Finally, I had a chance to try out the famous Four Seasons Durian Cafe in Joo Chiat. Apparently the cafe has opened for about a year now, and I have not realised it until recently! Perhaps because it is the durian season (ending soon actually), so the place is only thriving this period of time.
The cafe is situated in a corner by the road side. It took the place of a converted shophouse. The walls are green with yellow and green signs to signify durians. Each time I passed by, the place would be crowded with all races - Chinese, Malays, Indian, even Caucasians!
When I went there on Friday night, we managed to find a place to sit. We started out with coconut juice, then had our pick of durians. The durians are big, more than a kilogram at least! We had three D24s, two with bitter flesh and one with a sweet flesh, and the ultimate "Mao Shan Wang", the high-class durian, with sweet flesh.
My friend parked at the road side at first, but when a police car came, everyone ran to their cars to park further into the lane in between the shophouses. I must say, despite the popularity of the place, it is rather inaccessible indeed if one has no transport!
The durians in season are really different from those from other months! The flesh is creamy and juicy, and the seeds are really big! Other times I could eat one durian, as the seeds were smaller, but that day, after just a few seeds, I was really full! I was so bloated! And my friends were equally full, all of us were about to burst that in the end, we could not finish all the durians and had to pack some seeds back!
Overall it was a good experience! What can be better to eat good fleshy durians, especially those in season, drinking coconut juice and chit chatting until daybreak? The only catch is that the durians there are more expensive than other places, but then I always believe you pay for what you get! I was so full that I could hardly sleep that night!
The cafe is situated in a corner by the road side. It took the place of a converted shophouse. The walls are green with yellow and green signs to signify durians. Each time I passed by, the place would be crowded with all races - Chinese, Malays, Indian, even Caucasians!
When I went there on Friday night, we managed to find a place to sit. We started out with coconut juice, then had our pick of durians. The durians are big, more than a kilogram at least! We had three D24s, two with bitter flesh and one with a sweet flesh, and the ultimate "Mao Shan Wang", the high-class durian, with sweet flesh.
My friend parked at the road side at first, but when a police car came, everyone ran to their cars to park further into the lane in between the shophouses. I must say, despite the popularity of the place, it is rather inaccessible indeed if one has no transport!
The durians in season are really different from those from other months! The flesh is creamy and juicy, and the seeds are really big! Other times I could eat one durian, as the seeds were smaller, but that day, after just a few seeds, I was really full! I was so bloated! And my friends were equally full, all of us were about to burst that in the end, we could not finish all the durians and had to pack some seeds back!
Overall it was a good experience! What can be better to eat good fleshy durians, especially those in season, drinking coconut juice and chit chatting until daybreak? The only catch is that the durians there are more expensive than other places, but then I always believe you pay for what you get! I was so full that I could hardly sleep that night!
