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Durian (Sau rieng)
You may wonder why this kind of fruit has to bear such a austere name sau rieng (ones'own sorrows). If you are curious enough, let's travel to orchard provinces in southern Vietnam and the locals are likely to recite to you an immortal love story
You may wonder why this kind of fruit has to bear such a austere name sau rieng (ones'own sorrows). If you are curious enough, let's travel to orchard provinces in southern Vietnam and the locals are likely to recite to you an immortal love story. Long ago there lived a young couple in the region. Because of some social prejudices that could not be over come the couple had to find their death to be faithful to their love for ever. Their own sorrows have received the populace's sympathies and the story of their straggly has been handed down from generation to generation. To commemorate the couple locals have named their one of the local valuable fruits sau rieng.
Durian is an expensive fruit. One durian fruit is from five to six times larger then a mangosteen. Its skin is thick, rough and covered with sharp thorns. Yet, with a gentle cut between the edges of the outer shell you can easily open the fruit to see layers of brightly yellow segments of meat as if the pulpits covered with a thin layer of butter.
Available in the south of Vietnam only.
Durian (Sau rieng)
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