Hi I'm Thomas and I'm Sheena and we're Chasing a Plate, today we're in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia and we're going to be sampling the smelliest, the stinkiest fruit in
the world, the king of fruits: durian. Plus we're here with our friends
fellow YouTubers Always a Friday and they have never ever eaten durian before
this is going to be super fun. Let's eat!
we have the king of fruits, so this is an XO durian and my god it smells so good
so many people hate the smell I love the smell with this video like Sheena said
we're eating with friends who've never had durian because we thought our video
is going to be pretty boring we just love it we're going to be raving on
about how damn good it is, so we're here with Nathan and Rebecca from Always a
Friday. Hi guys we're Always a Friday. What an introduction. Yeah. We create travel
videos on our website and on YouTube and blog about it well and yea we've
never had durian so we're newbies to this fresh craze, Sheena and Thomas have always
said how much how amazing they think it is so hopefully we feel the same thing we're
excited to give it a go. We're going to get Rebecca and Nathan to try the durian first
The texture is really gross. It grows on you but... Ooooo I really like it
You're not a fan? The skin is the weird texture but inside
the skin is I didn't I didn't expect it to taste like this hmm I'm not sure how
much I could eat of it. It's really strong, there's a really weird
flavour coming through it's much better than I thought it was going to be
and it's really really sweet and like a nice flavour but the texture takes
some getting used to. Oh wow. I thought it was going to take awful and it really doesn't
it's not something we're used to but I could definitely get used to it. I love
durian so much but it's such a treat because it's not the cheapest thing in
the world so it is such a treat to have it. Got your glove on, I kind of like
going with bare hands on the durian but it does linger a little bit so the gloves
are quite helpful. I've got a nice, it's not the biggest piece but it's a nice soft
piece
oh wow so if you've never had durian the texture is the thing that shocks
most people and it shocks me every time because it doesn't look creamy it is
like a very light custard or a way I like to describe it is like a really lightly
whipped cream, that's the texture inside but on the top it has almost a skin so
it like holds in this moistness and this beautiful texture. This one's actually
not too strong, it's got a quite a sharp sharp flavour they say that the XO has
almost an alcoholic flavor and I kind of I can kind of get that it's almost like
a little whisky sort of smokiness going on and it's quite bitter I can really
taste down the sides of my tongue the real bitterness from that bite. Ohhh it's to die for
I totally understand why some people love durian and why some people hate
durian and that's the thing with it it's often a one camp or the other fruit there's
not often a 'it's okay I'll have it if it's around' it's
normally a I love it or I hate it. I'm so in the love camp because the taste of
this thing is incredible the bitterness with this one is quite weird I don't
know if I quite like it it's a little bit like licking a 9-volt battery it's giving
my tongue a bit of a buzz. But what a treat the flavour it's really floral to
me not stinky like the smell so the smell if you've not smelt it people
refer to farts. Bad farts too not good farts, bad farts but I love the smell I kind of
like bad smells but I find the durian smell to be actually really floral like
kind of like a a strange rose or an apple. Each to his
own right? I love it so much that is so good it's so cool to be here with
these guys eating durian and seeing their reaction. Wasn't that cool seeing
people have durian for the first time? Love it
Time for my bit! Now I love durian too but perhaps not as much as Thomas
Thomas could sit down and eat like a whole durian to himself whereas I'm pretty
appeased after a couple of pieces but this is a real treat as Thomas said
that is beautiful, so it's really creamy, really custardy and it is relatively mild
in flavour. We've definitely had stronger tasting durians so this is the XO durian
and we've had different varieties like D101 and others like that but we've
never had Musang King which is like the king of kings of durian
so we definitely have to make a video where we sample the musang king
we're actually having coconut water with the durian because durian has
heating properties so in Chinese belief it's 'yeet hei' so it sort of raises
your body temperature and it can be detrimental to your health
if you don't balance it by having something which has cooling properties
like coconut water also some people have mangosteen which is known as the queen
of fruits because that also has cooling properties too. Our friends told us
that another way to combat the 'heaty' properties of durian is to pour water
into the husk, like this and then drink the water from the husk and that's
apparently supposed to like cool your body down so let's give it a go
mmmm I feel balanced already
but I have to say I'm a fan, not sure if I'd have it everyday but I really like it.
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and that's our durian feast done. We want to know from you guys what
types of durians you love and what types we should try. We're desperate to try Musang
King but what other ones should we be going out there and giving a go
because my gosh that is one heck of a fruit. Loved that day and loved hanging
out of with these guys, Rebecca and Nathan from Always a Friday make sure you check
out their channel they do such cool travel videos, their channel is great
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like a traveler not a tourist. We'll see you next time, jumpa lagi!