SINGAPORE: Chinatown | Arab Quarter | Little India | Tasting Durian for the First Time

In this video of Living the Jo life, we visit three different cultural parts of Singapore: Chinatown, the Arab Quarter and Little India. We start in Chinatown, where we visit the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, and explore the street markets, shopping streets, and unique architecture. We also try out durian for the first time. Next, we discover the Arab Quarter with its combination of Arab influence and colorful streets with bars and restaurants. The amazing gold-domed Sultan Mosque definitely stands out among the bright colored building facades. We finish off in Little India, which is another colorful neighborhood of Singapore, with fruit markets, lots of jewelry shops selling gold, gold and more gold, and the Tekka Center, which has a wet market, food stalls and an upstairs area selling colorful textiles and garments such as dresses and sarees.

[@livingthejolife]

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[@sakmanat3084]

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[@drwtng]

Guys, simplistically speaking (because its more complex than this) ,there are two broad aromatic groups in Durians, the esters (nice smelling) and the amines (not nice smelling). People who like durians have both sets of olfactory sensor genes, thus smelling the complete "picture". People lacking the appropriate ester receptors only perceive the amine groups hence they can only describe the stinky side. This broad concept applies to most stinky foods as well incl certain cheeses, putrified meats etc. Your hubby sounds Scandinavian, whom generally tolerate stronger smelling foods culturally as their population is thought to have a higher prevalence of the appropriate receptors amongst the Caucasian gene set. Hence, his perception may be quite different from the two ladies.

[@livingthejolife]

That's so interesting! Thanks for the explanation. Yes us girls found it very difficult to eat due to the taste and smell. Kasper is from Denmark and he likes stinky cheese 🤣 Makes total sense what you are saying!

[@user-fb7rf4kr5k]

Singapore is Mustafa as much as it is Marina Bay Sands, and Singaporeans genuinely embrace a diversty of cultures as one can see from your fantastic video. In most countries, for minorities to be accepted as a true equal, one often has to assimilate into the mainstream culture. In Singapore, it seems that they take it one level higher--the Indians and Malays have the space to celebrate their culture and religion. What a confident, peaceful country and people!

[@livingthejolife]

Yes it's wonderful to see! We had no idea that Singapore was so culturally diverse. We really enjoyed seeing the different areas of the city. Thanks for watching 🙏😊

[@DanBlox_00]

Going back to Singapore in January! Durian is a well known fruit there and I LOVE IT!

[@livingthejolife]

Enjoy your trip!

[@SuccessforLifester]

6:13 this is a real uncle. He used to be an icon of Chinatown. I took a photo of him in black and white long long time ago

[@dantlanz9239]

8:15 That door probably belongs to our Ministry of National Development, so it's actually open to public. There's even an exhibition on our city's urban planning, and even if you wish to use their restrooms, it's all good. Welcome to Singapore. 😎

[@livingthejolife]

Thank you. We didn't know it was open to the public. We thought it was office building. We really enjoyed the air con! Next time we will visit and take a look at the exhibition. Thanks so much for watching 😊

[@amosmaann4347]

Beautifully presented a beautiful temple. Thank you

[@livingthejolife]

Thanks so much 😊 happy you enjoyed this video 🙏

[@benjaminchew36]

Hi Singaporean here. There are different grades in Durian quality. If someone doesn't like it, I am inclined to believe they must have brought the inferior ones which are cheaper. And yeah, those are what we wouldn't buy. Try Musang King Durian, which costs more but the smell and taste makes a world of difference.

[@livingthejolife]

I would be interested to taste the better quality one to see if it makes a difference for me. Open minded to give it another try one day.

[@benjaminchew36]

@@livingthejolife That would be great 😀

[@SuccessforLifester]

@@livingthejolife That is true. If you get a not so good one, you may feel like throwing up eating it. The best one tastes sweet and bitter at the same time

[@geniegal78]

If you are trying durian for the first time, I would suggest going for durian ice cream first to try 😅 if taste is acceptable, then buy the real fruit 😊😊

[@new2melbtango]

Thanks for sharing. Makes me want to go back to SG sooner rather than later. On our last trip, we loved exploring Little India and Chinatown areas. SG was all about the food for us!! Have fun exploring the world.

