There are so many adjectives to describe food. All our senses work synergistically to make food an "experience". For connoisseurs like me, food is an emotion and not just a means to sustain life. Also, food is the greatest healer and I fully abide by the words of Hippocrates, " Food thy medicine, medicine thy food. "

Out of the five senses, smell plays the (2 nd most?) important role in perceiving the food (or eyes is 2nd?) . It's said that half of our appetite gets satiated by smelling the food alone. The flavor of food entices us like nothing else, but then there are offensive smells too. Think of cabbage, cauliflower and other crucifers, members of the Brassicaceae family like radish, etc. Fruits like melon and  jackfruit emit a horrendous smell when overripe, while these very same fruits have the power to hypnotise us with their enchanting flavours, when aptly ripe. 

The fruit with the most notorious smell happens to be durian, also known as the king of fruits. Native to South East Asia, it's very popular in Malaysia especially, as they are the largest producers . For those who haven't heard of it, it's jackfruits's smellier and spikier cousin. 

Durian is so widely cultivated and sold in Malaysia, that every single place has a warning regarding it. Be it public transport or a hotel, cafe or a random shop, you will find signs that prohibits carrying durian. 

So the people came up with Durian experience centres, where you can buy, cut it up and eat, without getting judged. They also provide you gloves, so that they don't make your hands sticky. 

I was fortunate enough to try it. It was pretty expensive, and husband remarked that a ripe jackfruit from Bengal is way more delicious! Three pods cost us 30MYR, equivalent to 600 INR! 

Anyways, it's all about experience and yeah it does smell weird! 

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