King of durians

The local market sells durians prepacked in styrofoam. Unlike the frozen stuff we get back home, these durians are opened and and the fruit packed daily by the particular vendor. This saves eager drooling buyers from having to open them (it takes a fair bit of effort and more than a bit of experience) and dispose of the skins.

Today's little beauties are of the famed musang king variety, widely hailed as the king of durians, and supposedly out flavouring the more common D24 (certainly out pricing them). Thai durians? Forget it. Musang king seeds are also a fair bit smaller than other varieties, so you do get a bit more bang for your buck. And the verdict? Pretty damn good, and a pack like this has a stuffing factor of a full meal, and indeed is often a meal substitute.

Oddly, this particular vendor bulks up the pack with a bit of extra styrofoam sheet and air underneath so there's really only a single layer of fruit despite the deep box. I wonder if they think they're fooling anyone!