The World’s Smelliest Fruit? Sohla and Ham Try Cooking With Durian | Mystery Menu | NYT Cooking
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มิ.ย. 2023
- Sohla and Ham are back for another installment of Mystery Menu. They have one hour, one surprise ingredient, and one challenge: make dinner and a dessert. Today’s secret ingredient, which was a fan request, is … durian! How will they use it? Watch to find out.
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Its just so freaking refreshing to finally see content about durian that respects it as a fruit and not just some stupid reaction content made for jokes and laughs. You have no idea how many videos i've seen about durian where people try a little nibble, loose their minds and toss out THE ENTIRE DURIAN.
yeah just stupid drama, this fruit doesn't do you any harm.
yet they over glorify alcohol, which is not really good for your body.
People are like "Oh, Durian smells so bad, it's banned on the bus in Singapore." Yeah okay. The country where chewing gum is illegal also bans a fruit.
@@fubytv731 People don't dislike Durian because they think it will do them harm. They dislike it because it smells like a roadkill and tastes like sweaty feet.
@@jake2011rt Alcohol tastes like really vile poison and gives me asthma. People act like the worst version of themselves when they are under its influence. And I've heard that the hangover afterward is nasty.
If people want to make shock contents, it should be with this substance. Yet people are stupid enough to glorify it.
Agreed. And then the only time I have ever seen good representation of durian by non-Asians was by freelee the banana girl 😒😒
As a Malaysian, I always get worried when Westerners feature durian. It devolves so quickly into ewwww gross territory. But of course, Sohla and Ham were pros and I loved seeing how excited they were to cook with durian and I wish I could taste this menu!
They're also not socialized as "Westerners" and that helps a lot
As a native SE Asian from Kuala Lumpur - congrats for getting THE actual durian that's fully riped, still intact and custardy, not the gym sock kind that most TH-camrs tasted. As for the dishes, you guys have elevated the ways to use durians in cooking. I'm mindblown with your creativity and very impressed that y'all figured out the pairings with durian. One critique - I'd swapped sticky rice with plain jasmine rice and used the sticky rice together with shaved iced deserts.
I've had it many times over the years still tastes and smells like sewage ass. I can't even go near an open market due to my distain for that fruit.
Thank you for saying this. Most people who hate and I mean HATE any fruits just haven't taste the prime ripeness of it. And durian is no exception. Also want to mention dragonfruit because it's a subtle sweet and it can be bland when underripe/bad crop.
Although not always a good indicator of ripeness (can be overly), I loved how the husk looked. Healthy spikes and that hue of green. And the bearing was just as great.
I was surprised that the smell didn't permeate the 2 measly paper bags but maybe it's just heat and humidity I'm too used to BUT they did say it was frozen.
@@gilbertjacobs3705 there many varieties of durian, suggest you try red prawn durian one day. It taste like custard with milder smell
As a former resident of Indonesia and Malaysia, I adore durian even though I am a mat salleh. I have eaten hundreds of them, and enjoyed traveling back roads during durian season sampling fruit from many villages. But I have never cooked with it, just enjoyed it raw. I love the creativity of Sohla and Ham finding interesting things to do with the King of Fruit.
How do you know that the durian is ripe?
Ham and Sohla have the most lovely chemistry - you can tell that they love and respect each other for both who they are as people, and who they are as chefs. It is refreshing to see.
And the respectful “but” when creative difference appears. It’s a really interesting study in respectful co-creation.
Respectful, The most important rules between chefs in the kitchens. Good teams working creates good results.
their body language at 7:16, its so beautiful to see how much fun they seem to be having
When Ham suggests halo halo it’s like Sohla looks at the crew like a little kid asking, can we have ice cream!! It’s just total bliss, makes me smile
This description is as adorable as it is accurate. Totally smiling at this lovely couple with you 😊
It’s crazy how Ham immediately went towards seafood, almost instinctively! In Malaysia we have a savory curry/stew-like dish called tempoyak ikan which is made of fish & fermented durian!
Was just thinking about tempoyak!
You can tell how much they love food, they love the experimenting with flavors and building on what they already know. It's amazing to see a menu just pulled out of the air like that.
