Thursday already?
I hope your week has been amazing so far. Mine has been very busy as most of the time. This is my last week in Montreal because I’m going back to Mexico!!
I’ll be spending almost a month back home, to spend holidays with my family and friends. I’m so excited! I’m leaving this weekend so next time you hear from me I’ll be in Mexico!!
All my videos will be taped there, can’t wait to show you all the recipes I’ve made and a little bit more about life in Mexico!
So today, as I said in my last post we’re going to talk about the king of kings, what makes you feel heaven on earth, the best of both worlds: Mr. Durian!!
Durian is a very special and unique fruit that a very few amount of people know about. Probably if you’ve been in asian countries you’re familiar with it or of course, if you’re into raw foods you have probably heard about it.
Durian is not only unique in flavour, is unique in shape and of course, odor! This is the type of fruit that you love it or hate it, no middle point.
Most of people don’t even dare to try it just because of the smell, but let me tell you, is just a cover because once you taste it you’re trapped!
The first time I tasted durian was in a raw fruit potluck here in Montreal, but we were several people so I only had the chance to have some small bites, you need to eat a lot more to figure out if you actually like it or not. I remember feeling like eating more but still wasn’t sure if I liked it. The combination of sweet and savory was messing with my head! And I most say that the “chicken-like” look was making the moment very thrilling!
The odor is so indescribable, is a combination of onion, almonds, sweetness and gym socks hahah! I swear, is just UNIQUE. Actually, in some parts of southeast Asia like public transportation, hotels and even outside restaurants is completely prohibited to have durians even if you’re not eating them!
Thank goodness for cosmopolite countries! Nowadays, is so easy to find any type of food even if you’re on the “other side of the world”. In Mexico is impossible to find durians, but here in Montreal and most of the Western world you can find it in any asian food store. I’m sure the taste is definitively not the same if you have it fresh and just taken from the tree, as you only can buy it frozen here, but at least something is something.
This is me in Montreal’s China Town, months ago, the first time I bought an entire durian! Can you see the excitement?
My favorite way to eat durian is plain! This is the only way you can really have THE durian experience. I feel that when combined with more flavors you can banish the uniqueness of durian flavor but even though 95% of the time I eat it by itself I decided to make 3 different recipes and share them with you.
They actually were better than I expected. I do have to say I tried to keep it simple and did not use lots of things but feel free to change anything.
Thai Inspired Durian Soup
1 cup durian, seedless
1/2 cup fresh basil
1 small handful fresh cilantro
1 teaspoon cumin or curry powder
Coconut water (as needed)
Blend all ingredients until smooth. If not using coconut water use water. Also, you can use any type of herbs and spices according to your preferences. You can use ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, cloves or whatever you feel like.
Durian-Orange Cream
1 cup durian, seedless
1/2 orange juice
1 Vanilla Bean (optional)
Mash or blend in food processor the ingredients until you have a smooth cream. You can freeze it in ice cube trays and pass through champion juicer or food processor to have an ice cream/ soft serve.
Durian Pudding
1 1/2 cup durian, seedless
2 large ripe bananas
Pinch of cinnamon
Blend until pudding consistency. Serve with apples or celery sticks. Also, if you add a little bit of water you can make it a salad dressing. Yuuum!
Hope you guys enjoy the recipes!! Have a great weekend everybody!
Until next post from Mexico!!
Ajajajajj,
I was so thinking about durian today, even went to China town to pick up one and they did not have one single stinky durian!!! ;((((
I will wait till you come back and will have a durian party, ok??!!!
Have a safe trip
Hahaha Ildiko!! That sounds GREEEEAAAAT!
As soon as everything starts back to normal we’ll have that durian party, yeeei
Lots of hugs
I’ve never had durian fresh, just frozen and I loved it!
I know me neither
but at least we can eat it in our home frozen any time of the year 
Love it too!
En vez de estudiar Física me pongo leer tus experiencias con frutas exoticas!! Ya te quiero veer!
Hahaha yo tambieeen! Love you lots! See you soon!!
Do you remember which store you bought the durian? I’m trying to find it in Montreal and one of our lovely raw potluck hosts told me to head to Chinatown. I live pretty far from the area, so I want to be sure I know where to look for it. It’s also pretty hard to talk about it with my clients when I’ve never tried it myself, lol. Thanks!
Yes I do, is in West Island, so I think it probably will be pretty far if you don’t live in the area, I don’t know the name but I know where it is. If not, I know there’s a really good asian food store close from Côte Vertu and they have EVERYTHING you want is huge!
LOL I live in the West Island. Was it Health Tree? Simplement Naturel? Tau? I’ve never seen it at any of those places – would be awesome though! Can you tell me where it was? I also go to Cote-Vertu quite a bit when I head downtown – which store is it? Is it that fruit and veggies store on Decarie to the left of the bus terminal (near the Tims, across from the Provigo?) Thanks a bunch!
Do you ever take the bus? If you take the 215 from Cote Vertu it leaves you pretty much in front of the store, I’ll try to find the name of the store because I’m not sure, and as soon as I know I’ll let you know!
I take the 470…hmm, next time I go to the area I’ll have to take a look around and try to figure it out. Haha, we must live really closeby to one another! We should meet up and have a raw meals/desserts prep party. It’s so rare to meet people our age who are raw, so I’m really glad I’ve found you through Raw in Montreal and YouTube.
Thank you very, very much fo your help.
Yes I take the 470 too but once you’re in CV if you take the 215 it will take you there in like 10 min, it is very very close. I think we do live very close! For sure we can plan something once the weather gets better:) And I promise I’ll try to find out the name of the store this week and I’ll let you know!
Thanks a bunch Priscilla! Take your time, I’m doing a detox and eliminating heavy fats for the next week or two.
Hehe maybe we shoot some YouTube videos together, would be fun to have you on my channel as a guest. Do you go to the potlucks?
Hi Priscilla! I took the 215 last week to get somewhere else and remembered this. Is the store called Tigre Geant? I’ve seen them in Ontario, I had no idea Quebec had it here! Let me know. I hope all is well.
Hey Purna, I checked it yesterday, it is in Marcel Laurin blvd. The name is Marché Hawaii very close from Cote Vertu, I don’t think you’ll have problems finding it, you can google it this is the postal code: H4R 1K4
Good luck! hope this helps, you’ll find EVERYTHING in there:)
Oh wow, it’s only three stops into the route. Thank you so much! I think it’s right beside the Giant Tiger. I like the name of the place – it sure sounds tropical.
You’re welcome! Yeah, I’m sure you won’t have any problems to get there, good luck!