[@livingthejolife]

Glad you enjoyed our video! It was great to see some different sides to Singapore on this trip. Thanks for watching 😊

[@Billoushukla]

My favorite fruits are lychee, sugar apple, ice apples, Chickoo,cherry and jamun

[@md.asaduzzamantec3090]

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[@sudheshkumar732]

Thank you for visiting Singapore. i loved your vlog. Good to see u guys trying the durian. Its a awesome fruit to try. People always give a negative thought about it. I wish you guys enjoy your stay in singapore.

[@livingthejolife]

Happy you enjoyed our vlog! At least we tried it. Thanks so much for watching!

[@SuccessforLifester]

Ah you stepped into the wet market of Tekka Centre. I have never stepped into that portion before. I went to the Hawker Centre though. Yes. Whenever I go to Little India, I feel like I am in a different country

[@zainabbatool4752]

Reall nic ur working

[@hamamsyr2660]

رائع جدا

[@livingthejolife]

Thank you ❤️

[@jimbothegreat9485]

Thank you once again for taking me with you. I loved see a different part of Singapore. Loved the colors of all the different types of buildings. Very colorful indeed. And that Mosque is such an amazing building. So many different countries in one place. Thank you for taking me there. Now I know where I can get some more gold.😁....seems like its everywhere there. I am looking forward to the next place you take me. My Pug says Woof Woof.

[@livingthejolife]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Definitely different sides of Singapore. We had a great day exploring! I am regretting now not renting a pug 😂

[@marsha1963]

I absolutely love Durian! Even the smell, bought some when we were in Singapore recently.

[@patrickryan1592]

Good effort for trying the durian. I never been game enough to

[@livingthejolife]

😂😂😂 it was an interesting experience that's for sure!

[@judyquek2362]

Singapore is the best country in the world.

[@samircanada8749]

Thank you for all your hard work and your videos we really appreciate it ..👍🙋‍♂️✌️👋😎🤠🙂

[@livingthejolife]

Happy you are enjoying our content! Lots more to come 😊

[@SuccessforLifester]

I always need to control myself not to buy durians when I walk by a durian stall. Because I consider it a luxurious treat

[@gvbalajee]

So cute family love the tour enjoy the life food culture nature

[@livingthejolife]

Thank you 🙏😊

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[@livingthejolife]

Hello! 👋

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[@livingthejolife]

Thank you so much for watching 😊 Eating durian was definitely an interesting experience ❤️🙏

[@zuluhiker7575]

Durian no 1 fruit in South East Asia, once you eat don't imagine about other thing, just eat it and will enjoying it.

[@abbasmirah3349]

the daughter looks more like the father👌

[@SALEEMMUNDWA8010]

Very nice 👍 good family 👍

[@livingthejolife]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@swapnilpawar1495]

Beautiful Vlog Love From Swapnil Pawar and Pawar Family ❤❤👑👑 🥰 🧿🧿 From India .

[@Hale-Bopp]

Hahaha! Durian is a very popular fruit also in the Philippines but I have never ate it, not even tried a lil bite. Another wonderful and amazing family trip for the Jo family.😊 Thank you for sharing! I hope Philippines is on your travel list as well😊❤️

[@livingthejolife]

We glad you enjoyed our video! Thanks so much for watching. We are really looking forward to visiting the Philippines 😊

[@tasfayehomerchigma1822]

I hope love..happiness..healthy and peace for your journey

[@livingthejolife]

That's so nice. Thank you 🙏😊

[@cadiliouslight6835]

@living the jo life The durian is great to eat for me and my family because we love it and I am Singaporean, but some of Singaporeans also afraid of eating durian , the durian can be either sweet or bitter ,the famous one is mao Shan wang or d24.

[@livingthejolife]

Glad you enjoy it! It's definitely not for our taste. Thanks for watching 😊

[@qaysaralqoda6452]

Good job ❤

[@livingthejolife]

Thank you 🙏

[@fahmi9]

You missed out on Geylang, the area for the Malays.

