Durian fruit is known world-wide for smelling the worst of any other food, probably in the world. Durians smell like rotten eggs, sewer, toilet, and flatulence all at once.
But, it has a heavenly taste most foreigners (outside Asia) can’t get used to. I love it!
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Fruits & Vegetables roadside at kundasang on our way to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Kundasang is a village in Sabah, Borneo that lies along the bank of Kundasang Valley. It is located about 6 kilometres away from Kinabalu National Park and is renowned for its vegetable market which is open seven days a week. It is the closest village to Mount Kinabalu and has a panoramic view of the Mountain. It is populated mainly by the native Dusun and a very small population of Chinese people. Almost 100% shops are operated by locals.
Kundasang Vegetable Wholesale stalls:
Beside the main road vegetables wholesalers can be found in a long row of wooden stalls (Malay: gerai). Bulk buyers come from all over the state of Sabah, Sarawak and even Brunei for the fresh harvest. Pick up trucks are seen laden fully with harvest from the farms nearby the valley and delivered to the stalls. Passing tourists and travellers also stop by the road for shopping at a good bargain. The stalls are open 7 days a week.
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