Long before he was the Durian King, Tan Eow Chong was canvassing rural Malaysia for plants he could farm when he stumbled on a roadside stand selling a curiously golden-fleshed variety of the fruit.
There's little else in the food world that brings about as much social turbulence as the durian. This so-called "king of all fruits" is considered a delicacy across its native Southeast Asia, where ...
In Southeast Asia, the durian is the undisputed king of fruit. Crack open its thorny green husk, and you'll find several yellow or red nuggets of custard-like pulp that melts in your mouth. The smell, ...
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested five men, including several durian farmers, for allegedly operating ...
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The stinky, spiky durian is set to become Malaysia's next major export as the Southeast Asian nation rushes to develop thousands of acres to cash in on unprecedented demand ...
Once you actually taste and smell a ripe durian, the Southeast Asian fruit best known for its penetrating odor, you will understand what all the fuss is about—and why it’s banned from some public ...
Researchers at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM) have confirmed the presence of the rare amino acid ethionine in a plant - or more ...
The durian, for those of you who've never seen one, is a Southeast Asian fruit that looks like a fiercely weaponized pineapple. It's prickly. It's pricey. And it's oh so pungent. And you will never ...
At the durian store MyBolehBoleh in KL’s tourist-centric Jalan Sultan, Edison Ang is hunched over a durian. He briefly places his gloved fingers over the thorny spikes before hauling it up and ...
JOHOR/SINGAPORE: Like most monarchs, the king of fruit resides in a lush, sprawling estate, tended to by a fleet of courtiers eagerly anticipating its every need. At the beginning of June, all is ...
Freising/Germany - Researchers at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM) have confirmed the presence of the rare amino acid ethionine in ...
The ‘durian metropolis’ of Krong Pac (Dak Lak) is entering a bumper harvest, with many households earning billions of VND, turning National Highway 26 into a bustling "durian road" in the Central ...