Nadoya!!! Cheers :) Thanks so much man!

Deneen hahah you got it, totally :) Fruit has always been my favorite, over candy by far! This is such a cool trip, very glad you are enjoying all these videos!!!

@@JoelsTastyRide Durian and Tamarind!

OMG I was literally going to make a comment that Joel is like a kid in a candy store. My middle name is Deneen (although my parents spelled it differently). This is only the 3rd time in 55 years that I have encountered someone named Deneen!

MARIAAAAaaaaaa good morning good morning!! First comment I have seen today :) :) Awesome video to share (you know I was loving this!), and so good to see your name first!

Durian also usually costs about 3$/kg here in Thailand, this year actually I didn't even see a single one for under 4$ though (poor rains last year), so... so we're in the same boat here :)

@JoelsTastyRide you looked so stinking happy eating that Stinky Durian lol I love it! Awesome times in Sumatra. Building core memories!

@JoelsTastyRide love you and miss talking to you, brother! Hope you and Mrs are well. 🤗🥰

​@@JoelsTastyRide itu masih di bawah harga durian termahal di Indonesia durian Musang King jangan kaget dengan harganya bro😂

Tom! Right on man, thank you so much!! Greetings from all of us, have a great rest of the week man.

Aditya!! Hey hey! Yes, its a huge lake, so amazing to be here! Not the largest lake in the world, but it is the largest volcanic crater lake

Thank you! You too Peter, have a great day! God bless!!

What a beautiful message, now THIS is the info I need! Another friend invited me for some competitions on another island, i will remember these (thank you!) - and hope to visit again very soon!!

Best coffee too!

Hi 8111, we did have some incredible durian in Medan as well, but I think it felt more fun to have them (close to, or feeling close to) in the jungle :)

Ohhoh I didnt even think to mention that! It really IS a paradise!

Wow, thank you, thats quite a compliment. Hey, I would love to visit Kalimantan, I wont forget for the next trip. Thanks again for writing, hope things are going well!

@@JoelsTastyRide many island visit in Indonesia and beautifull to Sulawesi kalimantan papua many more just like travel a life time

Indeed 😄

Agus!!! Have a great day, thanks for the heads up (Ill look for oranges next time!)

Wow, hey thanks so much!! Yeah Ive always liked it, I dont know if I was lucky or if it was the situation but yeah Ive loved it from the first time I had it (in 2009, in Thailand).

Good morning, always, hello to the both of you :-) thank you for the message, thank you for sharing this special day with us. Blessings, happy February ❤️🤘🏽🚀

GallantSaint!! Back in action with the great information. Hope you’re having a great day, happy Friday to you!!

Spot on description!! Just tell the vendor you want Durian "Pait" (bitter) it has a very strong smell because of the alcohol content.

@@JoelsTastyRide God bless 🙏

Best comment :) As is often the case! hahahaha Rene man. Yeah, seriously, a good thing to consider, so many other smelly things, why the bias against something so beautiful and good!

😂😂😂

Disana memang tempatnya pohon durian bahkan liar tumbuhnya, makanya murah 5rb dan yg dijual di Jawa yg 10rb itu 5rb klo di Sumatra

Steven my dude, big morning coffee cheers to you! Very happy to see your name as always. Man, one day we WILL have durian together (the dream spot would be in Penang, just because that's where I found the vendor with the shop named Durian Steven :) haha ok and for other reasons as well).

Have a great day man!!!! Speak again soon.

Awesoooome! Thank you Warlock, great to meet you, good to see you enjoying these!

So good! Slowbro, welcome back! I hope youre doing awesome this week. Hey happy Friday! Hey, do you buy durian at the supermarket or, is there a way to order direct to your house (online?)?

@JoelsTastyRide I'm back on KZfaq, next you you know I'm stuck food shows like yours. Love it!.. we go to asian supermarkets around my city. FROZEN!!!🤭

I did try this awesome soup Decade :-) thank you for the reminder!

@@JoelsTastyRide wow 👏👏👏👏

Java!! Great to see you, cheers fellow Durian lover. Have a great day!!

Duuuuuude you got that right!!! Haha JK and you also reminded me that Jakarta is called The Big Durian, I had forgotten all about that. So it deserves to have some of the world's best, for sure!!!

Kawthoolei, awesome!!! Great to see you :) Blessings and love, hope today is good for you.

Oh wow Eric thats awesome :) Hey, you have a good friend! Eric I had forgotten that the nickname for Jakarta is in fact, "The Big Durian!" I havent visited the big city yet but, now Im looking forward to it even more!

Bali sangat mahal, saya rasa tidak mungkin. Kualitas durian sumatra jauh lebih baik. Kamu harus mencobanya ^-^ ❤

nah... its way more expensive

Hi Elly!! The cheapest that I’ve ever seen where I live is 40baht per kg (which would be about 20,000IDR per kg). Normal price here though is about 120b per kg (60,000IDR per kg). So we were very very happy today indeed.

