Theme Day: Durian, the King of Fruit

It's theme day, and we will see a lot of circles and spheres around the world's cities. I choose this Durian for my theme day. Durian is a native fruit to Indonesia, Brunei, and Malaysia. Some debates, this fruit is also native to Thailand and Philipines. The name durian comes from word duri (thorn). This fruit is widely known in Southeast Asia as King of Fruit. When you see, smell and taste it, you will understand why we crown this great fruit as a King.
The unusual flavour and odour of the fruit have prompted many people to express diverse and passionate views ranging from deep appreciation to intense disgust. It's clear that some will fall in love with durian, and some other will hate it. Writing in 1856, the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace provides a much-quoted description of the flavour of the durian:

The five cells are silky-white within, and are filled with a mass of firm, cream-coloured pulp, containing about three seeds each. This pulp is the edible part, and its consistence and flavour are indescribable. A rich custard highly flavoured with almonds gives the best general idea of it, but there are occasional wafts of flavour that call to mind cream-cheese, onion-sauce, sherry-wine, and other incongruous dishes. Then there is a rich glutinous smoothness in the pulp which nothing else possesses, but which adds to its delicacy. It is neither acid nor sweet nor juicy; yet it wants neither of these qualities, for it is in itself perfect. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the more you eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat Durians is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience. ... as producing a food of the most exquisite flavour it is unsurpassed.

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