Raw Durian Buffet

Most of the time raw foodies have a tough time eating out because there’s not many or shall I say no restaurants that serve good raw food dishes around this area. So, usually they end up eating before meeting up with friends and family and ordering raw fruit juice (if they serve raw fruit juice) at the table.

There is one place that serves raw food that most everyone loves to eat at, and that is at durian buffets. This place shown in the picture is the very famous durian stall located at the corner of SS2 at Petaling Jaya, and they only open during durian season which is usually once or twice a year. It’s a really awesome place to go to, with large soccer size durians with dangerous looking spikes placed on shelfs and in bamboo baskets all over the place.

Except for my little toddler and my kids’ nanny, there’s basically no one else who dislike durians. Everybody can eat here. Vegans (who don’t eat meat), Muslims (who don’t eat pork or any meat from animals that live on land and water like frogs or ducks!), Hindus and Chinese buddhists (who don’t eat beef), carnivors, hmmm did I cover everyone yet? Very muhibbah (goodwill). This is one place, besides Indian Muslim restaurants where everybody goes to fill their bellys, no creed, nor race excluded.

It’s truly a perfect meal for everyone, especially for the raw foodists.

Please note that durians can not be eaten everyday. And one can not eat too much because durians can cause sore throats when eaten too many. This is because the Chinese believe it’s “heaty”, and the way to balance the yin and yang of the body is to drink some raw coconut water or eat some watermelon or eat some mangosteens to cool the body down after a heavy durian meal.

More on durians

• Health facts about durians and how hubby ate nothing but durians for a whole month! Burp!

• A totally different type of durian ... durian belanda also called soursop also called cherimoya

• Not enough healthy food around? Here’s my tips 

Here’s a real fun fact about durian. You can clean the smell of durians off your fingers. here’s what you do. Fill the white part of the durian skin with water and rub your fingers against the wet white section. My dad believes he can prevent sore throats by drinking some salted water from the white part of the skin. Dad also believes he can avoid durian breath by gargling with the very same salted water as well. That’s some serious advise, good stuff if you are currently dating.

Pictures taken from feedmelah.com/blog/2009/09/01/restaurants/selangor/petalingjaya/ss2ss3tamanmegasungeiway/durian-buffet-galore-ss2-petaling-jaya/ and kyspeaks.com/2009/06/24/durian-at-pj-ss2/

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