Fresh durian is my all time favorite fruit. It is the King of Fruits. But I have no idea to tell a good one from a bad one just by looking at the outside. The outside looks like it could be used as a lethal weapon in all cases.
The taste for me is like eating bone marrow - very rich and so delicious. Once you become addicted to it, the smell is not so bad.
Anyone ever eat coagulated pigs blood? I love that stuff!...
And I had some "ant egg soup" a couple times and it is very good. Warning....dont bite into the egg pod - it is quite bitter and tastes like ants.
I've eaten some truely stange food. Cow intestines, fish stomach soup, anything with tripe, and deepfried grasshoppers and beatles. The only thing I have passed on is deep fried scorpion and barbequed small lizards. I still desire to try crocodile and rattlesnake. No birds nest soup or shark fin soup for me as it does not seem ethical.