[@cuclainne]

Some of my Swedish family members love it and others, not so much.. Hahaha.. It is definitely a required taste. We have a durian tree in our garden, of which we get between 5-10 durians during the season.

[@livingthejolife]

I will have to Google what the tree looks like. It must be big to hold the size of the Durians. Maybe one day we will try it again. Thanks for watching 😊

[@cuclainne]

@@livingthejolife It is a tall tree and we only get whatever's left after the squirrels had their pick 😂😂

[@livingthejolife]

@@cuclainne Oh wow, squirrels like Durian. How interesting!

[@limchyehock6722]

@@livingthejolife Even Orang Utan loves durian.

[@gr-dxb]

Thanks for sharing with us 👍 Love frm Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@livingthejolife]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@goggles7777]

Durian,try one more time you will get addicted

[@livingthejolife]

Mmmmm willing to give it another try.

[@weshz2429]

Love you family🥰🤩👍

[@livingthejolife]

Thank you ❤️

[@thuywu2304]

Thank you so much for very interesting clip. Singapore i haven't been yet,maybe oneday....OMG you have tried again durian you are so brave even me i don't like.😂❤

[@livingthejolife]

Thanks for watching. Yes we tried it for real this time. Definitely not for our taste. Everyone likes different things though. If it smelt better maybe I could get use to the taste 😀

[@raspberry_scareglow]

@8:26 You should have just went inside the building instead of standing outside. They have a Gallery that shows how Singapore’s infrastructure being built and they have a huge diorama map of Singapore

[@livingthejolife]

Oh no! We just thought it was an office building! Next time we will check it out. Thanks for watching 😊

[@raspberry_scareglow]

@@livingthejolife It is an office building, more specifically a government building, (They deal with the urban redevelopment of Singapore) but also they have a gallery for visitors as well. Also at the end of Ang Siang Hill, next to the government building, if you go down the steps and turn right, there’s actually a well, which has been converted into a small pumping station ✌🏼

[@geniegal78]

It is good to eat spicy food in SG's weather... 😅

[@SuccessforLifester]

I just went to the clothing section of Tekka Centre for the first time last month, playing the role as a local tourism. Did you manage to visit Mustafa centre? It is a crazy shopping place that you could get lost in.

[@livingthejolife]

Sorry I missed your comment. We really enjoyed the Tekka Centre. Didn't get to the Mustafa centre. Will have to go there next time.

[@SuccessforLifester]

@@livingthejolife Ah, Mustafa is like the jewel of Little India. The reason why most people go there.

[@livingthejolife]

@@SuccessforLifester I can't believe we missed it. Oh well something to look forward to next time.

[@SuccessforLifester]

@@livingthejolife I mean for people living in Singapore. They go Little India to see the merchandise available at Mustafa. For tourist I think getting the vibes of the area is sufficient. You wouldn't miss much. It was a very cramp and confusing shopping mall selling all kinds of stuff.

[@chelnarciso2874]

Watching here..from Philippines 🙂

[@livingthejolife]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@fj103]

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[@Mohit-iw3df]

Good vlog love from India

[@livingthejolife]

Hello 👋 Thanks for watching

[@singlah]

5:42 Far from being pointless, it's actually a really pointy fruit.

[@livingthejolife]

Ha ha good point! 🤣

[@burrito9312]

You guys should visit Mustafa center there is a lot of cultural stuff near it

[@livingthejolife]

Thanks for the suggestion! Will definitely visit

[@thenationsvoicepak9605]

Like done. Watch done ....

[@livingthejolife]

Thank you!

[@quakespr]

Durian is known as the king of fruits for a reason. It is like one of those controversial dictator, either you love it or hate it to the core.

[@livingthejolife]

Certainly an interesting flavor and texture. Not for us but at least we tried it! Thanks for watching 😊

[@sammayet9002]

Awesome, amazing and beautiful 😂

[@livingthejolife]

I assume you are not referring to us eating Durian - nothing beautiful about that 🤣 Thanks for watching!

[@sammayet9002]

@@livingthejolife no, not at all, atleast you tried it.

