If You Are a Durian Lover, After You Durian Room Is For You

After You is back in in my good books, and that’s what durian does to you. After You Durian Room to be precise, not for the faint-hearted. Located side-by-side with After You at Siam Paragon, the small teeny-weeny space says a lot about the niche market the Durian Room is catering too. And of course the King of Fruit comes with a price tag too.

After You uses locally-sourced durian – so it’s Thai durian yo. For Malaysians, we love our Made In Malaysian durians; please manage (i.e. lower down) your expectations accordingly. They were using Monthong durian from Chantaburi during our visit.

 

I have learned that Monthong durian can be nice too, if it’s ripe-enough. Typically, those Monthong sold in Thailand caters to Thai’s taste bud. But, you can also find “soft Monthong” – it’s light-creamy, mild sweet-tasting flesh with moderate smell.

I enjoyed their Durian Crumbstick (95 baht), a durian-shaped ice cream, and I finished the whole piece by myself! Bf and I both shared a Durian Frappe (165 baht). For a non-durian lover, he enjoyed the Durian Frappe, phew!

One week later, we went back for the oh-damn-expensive kakigori (345 baht) – a Japanese shaved ice dessert filled with durian and sticky rice. I find that it was a bit too much for just the 2 of us. Perhaps it’s good for sharing for 3-4 pax.. The table next to us ordered additional durian topping – must be a huge durian fan!

 

Mango is also available at the Durian Room – mango sticky rice toast or mango sticky rice kakigori.

 

After You Durian Room
G floor, Siam Paragon, Rama 1 Road, Bangkok
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afteryoucafe/ 
Opening hours: Daily 10:00 – 22:00 
Nearest BTS: Siam