Durian fever: China’s Wang Yi raves over Malaysian Musang King cheesecake

The Chinese foreign minister said the ‘cat mountain king’ durian fruit cheesecake he ate during lunch with PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob was ‘so delicious, I am so impressed’

Beijing is ready to import more tropical fruit and palm oil from its neighbour, said Wang, who is on a two-day visit to Malaysia

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Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, right, and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi after their meeting in Malaysia on Tuesday. Photo: via AP

Published: 10:01pm, 12 Jul 2022Updated: 12:59pm, 13 Jul 2022

China stands ready to buy more palm oil and tropical fruit from Malaysia, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday, reserving a special mention for a “Musang King” cheesecake he was served at an official lunch.

Musang King, or “mao shan wang” (cat mountain king) is a durian cultivar that has long been dubbed the most luxurious variant of the bittersweet so-called king of fruits.

In Malaysia on a two-day official visit, the last stop in a five-nation Southeast Asia tour, the Chinese foreign minister was hosted to an official lunch by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

“The prime minister served Mao Shan Wang cheesecake which is so delicious, and I am so impressed,” Wang Yi said during a Tuesday press conference alongside his Malaysian counterpart Saifuddin Abdullah.

A worker cleans a durian fruit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. File photo: AFP

Wang also said Beijing was “ready to import more palm oil, tropical fruit and other agricultural products from Malaysia”.

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