I think you might be right, these were easily on the level of ANY durian Ive had, from any vendor, no matter the price point!!! Crazy

YAHOO!!! HI Tiare :) :) How are you today?? Tiare I know the time change is different but we will do a livestream this Friday, it would be great to see you :) Have a great day today, very cool emoji selection with that spiky fish, totally right on hahaha

O yes! Those familiar rainbows 🌈! Tiare !

I thiiiiiiiiiink it is time to change this Walt. From what I gather you've been here for about 2 years now!!

off and on the last two year and two passports. LOL @@JoelsTastyRide

So cool!! JustMe, thank you for the translation, thats quite cool actually. I wont forget!!

@@JoelsTastyRide .Just like rambutan fruit. The name rambutan comes from the Indonesian and Malaysian word "Rambut" which means "hair" in English.So rambutan is a fruit with hair. I don't know if you have ever eaten rambutan, but there are also rambutans in several countries abroad with the same name, namely rambutan.

Haha I think Im with you!!! Hey wow another great bit of teaching today, well yes I DID appreciate it! Ok, now I know it really was special, even in the amazing land of abundance of Indonesia!!

Monik! Thats so great :) an awesome comment. Thanks for the tips and the heads up and, you know what I thought that Sumatra was a VERY friendly place, everyone was so outgoing!! It was great, a great trip, and I can't wait to visit again next year.

Always great to read positive feedback, tx for the inspiring vlog! Being a jakartan i've never been to Medan or Sumatera, so yeah you beat me to it haha. Anyways have fun exploring heavenly spots!

Thanks for visiting AGAIN, so good to see you so many times this week Kimberly

@@JoelsTastyRide 🙂you bet..I so enjoy the videos you and Li have put together very interesting and uplifting as well as creative !.. Looking forward to watching more in the future... Have a blessed evening, you and yours and know that you are appreciated.

Denmas! Amazing recommendation! Java is very far from here but, that's a thing to remember for next time.

🤣 dude. I kinda forgot you don't like durian too much!! Sonexay man, thanks for the heads up on the photo (I knew I should be wary, MAN that looks good!). Instead of saying I hope youre having a good day, now I KNOW you are. The Carnitas! Wow.

Thank you for the vocab updates, these are great! And thanks for taking the time to watch. See you for another video on Monday!!

;-D haha! You would need some powerful lungs but, yeah you're quite right. Would be great for slingshot ammo as well! I think Avocado pits are even better (more consistently round), but durian have wayyyyy more seeds per fruit!

THAT has to be one of the coolest sayings :) And, I also appreciate your durian-loving logic. This is an awesome comment!!

Thanks for the visit and, lifestyle travel, I hope youre having a truly AWESOME January so far!!!

Absolutely amazing bit of knowledge here, thank you so much for typing this out. Thank you for reading and researching it now sharing it.

174 IS astonishing. I visited a Darien specific shop in Kuala Lumpur that had over 20 varieties, and I thought that was already mind-boggling… well OK it is still amazing that they had over 20 right there on hand, not just in some scientific textbook… but 174!???

End of the ones you’ve mentioned from Thailand, I’ve had four of the five, but I have never heard of KamPun. I wonder if it’s a variation of the word “Kampung” which just means ‘local,’ which is what almost all of em are called in Indonesia, like what you taught me Bahasa and Pha-Saa… Man. So much to be explored on every level, for sure.

Last but not least, from what friends have written in different comments on different videos, it seems that actually Durian is cheaper in the USA even than it is in Thailand this year. Things are just getting out of control so, ….yeah you gotta do what you can, I respect you for making the decision to go for some durian in Minburi :) haha sometimes you just need it!!

@@JoelsTastyRide The name's of the six groups in Thai are: ๑. กลุ่มกบ ๒. กลุ่มลวง ๓. กลุ่มก้านยาว ๔. กลุ่มกำปั่น ๕. กลุ่มทองย้อย ๖. กลุ่มเบ็ดเตล็ด On the word origin/meaning of the groups' names, I'm certain on only groups 3 and 6. "Gahn yao" is self-explanatory: long stem. As is "bet dtalet": miscellaneous. Group 1, "gob" could come from the Thai word for frog, but just as likely comes from the adjective meaning "full", "overflowing". If you look at the pics of some of the varieties in that group (for example, กบตาดำ, กบทองคำ, กบน้ำชาย), you'll see the "seeds" are huge; the whole fruit is full of "meat". "Luang" (group 2) can mean to deceive or mislead. Considering that "พูลวง" means a section of durian that contains no fruit, I think that's what the name means. Some varieties produce little/no fruit when young. From the outside it looks like it contains fruit, but on opening there's none. I guess we could call that the "dupe group" in English. 😆 "Gam phan" (group 4) can mean a type of ship (Chinese origin?), but it also means a type of strong box. I know varieties in that group have a relatively thick skin, so if they are hard to open (like a strong box), that would explain the name. Lastly, the "yoy" (ย้อย) in group five, can mean either to droop, or to ooze/trickle. If those varieties are popularly eaten when very soft, then "trickling gold" would be an apt description. And there's my contribution to the useless-trivia file... till the next video, that is. 🤣

Have you seen how big a Durian tree gets? Lol and it takes like 15 years to fruit.❤ good luck friend! Let me know how it goes.

