<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(immona @ May 22 2006, 09:37 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Grin.gif[/img] tRY NOT TO EAT TOO MUCH OF IT OR ELSE YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION FROM IT!!! SOME SAY HAVING TOO MANY CAUSES ONE TO EXPERIENCE DIZZINESS AND VOMITING. THIS IS A DELICACY THOUGH NOT EVERY FILIPINO EAT IT AS SOME FOREIGNERS TEND TO BELIEVE. HEY GUYS TRY THE DURIAN NEXT TIME YOU ARE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND YOU MIGHT PREFER THE LOWLY BALUT [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
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I've eaten durian a few times in SIngapore, where it is actuallyn banned in a few places, such as the MRT trains, because of the smell.
It tastes fairly pleasant, though the closest description you could give of eating it is "like eating chocolate when you're sitting on the crapper"
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