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Bought 9.6kg of Pahang MSW Black Gold at $18/kg earlier from Blk 139 Tampines St 11 Round Market. Fresh stocks arrived about noon. 

Verdict : Bitter bitter and creamy flesh (moist). Today's stock quality abit inconsistent in that there are more bitter sweet (flesh more firm but not hard) than the solid bitter bitter that I prefer. 

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6 stars 😂

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Bitter sweet

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Yields 6 boxes. 4 are bitter bitterest and 2 boxes bitter sweet. 

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This box holds really bitter bitter ones 😋😋😋😋

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Not related to the business or anything here or there. Kevin's in a cheerful mood. Overheard got a customer ordering durians (250kg) for a party. 🙊🙉

Eat eat eat 😋😂. Enjoy! 

Cheers 

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On 7/25/2024 at 2:24 PM, PSP415 said:

Bought 9.6kg of Pahang MSW Black Gold at $18/kg earlier from Blk 139 Tampines St 11 Round Market. Fresh stocks arrived about noon. 

Verdict : Bitter bitter and creamy flesh (moist). Today's stock quality abit inconsistent in that there are more bitter sweet (flesh more firm but not hard) than the solid bitter bitter that I prefer. 

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6 stars 😂

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Bitter sweet

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Yields 6 boxes. 4 are bitter bitterest and 2 boxes bitter sweet. 

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This box holds really bitter bitter ones 😋😋😋😋

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Not related to the business or anything here or there. Kevin's in a cheerful mood. Overheard got a customer ordering durians (250kg) for a party. 🙊🙉

Eat eat eat 😋😂. Enjoy! 

Cheers 

Actually doesn’t pahang durian come evening time? I always heard durian sellers saying that.

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On 7/25/2024 at 3:37 PM, Fcw75 said:

Actually doesn’t pahang durian come evening time? I always heard durian sellers saying that.

Got morning trips...i tink need special indent 😁

The other time i went there around 7ish in the evening...thot stock hasn't arrived...left empty handed...only to realise later that the lorry cum at noon that day...😂

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On 7/25/2024 at 3:37 PM, Fcw75 said:

Actually doesn’t pahang durian come evening time? I always heard durian sellers saying that.

Yes, still twice daily. 9am and 8pm.

Morning stocks are more and evening stocks most times only 300kg. I went once at 9pm and available stocks then not to my satisfaction 😅😂. Kevin say come around 12noon so can have better quality ones. I obey for durians' sake. 

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I am a loyal fan of only BITTER BITTER MSWs. 

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On 7/25/2024 at 3:57 PM, mersaylee said:

@PSP415 what grade is the BG? It is cheaper than their A grade MSW at 18 vs 22 dollah/kg 🤔

Got grade one ah? I only know it's $18 MSW Black Gold. Only 2 conditions - must be bitter bitter creamy flesh and selected by Kevin. 

Not tried the $22/kg cos Kevin say sama quality as $18, just more pods. I see them so much bigger (heavier) and decide that I dun want to pay for extra husk. 

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Just finished one box. Rest going into the fridge. 😋😋😋😋😋

 

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On 7/25/2024 at 4:09 PM, PSP415 said:

Got grade one ah? I only know it's $18 MSW Black Gold. Only 2 conditions - must be bitter bitter creamy flesh and selected by Kevin. 

Not tried the $22/kg cos Kevin say sama quality as $18, just more pods. I see them so much bigger (heavier) and decide that I dun want to pay for extra husk. 

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Got...i learnt from there about their A果B果C果...C albeit much smaller with little yield actually more worth it as the taste almost the same as A but with price difference of 12 vs 22...😅

This one below is from the HG stall...even got Ab grade...BG got king and non king...😂

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On 7/25/2024 at 5:40 PM, mersaylee said:

Got...i learnt from there about their A果B果C果...C albeit much smaller with little yield actually more worth it as the taste almost the same as A but with price difference of 12 vs 22...😅

This one below is from the HG stall...even got Ab grade...BG got king and non king...😂

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OK ok. I is no study durians abcd one. I only know bitter, bitter sweet and sweet. 

I usually do not pay for the highest priced ones (normally bigger sized too) if same quality is found in smaller fruit. 

Must say that at current pricing, MSWs are more attractive compared to once upon not long ago where it's at $28-36/kg.

Thumb of rule or rule of thumb for me is the seller must be honest and consistent with quality of durians. I normally will stick to one or two vendors. 

There was once a Sam at LYP but he's since left the trade. 

Cheers 

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On 7/25/2024 at 6:03 PM, PSP415 said:

OK ok. I is no study durians abcd one. I only know bitter, bitter sweet and sweet. 

I usually do not pay for the highest priced ones (normally bigger sized too) if same quality is found in smaller fruit. 

Must say that at current pricing, MSWs are more attractive compared to once upon not long ago where it's at $28-36/kg.

Thumb of rule or rule of thumb for me is the seller must be honest and consistent with quality of durians. I normally will stick to one or two vendors. 

There was once a Sam at LYP but he's since left the trade. 

Cheers 

Ah sam durian?

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On 7/25/2024 at 7:17 PM, zipping said:

Ah sam durian?

No. Looking at Instagram photo, it's not him. 

The last time I spoke to him during start of Covid-19, he was in Vietnam. Then I heard he's back but in another industry. 

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Yes, I was told Johor ah lian season ended liao, so we won't see much of those Johor bleeds until next harvest, and that includes Johor MSW. 

The MSW we are seeing now would mostly be from Pahang, and looks like is a good harvest from Pahang. 

My Citi Bank free ah lian this year is late, coming in end Aug, so I assume this Pahang MSW harvest going to last until end Aug, or Johor ah lians coming back mid Aug. [laugh][laugh][laugh]

 

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On 7/25/2024 at 3:37 PM, Fcw75 said:

Actually doesn’t pahang durian come evening time? I always heard durian sellers saying that.

Yes, Pahang is about 500km from SG, takes at least 6-7 hrs to travel via road. The workers only start working on first light, by the time the ah lians ready to move out, it's usually almost 10am liao, earliest maybe 9 plus am, regardless johor or Pahang, almost all farms operate the same way. So you can guess for yourself how did sellers get early morning supplies. [laugh][laugh][laugh]

 

 

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Bought a mixture from uncle Sam. Moist and bitter BG (chilled some  overnight to try today), 1 box of msw as good, 1 box sweet. Enjoyed the D24 too! Prices not the cheapest though.

 

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Went to Tenpenis with bro Othello at 1210pm but nothing leh. 😒

Lots of empty crates.

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On 7/26/2024 at 1:27 PM, Fcw75 said:

Went to Tenpenis with bro Othello at 1210pm but nothing leh. 😒

Lots of empty crates.

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Heng ah...i was about to head down there...i tink today no morning truck...😂

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