Mark Wiens: Durian Fruit in Thailand - Trying 8 Different Varieties of Durian

from youtube:

*Durian fruit āļ—āļļāđ€āļĢāļĩāļĒāļ™ - Since the first time I tasted durian in 2009 in Malaysia, it was love at first taste - I fell in love with the beautiful sweet and creamy texture of the Durian - the King of Fruits. Along with being by far the coolest looking and spiky fruit in the world, the flesh is unlike any thing else in the world. And there are countless varieties of durian - in Thailand alone there something like 200 - 300. I prefer the stronger tasting durians, like in Malaysia and Indonesia, and Southern Thailand - bitter, sweet, and complex. #Durian #WithMe #Bangkok #fruit

Since we’re at home in Bangkok, Thailand, and it’s durian season in Thailand, my wife Ying went on a durian ordering spree, I think we had at least 15 durians delivered by mail to our house. So I decided to make a video testing all eight of these different Thai durian varieties - each different and unique in shape and feel.

Here are the Thai durians we tried:
Puang Manee Jiw āļžāļ§āļ‡āļĄāļ“āļĩāļˆāļīāđ‹āļ§
Puang Manee āļžāļ§āļ‡āļĄāļ“āļĩ
Mon Thong āļŦāļĄāļ­āļ™āļ—āļ­āļ‡
Kradum āļāļĢāļ°āļ”āļļāļĄ
Chanee āļŠāļ°āļ™āļĩ
Kob Chai Nam āļāļšāļŠāļēāļĒāļ™āđ‰āļģ
Nok Yib āļ™āļāļŦāļĒāļīāļš
Kan Yao āļāđ‰āļēāļ™āļĒāļēāļ§

Hard to say which one was my favorite, but I loved the Kradum āļāļĢāļ°āļ”āļļāļĄ and the Puang Manee āļžāļ§āļ‡āļĄāļ“āļĩ.

Thank you for watching, and hope you love eating durian fruit as much as I do!*