but i would say
malaysia is very good to get like consistent good quality right right a lot of good rides and
what was your first thought when you tried durian what did it taste like for me i had them on tong
it tasted in thailand yeah sweet it was creamy and then it had like a garlic bite on the end
it's kind of a weird concept of fruit right but you like it but i like that you like garlic yeah
interesting all right let's enjoy some dorian we are actually staying in an estate inside a
durian farm and we're just having a jordan party here by the river what could be better than that
all right so this is probably a bad idea
i will say this shout out to ibana past couple days yvonne has been doing all the activities
right i have been lying on the hotel the bathroom i feel bad for you okay so
this is what i was talking about earlier look at the yellow it's so yummy looking yeah this is
the one ahead difference look at the difference something about fruit just intuitively you know
which one's better right the more colorful fruit it just tastes better right all for the same
because they said there are different types of musang king too this one
and try this one this one is better
oh my gosh
very good so even the seed you can see the seed the difference in seed musang king versus the
d20 seed means more meats yeah more meat means more fun let's be clear five star durian let's
be very clear six star durian wow although like i said earlier part of durian is the event
right i might not eat too much yeah but i'm participating in the event which means i'm
still appreciating the durian you don't have to eat to love it i mean we tried doing in canada
but when we opened it it was brown so it's not fresh that was a 10 000 kilometer durian
this one is the freshest you can get i mean we're inside a durian farm oh my goodness
how is it does that one this different than the other one you just tried or the same
maybe if i was really smart it tastes different but
this is it's all the same to me at this level at this quality of durian all the same
oh my goodness by the way i said i would have one piece and i finished everything i know
what the heck only the seat lab that was instinctive
my stomach is making noises though but this is so good durian durian is a type of food that's worth
being sick over durian creates heat in your body so you gotta take it easy
but you know what's good for you after this drink some coconut water
oh my gosh i just grabbed a half of a musang king to ourselves so we're
gonna go over there i'm gonna eat the whole thing no and just sit in the river and just
bats imagine you taking a bath and eating durian at the same time
durian is worth having diarrhea what
how would you describe the flavor of good durian what could you compare it to
it depends on which type of durian you're talking about okay so they're all different but the thing
for me is depending on your tastes like a good durian is creamy especially like
hopefully this doesn't show in thailand but but for me a good durian should be creamy uh if you
sort of like the taste of a bitter stronger one you know like a red prawn is really nice oh red
he knows the type there are many types yeah i was going to say my favorite is d2
i like a little bit of tekker nothing wrong with some muslin king
and don't forget your black phone i just finished the platform before you caught me on camera
oh wow all right and um if i had to compare durian to something else it's like that's really tricky
because you know everyone comes up with oh it's the oniony it's garlicky but it's also like sweet
and stuff i don't find it like that it's like i wanted to say it's like if blue cheese was a fruit
blue cheeseburger cheese okay yeah that's similar to you you thought it tastes like cheese like
strong cheese yeah but it's still sweet it doesn't taste like cheese but it's got that like strong
full flavor right there all right texture can be quite cheesy that's true a good hamburger
oh yeah this looks actually so beautiful yo this is a good looking durian look at this this is what
you want to see this is the photo they put on the package of the box or whatever oh my gosh
you got so lucky i'm sick because i eat the whole thing right now the musang king is a little bit
better and stronger flavor sweet and bitter musanki the one thing i noticed different about
all the really yellow ones all the top quality durian only texture is a bit different sometimes
the flavor for me is so overpoweringly good i can't differentiate
this is very strong bitter and sweet very good boombah oh my gosh slow motion
i'm sorry i'm making you jealous
making me hungry
it's okay you want to ask me how can she make me feel better i said ivana the best way to make me
feel better is just to enjoy yourself no point of you being sad too oh my gosh it looks so good
all right guys we're going to eat up and then maybe we can do some behind the scenes of uh
explorer video they're doing their own little private taste tasting here so much to break one
open oh really this one is a feisty one oh it's a feisty meatball i already drew first blood
you cut you bleed yourself yeah a little bit oh a little bit
oh it's still alive it's still very ripe this one so it's very strong
anyway make sure to go to dodo explorers channel because mike's first time ever trying durian
i'm sure he'll like it because he likes fish head so i think he'll like everything but
check out dodos and then uh we'll keep eating and we'll see you guys later i need to lie down
apparently we ate 5 000 ringgits worth of durian today about 30 kilos
all of us there in the durian party that's a lot