[@livingthejolife]

@@sammayet9002 Yes we gave it a go 🤣

[@shahfaisalfaisal705]

Fm kaust love your videos good luck 🤞

[@livingthejolife]

Thanks for watching all our videos!!!! ❤️🙏

[@Agence-Digitale]

Hello, You have a very good video quality, what equipment do you use to film? (camera, microphone, ...) Thanks

[@livingthejolife]

Thank you! We use our Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra phones and the DJI external mics.

[@bobbybobinsor8080]

Wow pretty

[@livingthejolife]

Thank you 😊

[@bobbybobinsor8080]

Welcome 😄😄

[@sabrej.ahmad1995]

Mom not eating yummy 😍😄

[@manithangavalu7885]

Freaky fruit? Maybe you should try CASU MARTZU, Sardinian sheep milk cheese contains live insect larvae!

[@livingthejolife]

No thanks. Love cheese but not with live insect larvae 😬

[@yourtrustedpersonalityguide]

LMAO ----- durians are delicious🙂. My favourite fruit.

[@drewcorry5056]

Wonder if you did your homework before booking a Hotel [ I am shocked that most tourists do No home work on Hotels. Cheapest hotels are in Chinatown and 1 in Little India [ starting at $$40.00US per night ] my only interest is Universal. Absolutely love coconut. Absolutely loved and laughed when Ella tried the smelly fruit Outstanding from start to finish.

[@livingthejolife]

We definitely did our hotel homework. We weren't after the cheapest hotel. We wanted something with a view of the marina. The Fullerton was a great choice for us. You can definitely find good cheap hotels in Singapore though if that is your budget. Happy you enjoyed our video 😊🙏

[@mdrasheduzzaman5139]

What time of the year you visited there?

[@livingthejolife]

Last month. We had a great time!

[@angxiang3186]

Not all durians are the same ~ you probably bought the cheap stuff. Get those aromatic goodies eg mao shan wang; it would be sweet with a slight bitter aftertaste(something like coffee an aftertaste). Remember cheap cannot be good and good cannot be cheap.

[@livingthejolife]

Might have to have another durian tasting one day...with the good ones!

[@kylevlogs2867]

Ella's is so funny tasting the durian. It's not for the faint heart I recon if you can handle the smell it's really good the texture silky and smooth where in Denmark are you from? I'm from visborg ✌ you live in Saudi or Australia?

[@livingthejolife]

Ha ha yeh it wasn't for her taste. Was the strangest thing we have tasted in a while. I'm from Copenhagen. Kylie and Ella were both born in Australia. We are currently living and working in Saudi.

[@kylevlogs2867]

@@livingthejolife oh wow you live In Saudi mind if I ask why Saudi? I'm super nosey knowledge is power

[@livingthejolife]

@@kylevlogs2867 Yes, we have lived in Saudi for 5 years. We moved here for work. I work at a university. If you really want to be nosey, you can check out the video we made about where we live 😉

[@vtntanvt4389]

For really good durian, u MUST try the king of durian MaoSanWang MSW..top of range in taste n price....not referring to the 3 boxes for $10 variety.....MSW durian is the king of durian

[@livingthejolife]

Not sure I want to try again 😂 We tried it though.

[@soniachong5787]

@@livingthejolife it's a bit like steak. U get the $10 ones and you get the $130 ones. Huge difference! Like normal steak and wagyu! My Californian friend was introduced to the cheap one and swore she will never and I gave her the "high end" one and now she salivates each time and craves!

[@livingthejolife]

@@soniachong5787 I didn't realise there was such a difference in the varieties. So interesting. Maybe we will try again

[@edporsche20]

What is the name of the durian stall?

[@IDRIS0151]

first

[@Travelandtracker]

Nice 👍 you should test to wear Indian dresses 👗

[@livingthejolife]

We would have loved to but we were too hot and sweaty 🥵 I wanted to buy them all. So beautiful!