The creativity of Sohla and Ham floors me, and it’s so nice to see them properly challenged with great ingredients. For some reason, perhaps because it felt less gimmicky, I found myself drawn to the episodes where they were being given things like durian, bacon, or bananas. Not so much the candy or hot pockets. Sure, we all love to see them challenged, but it’s gratifying when their creativity is set free rather than hindered. Consider other awesome, perhaps less common to America items like: buckwheat, sea urchin, geoduck, cassava, ube, egusi, tamarind, a range of uncommon mushrooms, etc
That would be great!
big cassava/yucca fan here, that would be awesome. Brazil adores that tuber so much
my Bengali dad would eat tamarind straight off the tree. I bet Sohla would love an imli episode!!! ☺️
I love these two so much. I'm Filipino and when they talked about halo-halo and flan, it made me fall in love with them more. Durian is one of our most beloved fruits. What amazing creative brains you have.
As a South East Asian, I was so excited to see Sohla and Ham really exercise their wide range of cooking and cuisine knowledge and experience, and just extrapolate dishes that are variations of pre-existing dishes or an interesting spin of their own. Also, I was surprised that the aroma wasn't as strong as I expected but then again I guess the freezing process dulls it quite a lot. Edit: also when Ham suggested orange blossom water, I was delighted because there's variations of ais kacang aka a type of shaved ice dessert with fruits, sweetened condensed milk AND rose syrup cordial that works well with durian.
seconding a lot of opinions here -- i don't have any specific attachment to durian but it's still so refreshing to see it treated as a proper ingredient that can do lots of things, rather than a horrifying joke, and to see why people would eat and enjoy it
Fully agreed!! Well said!
The eternal joy of this series! Durian has become a bit of a shock ingredient in western culture so it was great to see Sohla and Ham approach it with joy and enthusiasm and come up with food I mostly want to eat. Superstars.
them both coming from brown immigrant backgrounds is certainly a factor there i think
FINALLYY!! People who don't over dramatize the smell of Durian, if you keep thinking of the smell of feet/feces/and other bad smells then offcourse your gonna start associating the smell of durian to that. If you have durian keep an open mind, it's not gonna hurt you it's literally just fruit, it's edible (more than edible it's delicious), then form your own opinion. Some notes to think of rather than nasty things, think of a blend of Banana, Custard, Yogurt, Peach, and a bit of some fermented/wine-ish/Kombucha twist. The texture is creamy with some fibery strings because it's a literal fruit.
I think it helps that they're ethnic backgrounds gives them some familiarity with it. This is what happens when you have diverse teams, which food media still has not truly learned.
Probably because it loses smell when frozen
No food should be making me think of faeces 🤮
They're lucky it was frozen, the smell isn't as bad when frozen. They keep comparing it to the stink of Papaya and I simply cannot associate the two smells together.
This is what I've wanted them to do: unprocessed but out of the ordinary food. All of the dishes looked amazing. I have been curious to try Durian for a while now. I just haven't seen it in my city. Papaya is one of my favorite fruits, and I was surprised they get feet smell from it.
I understand what they mean by tropical fruits have a feet funk. I think papaya might not be the best example. I get it a lot from mango. While I love the fresh fruit, mango-flavored things like candies or drinks are almost inedible with hoe feet-y they get.
I tried papaya for the first time in Hawaii and it was the first fruit I’ve ever disliked!!! It smelled and tasted like garbage that had been sitting out in the heat. I want to give it another try, since I don’t like disliking any foods haha. But I understand where they’re coming from with the feet vibe.
Was just wondering why I hadn't seen Sohla in so long. More Sohla content please!!!
Busy causing businesses to fail.
BA is doing just fine and everyone who was getting the shaft before the overhaul is doing just fine
@@emboe001 Who hurt you?
She's expecting a baby and also has a book coming this year.
@@emboe001 I refuse to believe that anyone misses Super-Tasting Sam and Botulism Boy so much that they would tear down one of the most skilled chefs to ever have a spot in BA's test kitchen lol
I love you guys so much!!! (Side note) Can we get a class on "communicating with your partner effectively"😂😂😂 Exceptional job you two, yet again!!!
