Durian Yummy Fruit!!

The durian is becoming more and more an expensive fruit, even in the Philippines.  Not so long time ago, you could buy in Davao City, the capital of Mindanao.  Southern Mindanao is considered the “durian republic” in the Philippines.  The durian fruit-tree is widely spread through Southeast Asia particularly in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. It is also an important crop in Vietnam and Myanmar.  In the Philippines, the durian-tree grows almost exclusive on Mindanao.  In the rest of the country the trees are few.

Durian is famous for its odor.  The opinion about the qualities of that odor are quite opposite! Most Asian people say that the odor of the durian can be compared to a perfume.  Other people especially foreigners, say that the fruit, when the skin of the fruit is opened.