Eat some of Malaysia's best durians at this durian festival

The festivals farmers market and durian fiesta will offer the opportunity to sample all sorts of different durian varieties and even purchase durian saplings from the 100 species showcased to grow a tree at home. - FoodCult

To an international audience, durian has quite the stinky reputation. Banned in hotel rooms and many public spaces, durian was recently even the reason behind the evacuation of a university in Melbourne (the smell of the rotting fruit was so pungent that it was thought to be a gas leak).

But for those of us who live in the South-East Asian region, the king of fruits will always be king, its smell welcomed and embraced like a favourite child.