Friends, have you heard of The Fruit, The Legend, The Stench that is The Durian?

Of maybe you’re already acquainted, pleasantly or otherwise, with this Southeast Asian item allegedly known as the King of Fruits?

This fruit’s nickname may be earned in part because of its hard and pricky rind, sure, but you can’t really have a discussion about durian without mentioning how much it reeks.

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Food to me is what shoes and purses are to many women. But instead of visiting a department store to fill a craving, I go to supermarkets and restaurants. When I want food, I want it now.

Oh, that sounded a little demanding. But I’m being honest here. Sometimes I get fixated on having a particular food and the next thing you know, I’m out the door. Such was the case with these Saba Bananas. I had heard about Turon, a Filipino snack of saba bananas coated in brown sugar, tucked into spring roll wrappers, and then deep-fried.

Because deep-frying is so much more interesting than eating these bananas as they are. Sure, they taste like regular bananas, but they also cost about 20 cents to 40 cents more a pound than them.

Anyway, back to my latest food-fixation story. I had heard about Turon, the fat little (you know what I mean) deep-fried bundles of goodness, and had to try them. So naturally I hopped in my car and drove to a Filipino restaurant 15 minutes away.

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This baby weighed more than three pounds. I was drawn to its gorgeous lime-yellow color and grapefruit scent (I love citrus fragrances like this Jo Malone one, which I’m too cheap to buy for myself but sniff and ogle at Nordstrom sometimes). Similar to a grapefruit, this red pummelo was just as lovely looking and smelling on the inside, too.

It had dark coral-colored juicy flesh, and a thick rind that wasn’t too hard to peel. I think I should have waited for the red pummelo’s skin to turn more yellow, though, because its meat was sour. And I was disappointed with how little of it it seemed to have, but was actually full after eating a half. For about ten minutes.