Happy New Year again, Durian Munchers! Now is the time of year when Richard and I sit down together and reminisce over the BESTest, most tastiest, most unusual and *outstanding durians* that we ate during the previous year. It’s not necessarily our top ten favorite durians of all time ever, but these are the ones […]
Korek Durian Flagship Store, South Jakarta
Our first night in Jakarta, 2020, we were invited out on the town to the flagship store of Korek Durian, one of the first dedicated durian shops for durian connoisseurs in Jakarta. It was my first time back to Jakarta since I wrote a Jakarta Durian Guide in 2016. How the world has changed! In […]
Black Thorn Durian at Suling Hill
Black Thorn is not expensive on Suling Hill. When the rest are selling at Rm65 per kg plus (in 2019, prices reached Rm115 in some places) Mr. Ong has stuck his price at an impossibly low Rm40 per kilo and is sticking by that decision. Because making money is not the intention of this small […]
The Black Thorn Durian Fad and Thoughts on Hype
Today is Black Friday in the U.S. and my brother and Dad are somewhere out in the throngs vying for the latest fashionable gizmo while I’m cuddled up writing this post. The men in my family are the shoppers, don’t ask me why. Luckily, I’ve never had to line up for durian at 6 AM […]
