Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Fruitful season - Durian

Here comes the King... of fruits!



Durian is in season now in this part of Sabah. I've been eating so much of it, sampai jelak already. Too much of it can make the body feel hot and feverish, and that is when you need things like the Queen of fruits, Chinese buang-panas herbal tea...

Durians here don't go by coded names like D24, D70s, D80, 350D (oops)... as their counterparts in West Malaysia. Here they all fall under the generic name durian kampung, though some have their sub-variety local names, if the seller bothers to tell you.

The going price here is around RM 4-5 per kg. Heard that in KK the price can go up to RM 8-10 per kg. I've got friends with durian orchards... faham-faham la...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wah... now you tell me keningau got durian after my 2 trips of 400 km to Lawas! (800+ km to satisfy our appetites)

so if go friends orchard got discount? :)

this year i think i have enough of durian liau, erm mebbe my loupou tarak cukup yet :)

MikeChen

Anonymous said...

hehe... sure got discount la, can even join hop on the 4WD for some offroad shakes right up to the orchard.

He told me he brings out 200 fruits per day. Go figure.