It's a Durian Life

After lunch it's durian. After dinner it's durian. And whenever the bosses come back from short trips to Durin it's another durian fest at home. Fuh I can't get enough of those horny fruits (sh*t that sounds so wrong XD)... But yeah, been enjoying perhaps too much of the king of fruit but I want to cherish them now as I won't be seeing them until next season next year.

This is what normal healthy durians should look like, rotten sick durians will have orange-brownish patches on the contents, with occasional purple durian worms crawling around. So be careful, but no harm in accidentally eating the worm though, I think. (Pic from nealford.com)

So what's up with durian in Kampua Town apart from the fact ang mo find it as a terrifying biological weapon of mass stinkyness?. Well it's a durian runtuh right now even though it's monsoon and flood season so the price is dead dirt cheap compared to the ones sold in Oil Town (but that was when there was less durians and they have to sell it by kilos instead of bundles like now). So after experimenting with various D24s (the nick for durians lol) on almost a daily basis on the holidays, I found some durians that I would like to recommend. As you might know not all D24 are the same, as they a split into more 'specifications' that makes each durian sold by different vendors unique. For example some durian have nice thick mushy layer but small seed, some thin layered with big seed but have nice 'stinging' flavor, while some is just pure crap and waste of good RM10 for 8 biji.

And here are the durians in and around the outskirts of Kampua Town that might pique your interest. First the main and closest source of D24 are around the tua pek kong where vendors from outside and local sit there from 6am till as late as 11pm selling their D24s. The best ones are sold by the Iban vendors from 6am-8am (by 9am sold out and/or she had to catch the express back to e.g Kapit) Those are 4 stars D24s which is rather small with equal seed/layer ratio but has a nice firm solid layer (not mushy so you won't get messy when you eat it) with stinging smell and flavor. Try it out and she will give RM10 for 7 at first, but if you might get lucky to bargain and get 8 instead.

Another spot is at Kingwood area near Lanang. Have not tasted it yet personally but a neightbor recommended it and it should be uber nice.

The next spot is in Sibu Jaya. Fuh this is where another 4 star D24 is sold. The durians there are fat, with small seed but mushy. Damn nice and it's also good to make tempoyak (something like whip cream, except it's made of D24 but I don't like them).

The last and best spot is Durin, just beyond Sibu Jaya. For those who haven't been there it's where the Durin ferry point used to be, with small shops selling handicrafts, jungle produce and katanas on the ferry point across the river. But now the area is kinda dead after the completion of the !@#$%^&* bridge I've ever seen, the Durin Bridge. So the vendors moved near the end of the bridge, and here you'll find the best of the best D24 Sibu has to offer. Here you'll find the durian tembaga, durian emas and other non-kahwin durians (durian kahwin or hybridized D24s are a bit 'inferior' in terms of quality). I can't describe them in words honestly, but those are full 5 stars uber best D24s that's worth your 50 minutes drive there. You can find both mushy and firm layers, and I found the emas D24s to be the best (it's not made of emas/gold, it's just the contents are golden).

My advise though; don't eat too much and definitely don't eat it before you attend a function, a dinner, elevator, pak to or queuing up at the bank. You're officially a walking biologically hazardous material with those durians digested in your wee little belly. Those excess digestion gas is not pleasant when released both from the front and the back door, ESPECIALLY FROM BACK DOOR. If you do, gerenti 100% the person 10 feet radius around you will siang at you. Pooh!