Mariiiiii hi and good morning!!! I hope you are doing great Mari :) Hey I did try to grow durian when I lived in the countryside, they are not easy to grow, they require constant care, and yes like Maria says they also take a loooong time to fruit (I think 8 years before any fruit will grow). They DO grow to be huge and beautiful trees, the bark is very pretty and striking, but yeah its quite the process to care for and grow durian... it makes sense why they're so expensive.

Maria yes! They really can get huge, haha good luck... lets see how it goes :). Yeah I think in 7-8 years though you can get fruit (I tried to grow a few trees before, and that's what the seedling seller told me)

Yo yo! Hey GoGuy :) Well... I do hope heaven is a little bit better than this but, haha I will take the positivity and go with it, YES, your comment is a great one, yes this is a little piece of perfection right here (the durian)

Yahoo hi Nikki!! ALways good to see you!

Aw man! Yeah Phuket also has some amazing local durian. Actually Xelavibe, the single most tasty durians Ive ever had have actually been in Phuket

Rory!! I have been to Borneo and I have tried a red one :) also a pink one. I’ve seen photos of a purple one even but I’ve never tried that…

Donnnnnnnn hahaha man, great to see you enjoying this, Im actually editing our second durian vid from Indo right now!

Hey hey! Thanks so much for writing! Well, definitely the sweetest durian is in Thailand (but also the most expensive!) the highest quality is for sure in Malaysia (but again, the price, just crazy!), and Indonesia definitely wins for "The People's Durian!" The price, the abundance, even the perfect size (can have one all to yourself, or even 3!), its just a durian lovers paradise

That’s pretty cool, thank you for taking the time to write, OK, so I was lucky to see this at the market today

Thanks for the tips, Levi... how to exercise restraint... that's another question entirely :) :) :) Have a great day!!!

Terang, thanks for the message, BIG cheers to Sumatra - wow!!

Selamat Pagi - Rohila, cheers to the most amazing of fruits!!! Hope youre having a wonderful day today!

Evaaaa hahaha that is the purpose of this video, to win all people who are 50-50 over to try durian (and fall in love with it!)

​@@JoelsTastyRide555 now I belong to the fancy and became a virtual Durian deliciounist.

​@@JoelsTastyRidethank you for the invention of the scent phone.

DUDE! Cheers to you man, buuuuut in this case not with beer :) Actually alcohol and durian do not mix, there are deaths reported every year ("The King" is not to be messed with! It has properties that block digestion of alcohol, very dangerous especially to older people (weaker heart/lungs)).

Good morning Kucing :) I like your name! Thanks for the support

Scott man welcome back :-) hope to see you tomorrow morning!! Until then, happy Friday, from both of us!!

So sorry for that I will keep that in mind, thank you very much for the message today. I hope you are doing great.!!

I know right?! ParkBench, you said it :)

Hahah My dude!!! Benny man what a message. Haha the Durian cookies?! Who knows why these companies think people would go for it... but in the case of fresh durian, with you?! WELL, it would surely be my honor. Thank you for always writing, supporting, taking time to cheer even!!

Hi Dripping!! I rode my bicycle there for many days, I felt OK. I wouldn’t say extremely safe, but also, I’ve been many places that felt more dangerous.

Hey Nathan! Yeah I live in Thailand so this is where I learned about Durian (and in Thailand its Tu-Rian)

Hi and good morning Sapi!!! Have a great day!

Iya murah banget ,daerah gw 75-100,klo di tawar paling kena 70 an😂😂

@@arimerpatiputih8861 mending beli beras ya GK bro wkwk

@@Sapibetinah iya lah mikir 2 x klo mkn 🤣🤣

Hi Sheila!!! Glad to see you enjoying this, hey, yes, if you get a chance, it’s a pretty wild experience, considering it’s “just a fruit,” haha 🙏🏽🤘🏽

@@JoelsTastyRide i will let you know 😆x

Mandra, for sure!!! Did you know there are 174 classified varietals?? (I didn’t, but now I know… 😂🤯🥳)

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Thaaaaat is incredible:):)

So good Koko, and great to hear from you!