This!!!!
as an indonesian, durian is one of my favourite fruits, and seeing it being treated with respect after all the "WhOa ThiS fRuiT SmelLs liKE FEETZZ" videos makes me smile
It does tho. This doesn’t change that. Sorry if you’re butthurt, but it’s true 😂 I can’t go anywhere near one
@@redeye1016skill issue
SAME!!! Fellow indo here!! :)
As a South East Asian, who loves durian, its so intriguing watching what Sohla & Ham can do with it.
Can we please get posters and Tshirts of the menu drawings I’m in love with them
I was just thinking it would be so cool to have a framed original somehow
@@callmemolls3646 ooh, they should auction them off for charity!
Even though durian is an ingredient that Sohla and Ham do not interact with regularly, I am so happy that they approached durian with respect. Many people on TH-cam get all dramatic with durian and forget that millions of people eat it and it is food for them. These dishes are so creative and really elevate durian. Amazing work!
I love how sohla and ham communicate, like when they repeat or echo what the other has said so they both know they've listened and heard each other. no wonder they make such amazing dishes together, they're so good at encouraging each other!
Ham is such a fantastic chef. Just coming up with recipes out of nowhere in seconds
It's cute you think this isn't preplanned, and don't know about the staff who do all the work and get treated poorly by them.
It’s obviously not preplanned. They’re not good enough actors to make the brainstorming process feel that natural.
Also we see everything they’re doing on camera so I’m not sure what you think the staff is doing beyond sourcing ingredients.
@@emboe001reality is calling
@@MM-hc1cq no deff not haha way too genuine of people
Unbelievable how chill they are in this episode. They are geniuses
Have loved and will always love Sohla, obviously, but it's great seeing how talented Ham is at this kind of hosting too... really good communicator, extremely engaging, cool as hell.
The way they cook is LITERALLY an art form! Watching them in action is like a sport 👏
It's always makes my day watching these two express their creativity
Those two officially became the drive that makes love and enjoy cooking. Their passion about cooking and their love for food are inspirational.
I’ve only eaten durian in desserts and I’m surprised at the creative way it was used. Also, I recommend roasting durian seeds as a good snack
jackfruit seeds work similarly I think! I remember seeing June Xie cook them when she was still with Delish
Just came back from thailand and my relative made green curry and massaman curry with durian....absolutely amazing. For cooking, you use unripe durian which is VERY FIRM (think green banana or potato firm). The result is basically potato with hint of durian flavor.
LOVE how all my fellow Southeast Asians are commenting! This was a fantastic episode, thanks for treating this controversial king of fruits with respect. Really enjoyed the creativity here! Though I gotta admit, I died a little inside seeing how Sohla cut the durian open 😆
I love that Sohla and Ham get to try their meal after cooking and are pretty impartial when it's not good tasting but an interesting angle for this series might be seeing if someone ELSE can figure out what the mystery food is, the through line between each course.
I could honestly watch sohla and ham cook all day everyday. They’re so personable and knowledgable about everything they make.
You can really tell how much they love and care about food and each other. Such a delight to watch!
AGAIN as I'm having a crap day it's SOHLA & HAM to bring us the joy. More of these two every damn day please 🤩
My favorite TH-cam couple of all time, I absolutely adore their chemistry and how they work together, should be held out as an example of how married couples should be.
I love listening to their creative process and how they communicate their ideas to each other AND a willingness to shift.
This was a great flex of their knowledge. Such a delightful watch! It was very nice to see an unprocessed ingredient, and you can see how much humility and respect they had when approaching an unfamiliar ingredient. It was such a joy to witness them learning realtime while cooking
I love this so much. You gave so much respect to durian and the dishes are all very beautiful.
This is so unintentionally very Davao, a Filipino regional cuisine. Davao is in the southern part of the Philippines where Durian is abundant. Ceviche (Kinilaw) is also popular here. And yes, we also cook with jackfruit.
Durian Halo-Halo, Durian Flan, Durian Pie, Durian Jam, and even Durian Cake are popular here but my favorite durian dessert is Durian Ice Cream. And Durian Coffee is also very interesting.
