The Mau Shan Wang!!

We had a Durian Fiesta over the weekend. My in-laws were raving about how good the Mau Shan Wang (literally translated as Cat Mountain King) and I thought I got to give a try. Though my husband doesn't really fancy durians because of its pungent smell and its lingering aftertaste, it was very sweet of him to buy D24 durians and the Mau Shan Wang for me. Thanks Mr Koh, they were excellent!

The durian seller said that Sultan durian is the brother of D24 durian and guess what is Mau Shan Wang then? It is the Father of all Durians of course! = P

Calling all durian lovers out there, have you tried all of them yet?

Mau Shan Wang (Cat Mountain King)
* Grown in Pahang and East Malacca
* Golden Yellow flesh
* Very smooth texture and no annoying fibres
* Sweet initially but get bitter when you swallow

Jin Feng (Golden Phoenix)
* Grown in East Malacca
* Light Creamy and Milky flesh
* Soft and creamy texture and seeds are shrivelled and flat
* More towards sweet but a bit bitter

Hei Zhen Zhu (Black Pearl)
* Grown in Johor
* Slightly greyish flesh
* Each piece is small and have a smooth and creamy texture
* More towards Bitter taste

Qing Zhu (Green Bamboo)
* Grown mainly in Pahang
* Have a thin layer of skin to its flesh and extremely creamy when the skin break
* Very mild taste, not too sweet or bitter

D24
* Grown in Pahang
* Each piece is big and creamy
* Normally used in durian puffs due to its taste, price and amount of flesh in each seed
* Taste bitter

XO
* Grown in Johor
* Pale Yellow colour
* Texture are quite soft and runny. The seeds are characterised to be very small.
* Taste Bitter

D13
* Grown in Johor
* The exterior of the fruit is small and round compared to other Durians
* Dark Yellow flesh
* The texture is moist and have no fibre
* Taste sweet but seeds a bit big

Hong Xia (Red Prawn)
* Slight reddish flesh
* The texture is firm, yet creamy
* Has a bittersweet taste