Have you tasted dragon fruit - king of the fruits
By vegegirl
@vegegirl (828)
Australia
August 18, 2008 5:33am CST
People say it is the best tasting fruit in the world if you can get over it's smell. It is said to smell as bad as it tastes good.
I think it is also called durian. I still haven't tasted it, have you? If so what do you think.
Apparently you either love it or you hate it?
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6 responses
@Lovecoffin (290)
• China
18 Aug 08
ya,i have.Maybe everyone's perference thing is different.i think it dont taste good.my favourite fruit is apple still.by the way,it dont called durian also.Durian is popular in the eastsouth Asia.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
18 Aug 08
vegegirl
I haven't tasted it yet but have heard a lot about it. In fact its not available in our place. Wish to taste it. How does it taste? Do you have any idea?
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@vegegirl (828)
• Australia
18 Aug 08
They sell them i our supermarket in Queensland, but they are imported, frozen and defrosted, so they won't taste the same and they are VERY expensive.
I have seen a video from rawmodel.com where he is in Asia (I think it is vietnam) and they have stalls full of durian which he goes crazy over.
We have a lady who sells exotic fruit at the markets, and she grows durian which aren't ripe yet, so I am waiting for her to bring them in, but it sounds like travelling to Asia might be the go. My sister used to live in China and thinks it could have been what a really bad smell she used to smell was, because she didn't know about durian, so she missed out!
I am sure I will get to taste it soon, I hope you do to.
@winterlion (76)
• Manila, Philippines
19 Aug 08
Hi there, you know I do know that fruit, it reallly stinks all over the area wherever you probably placed it, but it doesn't smell bad like hell like a public c.r in the Philippines do lol. But despite that smell it really tastes good. You'll love it, unless if you're conscious of what your smell be like after eating that fruit lol. Now I finally know the official name of that fruit, because here in the Philippines we locally know that fruit as "durian", yeah. =)
@winterlion (76)
• Manila, Philippines
19 Aug 08
Oh? So its not dragon fruit.
It's just "king of fruits" well thanks for the reply, it will turn out embarassing if I define a wrong fruit to be a dragon fruit lol. By the way, I think I remember the dragon fruit, here in the Philippines they called the dragon fruit as "granada". But still, I like durian. Oh by the way, be careful on applying perfume on your mouth ^_^. just kidding =)
@vegegirl (828)
• Australia
19 Aug 08
Hi winterlion.
Wow, I hadn't even thought of what I will smell like afterwards! That's probably also a good point, if everyone else has some, maybe they won't notice, or I suppose I will have to get some strong perfume to mask it.
I hope you know that I was wrong when I said it was called dragon fruit, as that is a different fruit and I confused the name.
It certainly is called durian, but it IS "king of the fruits".
@insulin (2479)
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
Hi there vegegirl..:-0 Yup I taste it already and I am always eating it..Yeah it is true that it taste like hell but smells like heaven but it is not that really bad.I don't know why some people don't like it but for me it is really good well the disadvantage about the fruit is it will make your blood pressure high and you better limit your eating if you have high blood..:-0 Hehehe GOd bless and have a nice day.;-0
@p3y5566 (171)
• Malaysia
18 Aug 08
hi..nice to meet you here..
my god!! durian is one of my flavor fruit ...
i like it very much... i don't think so that is it smell bad...
when we you have tasted its fruit...I'm sure that you well love it....
some of it fruits got different flavor.. some of them got a litter bit bitter , or it is sweet or like a milk flavor....durian is really a king of the fruits!! you should try it!
have a nice day and happy my lotting !!=)
@tidgea (355)
• Philippines
24 Aug 08
Im from the Philippines particularly from the southern part where Durian can be found. I totally love it. It bears fruit annually so everyone anticipates that time of the year. During our local festival, Durian is really abundant. Sometimes it costs as low as USD .50/kilo. I love its sweet taste. Sometimes you will get used to the aroma. If you cant really take the smell, there are also candies made from Durian. But nothings really beats the taste of the real one.
They say Durian tastes like heaven but it smells like hell! c",)
