Ingredients: Recipe from The Sunny Raw Kitchen Durian flesh 1. Spread durian flesh onto a teflex sheet. 2. Dehydrate at 110 degrees for about 8 hours, flipping the durian onto the mesh about half way. Dehydrate longer for a dryer texture. For a decadent treat, dip in your favorite chocolate avocado pudding or […]
Gone Swimming
After a month in Java, Rob and I decided to take a vacation from our durian vacation. We headed to the Gili Islands, off Lombok, to soak up some beach time. I’m the daughter of a marine biologist, and I love to snorkel! We’ll be here 5 days, before we head to Bali. See you […]
Java Durian Farmers
Durian sprouts at Sapto’s farm We met Sapto Argo at the durian festival. We exchanged numbers, and the night before we had planned to leave Java, he gave us a call and offered to take us on a durian tour of his hometown, Ambarawa. Ambarawa is a small town set high in the mountains of […]
Recipe: Durian Ile Flottante
photo from Hunger Hunger French people enjoy stinky foods. Between andoillette, camembert, munster, and the fact the no one on the subway wears deodorant, I’m not sure if they have any sense of smell left. They certainly shouldn’t mind the odor of durian. I think this recipe, a combination of the stinkiest of fruits with […]
Durian Tasting Competition, Day 2
Papaya fish with longans for eyeballs! We had an exciting day at the Soropadan Horticultural festival. It was even more crowded today than yesterday. The parking lot was jam-packed with cars parked every which away. I think almost everyone was parked in! There were a surprising number of large black SUVs and other expensive looking […]
Durian Fair Day 1 | Central Java, Indonesia
We just got back to our hotel from Day 1 of the horticultural fair in Soropadan, Central Java. It’s a celebration of Indonesia’s first export of vegetables to Singapore, as well as a 4-H style competition with prizes for best duku, mangosteen, avocado, salak, and of course, durian. Why else would we be here? For […]
Durian Petruk: Java’s Favorite Durian
“Durian Petruk is always better,” said the girl working front desk at our hotel in Jepara. She giggled, amused that two foreigners were asking about durian. We were first introduced to durian Petruk by Sabar, the businessman who showed us Jakarta’s durian scene. Petruk is the most well-known variety in Java, and its peculiar shape […]
News of the Durian: Pure Fruit documentary
Recently a documentary has been released featuring two fruitarian friends of ours, Mango and Kveta. They are ethical fruitarians and live on nothing but fruit – no grains, seeds, or vegetables. They even eschew one of Lindsay’s favorites – the coconut! They obviously have a great appreciation for fruit, and that includes the almighty durian. […]
Raw Vegan Vanilla Durian Ice Cream
This recipe is from the Raw Goddess Heathy, who was my go-to girl when I first went raw. I still snoop around her site from time to time, especially when I’m trying to get some ideas on making something a little more gourmet. I don’t typically use her recipes verbatim, because I tend to disagree […]
Can’t… breathe…
Walking a city street in Indonesia is a health hazard. Not because I’m afraid of getting hit by a car – that’s not going to happen in the slow moving traffic – but because of all the noxious fumes I’m inhaling. Rob and I began to notice the effects in Bogor, where every afternoon […]
The Durian Judge
Mt. Salak over Bogor; photo from Always Restless Feet Bogor is home to the Center for Tropical Fruit Research (Pusat Kajian Buah Tropika), a branch of Bogor Agricultural University, where I had the very good fortune of meeting with Dr. Sobir Ridwani, a specialist in durian. “I started because I love durian very much, any […]
Warso Durian Farm
With a population of 1.5 million, Bogor hardly seems distinct from Jakarta, located only 60 km to the north. Dominated by tangled masses of minibuses, Bogor may have the worst traffic we’ve experienced. The traffic came to a noxious standstill the one time Rob and I used public transportation, prompting us to simply get off […]
