What NOT to buy in an Asian market:

[babylonsister]

Our local Hong Kong market sells delicious, fresh rolls that DH exclusively likes for his sandwiches at lunch. So, I'm in there, have a hankering for something sweet but not too fattening-sigh. I picked up some lemon wafers to fit the bill, but got home and found out the lemon on the label was actually a picture of Durian fruit. I know all about the dirty, smelly sneaker smell/taste of Durians (unless you grew up with them) but thought I'd give one a try. So wrong! Even sweetened they tasted rank.
Note to self: read the label!~

[Stinky The Clown]

1. Hahahahahaha

Sparkly Jr is our Asian 'taster'. I can't figure out from Asian labels what's in a given confection's box. Neither can she, but she always seems to pick ones that are edible.

Wanna borrow her for a few weeks? We **may** even take her back! :)

[babylonsister]

2. I threw the box away in the kitchen trash, and could smell that

putrid smell in the bedroom. It is gawd-awful (and now in the outside trash; can't smell it anymore!:thumbsup:) I'm the jerk for not being able to tell the difference between a durian and a lemon.:eyes:

[Ecumenist]

3. IIRC...

It's illegal to eat durian in public places in most places in Asia due to that er, umm, interesting aroma... Po' thang...

[babylonsister]

4. Yes, you stirred a memory of a news story; certain sections in

a hotel in Malaysia, I think, had to be sectioned off and sterilized to get rid of the odor.
Nasty stuff!

[grasswire]

5. I know someone who got very ill...

....after eating a tray of a prepared food from an Asian market. One of those trays of pretty little roll things they keep on the front counter. (No, not sushi)