Wonderful Durian

It’s good but beware it being pretty damn expensive. They have a myriad of different type durian to choose from all the way up to the «King of Kings».
My gf and I visited on a weekday night and noticed most durian places packed with people along Sims street. However, surprisingly for such a known place with an online shop and a few thousand Facebook likes, this place was empty. We wondered why until we saw the price, $ 45 for a MSW which they were willing to sell for $ 40.
Wanted to try it out here at the very least. It for sure hits the spot for Durian.

In Singapore for work. Apparently my colleague said that this is a good place to eat durian in Singapore (since it is quite hard to get durian here due to government restrictions on bringing durian inside public transport).
So the place is quite unique with stacks of durian piled up on the wall. It looks like a giant trap ready to fall and put you in the ER if it did happen to fall. The durian was not bad at all. But there are some grading criteria. The most expensive ones were 38 SGD per kilo.
One thing unique would be the sellers. They seem to have psychic abilities to whisper to the durian by tapping on them with giant butcher knives. One of the sellers reminds me of Bowser from Mario Bros. I am not surprised if he can eat a durian with the skin unpeeled.
Went back to my apartment and said to the receptionist that I went to Geylang. He replied «sir you have to be specific on what you were doing if you go to Geylang». Turns out that the durian place is in the heart of a red light district. What a trip.

This is the place to go to if you wanna try the king of fruits, the durian. Be prepared to shell out $ 200 for the best fruit — D197 Mao Shan Wang.
Pick a durian, find a table and they’ll open the durian at your table. It’s open air seating. You don’t wanna eat durian in a closed room with AC.
Of course, you can get them as cheap as $ 10. There’s a definite difference in quality.
Most durian lovers prefer Malaysian durians over Thai or Indonesian. I don’t even think they sell Thai durians in Singapore. At least I haven’t seen any Thais.
If you live outside of Singapore or Malaysia, you probably only get Thai durians. I see only Thai durians at the local Asian grocer here in DFW.
The demand for Malaysian durians is so high in Singapore and Malaysia that they don’t have enough to export to other countries. A durian wholesaler told me that they export the best Malaysian durians to Singapore because they pay more.
One of my favorite is a durian with reddish flesh. It’s very sweet with a slight hint of bitterness. And it’s not expensive.