So interesting that they went in directions that a region with durian also went into! the ceviche is an option i never would have thought of but makes total sense.
The chemistry between the chefs, the techniques, the skill, and lastly the respect for the ingredient. This fruit is often very trendy for giving a bad rep for those who identify durian as part of their cultural background. Kudos to the amazing work that they have done and educating the community at large.
their communication is just *chefs kiss* beautiful
I love jackfruit and I had durian once. It smelled like a diaper pail but tasted so good. It was such a weird experience but definitely delicious.
the hanson nirvana shirt was sending me the whole time lol
I had just started my lunch break and wanted a cooking/food video to watch while I ate, I wasn't finding anything and then I see this JUST came out! Friday made
This episode was fantastic, just a display of two extremely likeable and knowledgeable people who love food as much as they love each other.
I love durian, having been raised on that stuff as a kid (Malaysian-Chinese heritage). I get it's an acquired taste, but it's so awesome to see the fruit actually being respected and celebrated, rather than used to elicit a crazy reaction for shock value. I've had it raw, as ice cream, and as a flavouring in chocolates, but never cooked in a savoury format. It makes total sense though in how the dishes were executed and with the flavour pairings; I'm impressed by your creativity! Thanks for this vid.
Born and raised in Singapore, I've still never tried durian mainly because they sell large amounts and I'm not going to buy such a large amount. But, I grew up knowing it was smelly, but I've become so accustomed to it, and whenever I see people online try it, it's either a hit or miss with respect (idc if you don't like the smell or the taste, i don't either). Ham and Sohla are genuinely some of the most creative food geniuses I've ever watched
They're always such a great team. I appreciate how their ideas build together and enhance each other's.
I love Ham and Sohla. I could watch them all day.
Truly one of my favorite series on TH-cam
The level of creativity of this wonderful, collaborative couple is simply incredible! I love how you work with each other and are fearless in your art.
The creativity and skill is astounding. I’ve eaten durian all my life and have never seen it utilized like this. I can’t even imagine the stuff you guys cook up when you’re not on a time limit 😧
I love how everyone in the comments feel seen, by them celebrating durian! Let's continue to celebrate more cultures through food!
Durian is unironically one of my favourite fruits; it doesn’t smell _bad_ just _strong and distinctive_ in a way no other fruit does.
So excited to see this video pop up! Haven't even watched it yet. Looks like a fun and challenging ingredient. I am SURE Sohla and Ham will create something great!
Edit: Finished watching. I learned a ton of stuff just in the first 5 minutes while they decided on the menu! The breadth of their knowledge is so impressive. And everything they made looked amazing!!
Can we talk about Sohla's Nirvana/Hanson shirt? 😄
Had to rewatch the first 5 mins cos i was staring at it trying to figure out wtf was going on XD
I love seeing these two create something like this! Artistic food whims…
Sohla and Ham just seem like the best couple ever. The way they communicate is goals (also how they cook obviously!)
This is the best TH-cam series -- every video is so fun, and I always learn something. Sohla and Ham are both so talented and have such great screen presences.
I had no idea durian seeds were edible! This was such a creative episode. The fritters looked so cute. I think Sohla and Ham would probably really love durian pastries, which you can find at some dim sum places.
Thank you so much for making an episode with Durian. While it’s not my favorite fruit, it is something that my family eats and is part of our culture, and there are so many videos of people being over dramatically puking all over the place. It’s just overall being disrespectful of something that a lot of people eat and have as their normal everyday food practices. It just triggers so many memories of being rejected in school for smelling like teriyaki chicken, stewed pigs feet or tofu, etc, that my immigrant parents would send me to school with (because to them that was normal to send children to school with since that’s what they ate when going to school). Or having my parents put salonpas on me when I sprained my ankle and being called stinky by classmates.
And guess what? Now everyone loves things like salonpas and herbal medicine and fermented black beans and kimchee.
Anyway. Got off topic. Thank you so much for being so respectful and creative with something that others use to insult SE Asian/Pacific Islanders with.
Also…could you make the flan one day cause that sounds amazing.
Sohla and Ham never stop surprising, impressing, and inspiring me! They are so skilled, creative, and dynamic!!!
