Segamat Durian Feast- King of Fruits Feast

June is a fantastic month to feast on seasonal tropical fruits. Especially this year! The hot spell means bumper harvest for Durians- the King of all fruits come once a year. It's delicious especially the bitter-sweet ones. Like the other fruits, durians come in various varieties. The most "fashionable" ones are the "Cat Mountain" variety.

Recently, we rode up to neighbouring Malaysia for a Kampong Durian Feast in the town Segamat. Yes that's how into durians we are! Travel 3 hours to feast on these king of fruits.

Fruit stall at one of the rest stop:

Check out the giant size jack-fruit!

After a 3 hours ride... we have finally arrived in Segamat to eat kampong durians that have freshly fallen from the tree over the night.

Baskets full of fresh durians of various varieties!

Opening the durian...

I have no experience in prying open durians. I do specialise in licking off those meaty yellow durian flesh though.

Ta-da..

A nice meaty yellow durian sitting alone in its compartment.

Most of the durians from the farm were so meaty! I could not even feel the seed when I pick up the durian from its compartment. And btw, I like my durian to taste bitter-sweet. I have no inclination towards sweet durians!.

Saying good bye to the durian farm after stuffing our faces with the fiberous fruit.

Malaysia's really full of kampongs or villages. So vastly different from urban Singapore.

Visiting Mount Ophir's waterfall:

Check out the number of weekenders enjoying a dip in the waterfall. I was pretty surprised by the kampong lifestyle that they led. Coming from an ultra-urban and city set-up, I could not imagine actually spending my sunday like those in the photo. Shopping or surfing the net is some of the more familiar sunday activities that I am used to. But definitely not soaking myself (fully clothed too) in the shallows waters of a brownish waterfall.

I need to mention that climbing to the top of Mount Ophir waterfall without taking any rest breaks is a fantastic workout. Great way to digest all the durians.

Another great day trip. Tasting fresh durians was something that is really worth the >3 hours ride.