Durian Stall At Dempsey

According to Singaporeans, this is one of the best places to get durian! Although on the more expensive side, the quality is undeniably worth it. The MAO SHAN WANG and KING OF KINGS were both sooo flavorful — sweet and slightly bitter. The King of Kings being slightly more bitter and drier.
The stand offers seating and free water which is definitely needed to counterbalance the richness of flavor. They also provide plastic gloves for eating so your hands don’t smell too much haha.

Good selection of durian most of the time and when their stock doesn’t run out. It is on the expensive side though so you have to either reserve your durian or arrive during off-​peak times.

I’ve never eaten at this stall physically, but I’ve always had durians from this stall for as long as I can remember, my entire life.
Dad always hauled a giant paper bag of durians from the trunk of his car. Word is, according to Dad, our Emeritus Senior Minister Goh gets his durians from this stall too. Because of the quality of durians from this stall, I never ate a durian from another stall, ever, because I didn’t want to pay for durians, and I am not a pro like Dad at choosing durians.
I remember getting a shock at the ripe old age of 23 when I first bought durians from a random stall, because I was so used to the quality of durians from this place that your usual durian just paled in comparison.
This place is quite inaccessible, you should probably drive here.

it was my first time there and i was with 2 other friends. parking was no issue as there were plenty of lots surrounding the stall. tables of different sizes were readily available and free vacuum sealed cups of water were served upon arrival. the lady boss albeit friendly was not very clear in telling us what was available — she started by saying that only the king of kings durian was left for the day if we wanted only freshly opened fruit. she then proceeded to say that the ones on the left of the shelf were $ 10 per kilo and ones on the right were $ 20 per kilo. she then stressed that if we choose to start with the $ 20 per kilo durian, we were not allow to buy the $ 10 per kilo for our 2^nd helping because the cheaper one will not taste as good as the expensive one so there was no point ordering it. point taken, we decided to go for the more expensive ones.
shortly after we started eating our $ 20 per kilo king of kings durian, a group of 8 came and sat next to our table. since they were in close proximity, we could hear every word of the conversation between them and the lady boss. to our surprise, we heard the lady boss tell the group that she has red prawn durian if they don’t want to eat the king of kings. Wait a minute! did i miss the arrival of the durian truck in that short 8 minutes? at that point i can’t help but feel rather cheated especially when the king of kings that I’m having weren’t exactly that fantastic for the price i paid — it also didn’t have the small seeds like the lady boss said it had when she presented the durian to us at the table. In addition their red prawn durian was more fragrant than ours because i could actually smell it when it arrived at their table… i guess it’s no surprise that i stopped eating after 3 seeds.
the name of the stall is Wan Li Xiang and the contact person is Ah Di.
I think for now I’ll just keep Ah Seng as my friend.

It’s not cheap but you absolutely get what pay for. I even saw an Indonesian matriarch waiting in her huge mercedes back seat while her grandchildren and daughter personally helped packed many many styrofoam boxes of durians and oversaw them being laminated shut in plastic with a portable laminating machine that Ah Di keeps handy. just so other rich Indonesians back home wouldn’t miss out. I remember thinking. well that’s her pickup from the airport guaranteed there! And yes she was so concerned, she opened the car window so she could lean out and make sure her progeny were packing it right!
Ever since I broke my jaw years back and had to subsist on a diet of smashed fish and carrot porridge and painstakingly cut up ramen (brought my own scissors to Miharu).and durian every week for several months. I’ve been a regular here.
Because let’s face it, there’s not many things that you can get the full flavour of without chewing. So Miharu aside as a weekly treat, I was having durian.2 or 3 times a week.
My favourites are the King of Kings (Wang Zong Wang), Red Prawn (Hong Xia) and Nai Wang (Milk King).
People complain it’s pricey but my tip is, ask for the durians with the small seeds. Then you’re not paying for the heft of the thorny shell but for a payload of very creamy copious pure durian flesh. It may not be cheap but my family and I (and friends we bring) often remark even nowadays how good the durians are.
Lovely people serving it too.