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The durians are not wonderful at all.
When I told the staff that I would like to buy Cat Mountain King (Mao Shan Wang ) to take-away, I was immediately referred to a burly man who opened 2 large durians ( around 4kg per durian). I explained that I usually prefer medium-sized ones but he told me that these large ones were very good. When I asked to try, he only allowed me to take a small pinch of the durian flesh. Another guy then quickly weighed the durians. The burly guy put a 3rd large durian on the scale and said that he would charge me $400 for all 3 durians.
I explained that I really would prefer smaller durians but the burly man insisted that I get these large ones because he already opened them.
I felt pressurized and intimidated by the strong fierce men and in the end agreed to buy 1 of the large durians but paid a hefty sum of $170.
The experience was worsened when I got home to eat the durian with my family only to find that the durian was bland, watery and had huge seeds - it was supposed to be premium Mao Shan Wang but it was worse than any mao shan wang that I have tried.
I am disappointed by the dishonesty, intimidation and bad quality durians. Dear durian lovers, please do not be conned.
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!Wow.. thats very expensive for durians... Maybe i'm ill-informed but isn't it a little too extravagant?
03 Apr 2014 at 2:13 pm
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Geylang is full of durian shops and sometimes it can be very intimidating to walk up to one and eat there, especially with the slew of bad reviews and experiences that we have heard about, like getting charged $100 over for a few durians.
So at first we were all skeptical about this shop since we tried a few and most of them just wanted to push the expensive ones to us. But this turned out to be the best experience in eating durians at Geylang.
We started out asking for the 3 for $20 (D24) durians and in the end ordered 6 durians. The "meat" looks just right and we just could not wait to get a taste of it. Perhaps you can judge for yourselves from the pictures above. Note : We did not have to select it ourselves. He selected it for us and we were thoroughly satisfied with his selection. He even asked us if we wanted the sweet or bitter type? We opted for a mix of both.
The stall owner is especially friendly. He provided us with free mineral water and waited patiently while we were waiting for our kaki to arrive. We started out with 3 durians for 8 persons and he did not show any sign of irritation (as to why we ordered so little). Guess he knew that we could not stop at 3. In the end we ordered 6 and tar pao another 6. So he must have been happy.
This is one durian stall with a service oriented boss. When he noticed one of our kaki not digging into his durian (not a durian lover), he went to grab a basket of rambutans and chikus and gave it to us FREE!
Again we were skeptical. Is it for real? But in the end he did not charge us for it. It really is free. Perhaps there were a few "ang mo" in our kaki but I do not think it is because of that. He was friendly from the start.
Before we left, he gave us his name card. His name is Sam. So the next time we have a craving for durians, we will surely remember Sam. Recommended AAA triple rating.
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!Oh my! The durians look sooo delicious!
21 Sep 2007 at 4:43 pm