[@4hereyez]

Ella's face eating that thing and then spitting it out and Jo throwing up made the whole video. Hilariously cute 😂

[@livingthejolife]

We cut out a lot of the really gross parts. That was definitely not cute 🤣 Happy you enjoyed the video 😊

[@4hereyez]

@@livingthejolife Agreed, definitely wasn't , but maybe i'was for us watching but not experiencing the drama😂

[@ignatiuschua5268]

Durian actually comprises of different intense flavour - the good and the bad. For those durian lovers, their taste buds are able to suppress the bad tasting part of the durian flesh, leaving the most intense aromatic flavour of the fruit to savour. If you taste the fruit a few times over the course of a week, you will slowly be accustom to it and a whole new world will open up to you. Durian is the king of fruits for this reason. Do make sure you get the good durian and not the cheap ones. Makes a world of difference. For durian lover like myself, I can create a situation where I taste the worse of the durian so much so I want to vomit. How to do that? You simply eat the best durian and when you eat the lousy cheap durian, the goodness of the good durian will cover the goodness of the cheap durian leaving the nastiness for you to taste.

[@livingthejolife]

I can hear how much you love this fruit! The way you explain the experience almost makes me want to try again. Do you usually eat it room temperature? Can you eat it cold?

[@ignatiuschua5268]

@@livingthejolife I used to eat it fresh immediately upon opening the durian. These days, I keep them in the fridge and eat them later - preferably within a week. The durian will ferment more during this period and the durian becomes even more intense. I sell durian online, so I do study the fruit more than most others. You can watch KZbin for durian reaction and you will find a few where the foreigner gradually loves the fruit after several tries on different occasions.

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Thanks for trying malaysian durians.

[@livingthejolife]

At least we tried it!

[@rubimalik4878]

Is that jack fruit

[@livingthejolife]

It's durian. Have you tried it?

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[@livingthejolife]

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[@FatLittleButterfly]

Durian is sort of an acquired taste. Its like how blue cheese smells and taste bad to some people.

[@livingthejolife]

Ha ha good comparison! You are right.

[@phungmoe2302]

it is all in ur mind. if u just eat it without thinking about it. how can it tastes like spring onion?? LOL

[@livingthejolife]

Ha ha that's what we could taste lol. Spring onion flavored custard 🤣

[@SonicWavePassengerMusic]

no ta

[@MrJonslife]

It's the same as how we will never understand how you enjoy eating the smelly blue cheese and all other kinds of cheese with your food, unless it gives us some healing purposes too! Eww haha.

[@livingthejolife]

😂😂😂 you are so correct! We all have different tastes I guess!

[@mdrasheduzzaman5139]

Trick to eating and enjoying durian js getting past the mental block of the smell

[@livingthejolife]

We couldn't get past the smell 🤣 I didn't like the custard texture either 😬

[@mdrasheduzzaman5139]

@@livingthejolife fair enough i had that same feeling but now i like it

[@w1llyma1l]

thick accent

[@livingthejolife]

😂

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Rotten onion? Gym socks? Taste like heaven smell like hell?

[@livingthejolife]

🤣🤣🤣

[@rokkietan]

We love Durians, you love your blue cheese. So don't say it's a pointless fruit. The same goes to your pointless mouldy, stinky blue cheese

[@livingthejolife]

Happy you enjoy it. It's not for our taste. So for us unless it has major health benefits it is pointless for us to eat it. Totally not offended by your moldy cheese comment it is a bit gross 😂

[@yedahendrayana1888]

[@cecesheart32]

The durian smells like wet smelly socks and onions for sure! And I don’t like onions…..

[@tonyquek6157]

Durian is known as the King of fruits n mangosteen as the Queen. It’s like majority of Asian that doesn’t like blue cheese. Fyi the weather in Sgp is tropical (hot n humid) whereas in Saudi Arabia it’s hot n dry weather. Just drink lots of water or fruit juices n njoy. 😂

[@livingthejolife]

It's definitely an acquired taste! It was fun to try. Actually where we live along the Red Sea, it is very humid particularly in August. The difference is that no one goes out in the day in Saudi.

[@chanmk28]

you dont know how to appreciate durian.

[@livingthejolife]

I appreciate it from a distance 😉 Happy you enjoy it though. May give it another try one day.

[@DJ-gf7gn]

where singapore import the durian ? musang king founder from singapore ? soon the kiasu singapore will say the durian are from singapore like bak kut teh and many other... LOL