Have you tried Durian fruit before? What is you opinion on it?

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1. Never seen one in real life haha

2. Tastes better than it smells. Smell is nearly insufferable, however.

3. It tastes and smells like rotting trash. Still, I usually try it once a year just to see if maybe this time I’ll like it

4. Yes I have – at a Singaporean Durian market. I wasn’t a fan.

   I can handle durian candy, durian ice cream, durian cake – but the actual fruit – I can’t do it.

   I did enjoy the “no durian” signs on everything. And my colleague at work (who enjoys it) told me his wife makes him keep his durian in a special refrigerator just for him.

5. It still tastes like it smells! I have tried it three fucking times and it still tastes lime it smells!

   Yea, it’s not as pungent as the smell, but it’s still there!

   My GF loves that shit though. She’d eat it like a watermelon if I let her.

6. I had an open mind and tried once of teachers durian candies, I can say without a doubt that I will never put that in my mouth or have it near me again. And I don’t judge people who like it, it’s cool that you have a larger pallet than mine.

7. I cannot imagine there’s any valid reason to feel embarrassed over enjoying a piece of fruit.

8. Had it a couple of times in Thailand. I wanted to gag from the moment I smelled it. They call it the king of fruit but it’s definitely an acquired taste.

9. I’ve had it before. I feel like a lot of people really exaggerate some aspects of it, but it is very pungent.

10. The smell is terrible

11. Its banned from my house.

12. Had some in a pastry at dim sum, and I did not care for it.

    But no shade to people who *do” like it; we all like different things and that’s fine.

13. Never be embarrassed to like something, even if no one else does. (Unless it’s disgustingly immoral)

14. The only time I had it was from a supermarket in Taiwan. It was plastic wrapped and refrigerated, so presumably not completely fresh. It tasted pretty good despite its smell, very sweet and creamy. However, for the rest of the day I would keep burping up the smell which was unpleasant. Definitely not worth the effort to acquire stateside.

15. Tastes like caramelized onion. And I don’t really like it. Fs an acquired taste.

16. Tried it in Vietnam, I loved it, but my fingers smelled awful for days.

17. Yes I got one at an Asian grocery store once out of curiosity. The taste was okay, the smell was bad. I might try it again but if I did I would probably get it frozen since an entire durian is too much.

18. They’re fine raw, but I prefer them cooked so I can get a full health recharge and a temporary bonus heart.

19. No, but I’m oddly fascinated by it. It’s so polarizing.

    One of my good friends is Vietnamese-American. Her dad and one of her sisters love durian. My friend, her mother, and her youngest sister hate the smell of it so much that her mother won’t allow it in the house—dad has to store and eat it on the patio. I wasn’t brave enough to taste it.

20. I came close last weekend. It was oddly cheap, and there was a small one. The rind was split and I gave it a sniff. I was intrigued as much as put-off, but it wasn’t worth the marital strife.

21. I ate it a few times when my family lived in Singapore. I remember thinking that it taste/smelled like sweet gasoline, and the smell stayed trapped in my sinuses for a while. I also had it in a cake, and that was better.

22. I have had it once. It tastes ok but smells not great.

    There’s a reason it is very rare in the US.

    No reason to feel embarrassed for liking it. This is the US where people get to do pretty much whatever the hell they want with their food preferences.

23. Tried it in Vietnam and Singapore, and once at school as a kid. God I hate it so much.

24. I’ve tried it before. It smelled exactly as bad as people said. Tasted pretty good though.

    2/5 Stars

25. No, but I have had durian flavored candy. It tasted how it smelled.

26. I want to try it fresh but finding it even near where I live is pretty much impossible.

27. Tried it when I was in the Philippines. I found it impossible to separate the smell from the taste but as has been said it tastes much better than it smells. My filipino friends were testing my adventurous spirit and willingness to try new things including food. I had to draw a line when it came to Balut

28. Yep. Lived in SE Asia for awhile. My wife and I didn’t really like it but our daughters like it. I guess it’s an acquired taste developed at a young age.

29. Anthony Bourdain likened it to “French kissing your dead grandmother”.

    I thought it smelled like a gas leak, and tasted slightly better.

30. The taste was fine, kind of like a mango, but it smelled like pure gasoline and that really ruined the experience.

    If you like it though, I’m happy for you. That means there’s one more thing that you can enjoy than most other people.