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Durian Buffet - All You Can Eat - $30
« on: March 29, 2025, 09:47:29 PM »
Professional eater Joel Hansen pays 1000 baht (about 30 US dollars) for a 1 hour Durian buffet in Bangkok, Thailand. He gives his tasting notes on the different varieties on offer as he plows through plate after plate after plate of the king of fruits.

Emjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi9D79bXxEI

The video also features red jackfruit and mangosteen.
USDA Zone 10A - St. Lucie County, Florida, USA - On the banks of the St. Lucie River

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Re: Durian Buffet - All You Can Eat - $30
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2025, 10:16:09 PM »
 If you're Diabetic, or have Kidney disease, please dont eat Durian like this guy. Your sugar level would be so high lol.
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Re: Durian Buffet - All You Can Eat - $30
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2025, 11:13:17 PM »
If you're Diabetic, or have Kidney disease, please dont eat Durian like this guy. Your sugar level would be so high lol.

I recently heard it's not good to eat a large amount of lychee but I can't not. It's like potato chips, if I can't have a bunch at a time I don't want em

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« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2025, 01:16:06 PM »
If you're Diabetic, or have Kidney disease, please dont eat Durian like this guy. Your sugar level would be so high lol.

I recently heard it's not good to eat a large amount of lychee but I can't not. It's like potato chips, if I can't have a bunch at a time I don't want em

Oddly enough the concern with eating large quantities of unripe lychee are related to the low sugar levels that result. It has only ever been reported among malnourished children (who probably already had low blood sugar levels to begin with) that ate large quantities of unripe lychee with almost no other food durring the day. The high sugar content of ripe lychee fruit probably counteract the hypoglycemic effect. Or if you want to look at it the other way around, there might be something in ripe lychees that naturally buffers the high sugar content. I have eaten several pounds a day at times during the season with no ill effects.

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Re: Durian Buffet - All You Can Eat - $30
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2025, 01:39:38 PM »
If you're Diabetic, or have Kidney disease, please dont eat Durian like this guy. Your sugar level would be so high lol.

I recently heard it's not good to eat a large amount of lychee but I can't not. It's like potato chips, if I can't have a bunch at a time I don't want em

Oddly enough the concern with eating large quantities of unripe lychee are related to the low sugar levels that result. It has only ever been reported among malnourished children (who probably already had low blood sugar levels to begin with) that ate large quantities of unripe lychee with almost no other food durring the day. The high sugar content of ripe lychee fruit probably counteract the hypoglycemic effect. Or if you want to look at it the other way around, there might be something in ripe lychees that naturally buffers the high sugar content. I have eaten several pounds a day at times during the season with no ill effects.


Glad to hear, I have to travel further than I’d like to get them, so I obviously get larger amounts when in season

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Re: Durian Buffet - All You Can Eat - $30
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2025, 06:06:43 PM »
Go for the durian buffet without fear, just bring a truckload of lychees with you.

If you're Diabetic, or have Kidney disease, please dont eat Durian like this guy. Your sugar level would be so high lol.

I recently heard it's not good to eat a large amount of lychee but I can't not. It's like potato chips, if I can't have a bunch at a time I don't want em

Oddly enough the concern with eating large quantities of unripe lychee are related to the low sugar levels that result. It has only ever been reported among malnourished children (who probably already had low blood sugar levels to begin with) that ate large quantities of unripe lychee with almost no other food durring the day. The high sugar content of ripe lychee fruit probably counteract the hypoglycemic effect. Or if you want to look at it the other way around, there might be something in ripe lychees that naturally buffers the high sugar content. I have eaten several pounds a day at times during the season with no ill effects.

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Re: Durian Buffet - All You Can Eat - $30
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2025, 07:16:49 PM »
I know it is TMI, but I had the worst bathroom experience after eating around 15 yangmei . A cannot imagine what my body would do after THAT MUCH durian.

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Re: Durian Buffet - All You Can Eat - $30
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2025, 10:24:02 AM »
If you're Diabetic, or have Kidney disease, please dont eat Durian like this guy. Your sugar level would be so high lol.

I recently heard it's not good to eat a large amount of lychee but I can't not. It's like potato chips, if I can't have a bunch at a time I don't want em
i could eat 200 lychees in one sitting.

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Re: Durian Buffet - All You Can Eat - $30
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2025, 09:34:24 PM »
Extreme gluttony, but understandable.  :)
« Last Edit: April 02, 2025, 09:53:55 PM by johnb51 »
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Re: Durian Buffet - All You Can Eat - $30
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2025, 05:10:02 AM »
Can really see the effect of the thai practice of cutting durian for harvest. Tree ripened monthong is anything but firm. Thanks for the share.