Mao Shan Wang
The benchmark. Golden flesh, rich aroma, that signature bittersweet cream. The king that rose from $8/kg to the reason for the queue.
- Bittersweet
- Golden
- Aromatic
The name is the mission
Why “Combat”?
Because we want you to come back.
In 1966, Mr Ang opened a durian stall and wanted to call it 冠军 — Champion. He kept the sound but swapped the word for its homophone, 空军 — Air Force — and the stall became 空军三八榴莲, Kong Jun Sar Bah Durian.
When Linda Ang took over in 2011, she gave it an English name with the same fighting spirit — and a hidden promise. Combat Durian sounds like Come Back Durian: taste it once, and you’ll be back.
Her father, Mr Ang, is 87 now. Linda runs the stall the way he taught her — and teaches a new generation what a good durian really is.
- 冠军 Guàn jūn “Champion” — the first idea
- 空军 Kōng jūn “Air Force” — the homophone that stuck
- COMBAT ≈ Come Back Champion by name, come-back by nature
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1966
Mr Ang opens the stall — 空军三八榴莲, from a play on 冠军, “Champion.”
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2007–08
Mao Shan Wang takes off. Linda remembers it at just $8/kg — and pushes it hard on Facebook.
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2011
Second generation takes over. New name: Combat Durian — “Come Back Durian.”
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Today
Mr Ang is 87; Linda holds the line at 206 Rangoon Road — queues and all.
60years, two generations
3×hand-screened, every fruit
8Malaysian regions sourced