Durian and Hometown - 28th June

I've been away from the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur for about 2 days plus, since Friday afternoon until today's evening. I went back to Jerantut, my father's hometown or 'kampung'. My relative, which we call her 'Ah Peng' that is my cousin sister came back from New Zealand with her family to Malaysia. They migrated there for quite a number of years alreaday. Officialy, it's 17 years since her son is already 17th, whose name is Justin Chong. On Saturday night, we had a buffet dinner of fried noodles, fried and roasted chicken wings, curry chicken, 'Hakka' dish of pork and fungus cooked in soy sauce, cakes, and also lychee with jelly as dessert. It was absolutely filling, but the only thing was that the fried noodles was too wet and the fried chicken wings were bland and soft due to the amount of time left in the open.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, we had a 'king of fruits' feast, the durian! It maybe offensive to some westerners but in this country, 99% of Malaysians love the fruit due to its savory taste, and maybe bitter or sweet. In fact, the 'smellier' it is for non-Aseans, the better tasting it is for us. Well, things that other countries maybe treated like delicacies by the lcoals may not be appealing to people from other countries. Anyway, here's how the whole thing looked like:-


This is only a small fraction compared to its original amount.
The best thing is:- Its all free! Courtesy of an about to be relative, Ah Meng.


One of my cousins opening a durian.
Note: He's one my older cousins and due to olden days family complicated factors, I'm even close to his age!


After opened, this is how it looks like. This particular durian is not among the best in the heap.


Some of the durian contents.