Durian season to peak in August with the 'best and cheapest' Mao Shan Wang
So durian-withdrawal is starting to gear up in for you. You lot're looking at contempo Instagram posts of your last durian party, feeling a piddling dejected that it'south the middle-to-tail end of durian season, which, you might be thinking, is not a skillful time to indulge in the thorny beauty.
Well, call up again.
Baronial, plainly, is looking to be the most delicious time to dig into durian – and considering availability is not going to be an issue, it's as well going to be the cheapest time.
"Ordinarily the all-time time is when the prices are at the lowest, because that'south when the harvest is at its summit," Kelvin Tan, director of durian retailer-cafe 99 Old Trees explained to CNA Lifestyle. "You'll exist spoilt for choice and there will be plenty of durians to choose from."
"Nosotros are expecting a really good haul from our subcontract in Pahang," added the self-declared "Master Durian Officeholder". "We look the best durians to come in during Singapore's National Day long weekend."
And that means a new deluge of the wildly popular Mao Shan Wang durian.
"Our farm in Malaysia predominantly cultivates Mao Shan Wang, aside from D24 and Tekka durians," said Tan. "And the durians are not expected to drop till next calendar week. Which is why I tin honestly tell you that the best and freshest durians will come in August. It's the 2d wave of durian season."
The 33-twelvemonth-erstwhile Fook Gor Durian Subcontract in Due west Pahang is the parent company of 99 One-time Trees.
"We all know how popular Mao Shan Wangs are – it'southward an undisputed Singapore favourite," said Tan. "And that's why information technology's also important to know the basics of choosing a good durian, just in case some seller tries to pass off another durian as a Mao Shan Wang."
CNA Lifestyle got a crash course in durian-choosing from Tan, learning how the presence of a wormhole, for example, might bespeak a mighty good durian, not a a bad i. Picket the video in this story to detect out more.
If, however, you'd prefer to simply sit downwards and accept the durian served to you on a platter, 99 Erstwhile Trees has added more than August sessions for their "omakase" fashion durian feel, to keep up with the anticipated booty.
Colloquially named "SukaWa" ("as I like it" in Hokkien), Tan's durian omakase offers half dozen courses of particularly hand-picked durian cultivars, including unlimited servings of Mao Shan Wang or D24 durians.
A durian expert volition discuss and share interesting facts most each varietal, from source, intensity and gustatory modality profile, to rarity and even methods to verify durian actuality.
"There are so many little known facts to be shared and myths to be busted," said Tan. "I have always wanted to share my passion and help my customers sympathise the unique characteristics of each durian variant."
SukaWa durian omakase, Southward$lx, runs till Aug 30 at 99 One-time Trees, Block 46 Owen Road #01-277, Singapore 210046
Source: https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/durian-singapore-mao-shan-wang-246396
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