10 Durian Desserts in Singapore – Mao Shan Wang Lava Croissant, Durian Kaya Toast And More. Ultimate Guide To The King Of Fruits
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July 28, 2018
Durians are known to be the smelliest fruit on Earth, described as “taste like heaven, but smell like hell”. Known to come in various shapes and sizes, durians are now labelled with Chinese names that gets more flamboyant over the years and numbers such as D13, D21, D24 that is nowhere close to a winning 4D number. As Singapore’s favourite fruit, so much that we have an entire building – The Esplanade shaped like one (I mean two), durian comes from the Malay word ‘duri’ which means thorns as seen from its outward appearance Just when durian fruit gets......
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