In January we arrived to go Zanzibar Durian Hunting for the first time having very little idea what to expect. Thanks to Mark Wiens, I’d been plotting a Zanzibar Durian Hunt since 2013, but I had never managed to find any definite information about where on the island they grow, when the right season would […]
Zanzibar Fruits at Village Green Spice Farm, Mitakawan
In Zanzibar, many people believe (or will tell you so) that the only place you can find durian trees is in the Spice Gardens around the area called Kizimbani. But there are Spice Gardens sprinkled all over the island’s interior, relics of the plantation aristocracy that made Zanzibar the Clove Capital of the world. There’s […]
90-year-old Zanzibar Durian Trees at Tangawizi Spice Farm
About Kizimbani Kizimbani is a cluster of villages along a very straight road cutting through inland Zanzibar, about 10km north of Stone Town. Durian is very easy to find here. During the season, you’ll find piles of them being sold along the road and in front of people’s houses, kilometers and kilometers of durian. But […]
Jimmy’s Durian Orchard and Farmstay
Jimmy Loke was born in the small village of Kampung Sungai Dua. Today if you drive along the E8 Expressway on your way from Bentong to Karak, Sungai Dua is a blink of wooden shophouses facing the 4-lane highway. You may not notice the village at all. But hopefully, since you’re only 1km from Jimmy’s, […]
Our 12 Best Durians of 2021: The Year in Review!
Happy New Year Durian Munchers! This is our Favorite Durians of 2021! The most delicious, the most unique, and the stand-out fruits we ate that haunt our memories and make us want to go back for more! Hopefully this post will inspire you to travel in 2022, and make sure to share your favorite durians […]
San Jose Durian Hunt in California
San Jose is a bigger city than San Francisco. On the map it sprawls along the southern side of the San Francisco Bay, a confusing network of suburbs and freeway systems. If you grow up in the USA, you hear about San Jose in the news anytime Paypal, Google, Adobe, eBay or other tech giants […]
Frankie’s Nursery and Oahu Durian Orchard
If anyone can be called the` Durian Godparents of Hawaii it’s Frankie Sekiya and his wife Lynn. Meet Frank Sekiya Frankie started his nursery in his mother’s backyard in Mililani, in the inland middle part of Oahu. His family had a Filipino neighbor who grew all kinds of fruit, including an especially good sapodilla with […]
Maui Durian at Mama’alawe Organic Fruit Farms
With close to 60 durian trees close to fruiting, the folks at Mama’alawe are hoping that by next year (2022) they will be able to start selling local Maui durian to hungry durian munchers in need of a steady supply. Video Farm Tour About Mama’alawe Organic Fruit Farm Mama’alawe Organic Fruit Farm is located along […]
Hawaii Durian and Kava Farm
It was a gorgeous day when we cruised up the Hamakua Coastal road on the hunt for a taste of Hawaiian durian, not knowing we were in for a taste of how everything gets lost, changes, and finds new identities in the migration shuffle to a new land. Introducing the Hamakua Coast So much land […]
Birdee’s Durian Forest-Orchard Learning Center
In the early 1980’s, Birdee stepped off the Bangkok-Singapore line and started walking. The train was stopped for hours waiting for who knows what, and as he stared out the window he was captivated by the limestone formations towering over the jungle. Finally he took his bags and stepped down off the train. A dirt […]
Don Carlos’s Costa Rica Durian Farm
How Don Carlos started a durian farm in Costa Rica Don Carlos decided he would start growing durian before he’d ever seen a durian fruit in real life. Although durian has grown in Costa Rica for at least 30 years, they were really really really not at all common in 2006 (things are rapidly changing). […]
San Francisco Durian Hunt: Clement Street (the Other Chinatown)
Video of the Hunt: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lindsay Gasik (@durianwriter) I really wasn’t sure what kind of durian to expect on that sunny afternoon when our friend David guided us down “Billionaire Lane,” along the wooded area of the Presidio, past large “Beware of Coyote” notices, and down a […]
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