The durian is the king of fruits, although to many westerners it is best described as "eating strawberries in a stinking public toilet". The fruit cannot be plucked; one must wait for a ripened fruit to fall. The Malays have a saying, "When the durian comes down, the sarong goes up". Go figure if you don't know what this means.
Wikipedia is chockful with interesting information about this custard-like to-die-for fruit encased in a spiky outer shell. There are some interesting pics too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian
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| "No durians" sign on Singapore's MRT. Source: Wikipedia |
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| Singapore's Esplanade Theatre aka "The Durian". Source: Wikipedia |
Where to eat durians... any which way!
http://food.insing.com/feature/where-to-eat-durians-singapore/id-77523f00
Check out this helpful insing.com site, for durian aficionados who like it from "neat" to durian pengat.
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So, here's a Singlish durian joke...
Ah Heng was on a motorbike with Ah Hway after a durian shopping trip across the Causeway. Ah Hway was holding onto 2 big bags of durians when they rode over a speed hump, Ah Heng heard a loud bang, like something had hit the road. Traffic was heavy so he kept his eyes on the road ahead but asked Ah Hway: 'Lewlian wu kalau boh?(durians got dropped or not?).' Ah Hway shouted in his ear: 'Boh kalau lah!', so Ah Heng did not stop but continued with the journey. When they reached home, Ah Heng got down from his motobike and was shocked to see that Ah Hway was not wearing her helmet. He asked Ah Hway: 'Where is your helmet?' Ah Hway got very angry (that he had not stopped earlier) and replied: 'Just now I already told you 'boh kalau' (helmet dropped)!'
PS1: The 2 bags of durians were -- die, die, cannot let go -- still in her hands.
PS2: Hokkien is tonal, so 'boh kalau' can be 'headgear fell off ' or 'nothing fell off'!
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