This is a durian shake from Chinatown. Durian is the infamously stinky fruit that is sometime even banned by law from consumption in certain places since it smells like… an outhouse on a hot day. But its spiky exterior belies a decadently rich, creamy custard-colored flesh, which has been ground up here into a shake. A friend and I drank it one sip at a time, speculating what notes we picked up in it. Bizarrely, I kept thinking, “Garlic! It’s kind of like raw garlic!” and pinned the aftertaste down as black sesame. Anyway, odd – but still tasty, and very sweet.

So sparkly, yet edible. A miniature carrot cupcake from Sweet.

I got bulldozed into eating some Berryline (my life is so difficult!) when out with a friend who insisted on buying me one. I got blackberries, my favorite. I don’t think I could ever get sick of the tangy-sweet flavoring.

No shirt has ever been truer.

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