"We source two popular durian varieties from Southeast Asia, known for their premium taste and high prices, Musang King and Monthong," says Morales. Her company sells a single fruit for $134.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Just one 2.5-kilogram durian from Nonthaburi, Thailand, can cost $380. Yet the fruit has a smell that some people find extremely unpleasant.

How did it taste? “Weak” was the scathing assessment ... there was little of the creaminess of proper durian, with our fruit more reminiscent of an unripe banana at times.

Apart from eating the flesh of this thorny fruit, locals are known to add ... fruity and nutty taste from the durian, contrasted with the delicate tau fu fah,” said Bean Jr co-founder Evvon ...

These extraordinary trees produce fruits that are not only rare but also among the most expensive in the world. These fruits ...

Golf Kan's durian farm is located on the outskirts ... «But that says nothing about the taste of the fruit,» Kan says. During the harvest, the workers climb into the trees and cut off the ...

China is turning to the king of fruits to sweeten ties with Southeast Asia countries, amid its bitter superpower rivalry with the United States.