When I tell you where I ate my 10 best durians of the year, I’m telling you a story about me. “Best durian” are deeply personal. They’re where I was and what I was doing and what was important to me when I ate them. This post, The 10 Best Durian of 2017 is essentially […]
A Durian Flower Recipe For Simple Thai-style Salad
I crush durian flowers under my bare toes every morning. Â Even though I tip-toe around the piles of snowy blossoms, I still feel their velvet under my soles as I walk for breakfast. Â It’s hard to avoid them, when the ground looks like this every morning: With an abundance of florescence literally under my feet, […]
Recipe: How to Cook Durian Jam, also called Guan, Lempok, or Kek
I know exactly where I was the moment I fell in love with durian jam. Durian was already my favorite thing, and I really didn’t see how cooking the fruit down into a sticky, brown goo could improve the flavor. And it doesn’t improve durian – it just morphs into its own utterly delicious, sweet, […]
