We ate the Durian...

Well today we finally tried the Durian fruit. For those that don't know what this is, it is a notorious fruit with a bad rap for a horrible smell. Even Andrew Zimmern from Bizarre foods can't seem to eat this. And for some further nostalgia, if you played Super Mario Sunshine from the Nintendo Game Cube console, this was the spiked bowling ball sized fruit Mario needed to kick around many obstacles to get coins. Over all it really doesn't smell that bad, at least to us. It is definitely pungent, but not terrible.  The taste is really hard to describe, especially since the texture is also very odd for a fruit.  It is creamy and stringy at the same time. There is a sweet custard like flavor, but oddly onion or garlic like as well.  We definitely couldn't eat much of it, but are very glad we tried it. Its also a delicacy here and it not cheap even in Thailand.