I'm craving for liu-lien, badly. I'm daydreaming about sinking my teeth into the liu-lien flesh... cheh! Not preganant lar, just really wanna eat durian. Now that the supply is higher hopefully the price has drop from RM10 each. I was asking around for advice on how to choose a durian. I've never buy a durian on my own.
SexyLips: "Hold the fruit it your hands, make sure you can feel the pain of the prick from the durian torn, make sure it's really a durian."
Me: "Duh"
Then I ask BoldBoss, he reply: "Pick a not too heavy durian and hav durian aroma. Shake it for sound, for moving durian. Durian with a slight sound is the best".
Me: "How to know it's not too heavy?
BoldBoss: "By feel"
Me: "How slight sound is slight?
Bold Boss: "By feel too"
SexyLips & BoldBoss, you both have been a great help... not
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MIL bought 2 durian for RM10 & gave us 1, saving me the trouble of goin to buy 1 myself .... te-hee.
After making sure it's really a liu-lien, I started to inspect it:
1. Liu-lien not too heavy according to my feel2. A slight liu-lian aroma3. Aiyooooooooo... got worm hole... hav to share share with the worms lor...
Me: "Use the knife lar! How can open like that??!!"
Hubby: "Like this the liu-lien balu 'ho chiak' ma."
Me: "Use cloths la so that fingers don get pricked."Hubby: "No need. Like this balu ada style."
aiyooooo... really got worms le... bad choice. Sayang le. But luckily still got lotsa more left for me to eat. wow... it tasted reaaaaaaaaly good le. I want moooooooore!!! 
Here's the close-up of the worms...
After the feast, must remember to drink salt water from the durian khak... so that won't get heaty & fall sick.
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Every year, with the coming of the durian season, the air is filled with a heavy 'odoromatous' presence, a kind of incense heralding the arrival of the king of fruits; and the streets are lined with hastily composed pyramidal piles and altars for the King of fruits - the durian.
And every year we are confronted again by the same eternal question of how to choose a good durian.
The first step in choosing a good durian is to grasp the durian that takes your fancy by its stalk and hold it in front of your eyes for close scrutiny. It is advisable while doing this to stand with your legs apart or "kang-kang" as the durian and its stalk may decide, at this very moment, to part company, with disastrous consequences to your foot. If you do not wish to stand in this manner then I would advise you to have safety boots on.
An age old adage says that you cannot judge a book by its cover. But some 'so-called' durian experts claim that they can judge a durian by its thorns, although others say this is nonsense. So why must you look at a durian if you cannot judge a durian by its thorns. It is to look for holes or 'lubangs'.
Durian holes generally fall into four categories:
- Squirrel holes -- Durians with squirrel holes are generally ripe and quite tasty as the squirrel who has been at it would gladly testify. However, these durians are considered 'second paw' (second hand) and being minus a few seeds should be purchased only after a generous discount.
- Worm holes -- Durians with worm holes have worms and other creepy crawlies in them and should be rejected unless, of course, you are one of those lovers of Swiss Cheese.
- Man-made holes -- These are small triangular openings cut into the durian so that the customer could have a sneak preview of the fleshy quality of the durian. Obviously if the durian is still there, it has been rejected. Would you take someone's reject?
- Open backside type -- Durians with their bottoms with are gaping or beginning to gape have seen better days - 2 or 3 to be precise - where they have been paraded, manhandled and put back on the shelf, rejected by all and sundry. Leave them in place.
Now, having given the durian the visual test, you can now proceed to the next important step. Take the durian into your hands, with your fingers gripping the spaces between thorns, approximate it next to your ear at the side of your head and shake the fruit. Listen for movement.
Pardon my digression. Now why shake the durian, you ask. Good question! Remember the other old adage - 'empty vessels make the most noise'. This holds true for the durian. If you hear vigorous hollow movements of seeds when you shake the durian - the fruit is all seed and no flesh - reject it. If there is no movement at all on shaking, and the durian feels heavy for its size, the fruit is unripe or if ripe, waterlogged. Reject also. If you detect some faint movement and the fruit feels relatively light for its size - go on to the next step - the ultimate olfactory test.
For this step, hold the durian gently in your hands as you would your loved one and place in front of your nose and inhale deeply. If you find dirt, dust and dried leaves in your nostrils, stop at once, and send the durian back to the vendor for a thorough cleaning.
Having ensured that the durian is clean and that there is no impediment in your nasal passages repeat the inhalation process, with both thumbs and thenar eminence cupped to exclude any extraneous smell. If you detect an over rich, strong, fetid odour, it indicates that the durian is overripe. Reject, especially if the stalk looks somewhat dry.
If you detect no smell at all also reject as the fruit is unripe.
But if you detect a faint aroma of bitter sweet butter scotch and almonds with a bouquet of wild honey and a hint of smoked oak then you have hit the jackpot and found yourlself a durian with a thick, creamy, treacle like, bitter sweet tasting flesh for you to savour and enjoy.
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Happy Birthday SexyLips.
You kinda have all you want already. House. Car. Career. Canon Camera. A Jet set life. Hopefully u accident cepat cepat, not the car accident lar, the rip torn kind of accident so that u get married cepat cepat.... kaakakkakaka
We were the only diners there, getting 2 tables. Weird le bcoz their food quality is quite good. But it's better like this, the waiters will only concentrated on making us happy, like cup are always full with tea, plate were change 3 times etc. 
Hubby bein notty & gav Esther the banned liquid when no 1 was paying attention.
Let me show you some of the dish that I enjoyed very much... The famous Oo Chien (Fried Oyster), just look at the size of those fresh oysters...ah... 
Tu Kah (Pork Leg) with vege, i likey bcoz the pork meat don't hav "urine" smell like other places... the pau kiap pork skin with sauce, combo nyaman!! 
See the crab meat!! Not the fake crab meat stick, it's the real deal le... together with vege & other stuff, I only vividly remember the crab nia...
Chicken fried with blue ginger & "Gyo Hiang", rolled minced meat with spices were tasty too.
The sweet & sour fish were not up to standard or I'm already too full to judge anymore... 
The happy couple after the satisfying meal.
Overall it was a nice dinner. Recommended dish are the "Oo Chien" & "Tu Kah". Even after the dinner, every1 were so comfortable that we just continue to chit chat on until closing time bcoz the whole place belong to us only.
