From Ang Moh Kio to China to Zanzibar, the durian is king!

Six of us had dinner at Peramakan, a peranakan restaurant. For dessert, we all chose the durian pengat (pic below from the restaurant's website). This dessert is a high-octane calorie-busting durian mousse which, in this version, also has yam and sweet potato squares. Yummy!...

The durian -- the fruit for all (pregnant mums take note: it has lots of folate) 

Of course, nothing beats the real thing, whose benefits (caveat: unverified) are listed below by someone who is obviously a "die, die must have it" durian aficionado:

Just don't walk too closely behind someone who has had a smorgasbord of nothing but durian and alcohol!

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Get pricked in Penang?

Singaporeans will go anywhere for durian. Which is perhaps why a hotel across the Causeway -- and indeed all the way up north to Penang -- came up with  this ad with its "Eat All You Can Durian Feast" pitch (just add alcohol for that explosive sensation):

But I don't get the header: "Get pricked in Penang"?

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Get pricked in Zanzibar?

And guess what? An angmoh, Mark Wiens, who admits to being a durian addict. Having left one durian nirvana, Southeast Asia, he found another... in faraway Zanzibar!...

http://migrationology.com/2011/03/addicted-to-durian-i-found-the-cure-in-zanzibar/

Addicted to durian -- I found the cure in Zanzibar!

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Oh no! What if there are one billion new durian addicts?

Even the Chinese from China (PRC Chinese) -- who like most angmohs, initially could not tolerate the fruit's "supposed" pungent odour -- have come to love it!...

http://www.asiaone.com/print/News/Latest%2BNews/SoShiok/Story/A1Story20120611-351830.html

Who's buying up our durians?

But, hey, the durian is a divine fruit... and the PRC Chinese have committed a sacrilege by concocting, of all things, durian pizza!

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/video/durian-pizzas-a-hit-with-china-youths/683142.html

Durian pizzas a hit with China youths

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Arrgh! May they wash down all those pizzas with lots of maotai.