What a delightful episode. Love how they were so creative and never shied away from using the entire fruit.
The process a year ago to now is insane.. they’ve hit there stride I love it
This was so cool! I've only ever had Durian on its own or inside pastries, but seeing it in a savory application blew my mind a little.
This one is the best one yet. All of those dishes look absolutely incredible, and they did such a great job working with an ingredient that's unfamiliar to them.
It's so satisfying to watch them work and then giddy taste the incredible dishes they came up with
Y’all see what happens when people who love food are respectful about food and actually open to experimenting and doing their best? artful. fantastic. sohlham raising the bar for all of us
So beautiful to see them appreciating an ingredient in such elegant ways
I love these two so much! So smart, talented, and engaging.
As soon as I saw the Durian in the thumbnail i knew we were in for a treat! Thank you so much for your all-out glee and delight on this one. Durian's become an internet meme and seeing it appreciated instead of used for 'oh ew exotic' diversity troll laughter is wonderful--and everything looked so good! You guys were so confident and happy the whole way through.
These local Vietnamese shops have durian mashed with avocado, ice, and condensed milk or just blended.
Best episode yet. Showing off their range. More of this, please!
Loved seeing Sohla and Ham work with this ingredient! So creative, celebratory, and yummy 🙌🏾
I LOVE THE SHIRT HAM!!! ENJOY FORBIDDEN DOOR!!!
I truly love watching these guys! They're funny, creative and work seamlessly together. Just a joy! Never heard of durian but really intrigued by the dishes Sohla and Ham put together. Definitely wish there were more from these two!
Such fun - I so enjoy these videos. I hope they never run out of mystery ingredients.
fantastic! my favourite series on this channel by far, blown away by sohla and ham's creativity!
Yesssss they’re back!!! This is one of my fav TH-cam series
i've never had durian, but i would definitely try it! and it was really lovely to see sohla/ham so excited to work with an ingredient neither of them was super familiar with. i always love their energy, and everything they made looked delicious. (i had hamachi belly for the first time recently and this video made me want to eat it againnnnnn 😭)
I have never heard of 90% of these ingredients, but if Ham and Sohla are using them I know the end dishes will be amazing. Their teamwork and love of food is always spot on. ♥
I love how well they work together.
The vibe between these two... Possibly the best demonstration of Yes And that could ever exist
I love these two! And hearing them talk about and make not only leche flan but halo halo and seeing it done in such an elevated way was beautiful. My little filipino heart smiled so big hearing them talk about such beloved desserts (in my eyes).
Ive never had durian fruit before, but they make it sound so delicious, much more than what most people describe as feet tasting
This was so fun to watch! Love them, more videos plz!!
These two are ARTISTS!!! So inspiring!
You should do a paw paw episode! I bet they’d be so good with it
I love these two so much!!! I always look forward to these mystery ingredient videos. Definitely keep doing these, they’re fun to watch (even if it’s an ingredient I don’t eat, like the bacon one last month). ❤❤❤
My favorite episode! They had so much fun creating and tasting this menu. ❤
As a Filipino, totally love that Sohla knows what halo halo is! And loved the sweet and savory ways they used durian - without one comment about how it’s stinky.
It is so refreshing to see chefs treat this ingredient with such respect.
I love this series. I love this couple, I love love love.
These 2 are pros. Embraced the ingredient and just got to work. Wow. Never expected durian to be so creatively used.
Ham and Sohla and Durian ?!?? gotta be one of my favourite episodes hand down !!! they're so fun in the kitchen
this was so cool. loved it from front to back
Their ideas are just genius!
I think this is the first time they've done fine dining without losing their heads xD And the durian was really well-featured! What a lovely chill episode and fantastic celebration of South/Southeast Asian food.
I'm pleasantly surprised that Sohla and Ham had such a pleasant time with durian. I expected them to be so repulsed I'd smell it through the screen, but instead they've singlehandedly changed my view on the fruit.
If you guys ever have a pop up tasting menu I would be there in a heartbeat!
There needs to be a NYT cook book from this series !!! Ham and Sohla are so incredibly creative!
All of this sounds amazing! I totally want recipes from this menu.