15 years
I also tried fried frog (they also cook it coconut milk), broiled grasshopper and the Abal-abal a philippine bettle cooked in adobo. :D
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During my stay in the Philippines I have tried the "balut". There's a fertilized duck or chicken egg (embryo) inside, boiled and eaten in the shell. Popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac and considered a high-protein hearty snack.
Off the light when eating it the first time.
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15 years
How was the balut?
I boiled some grasshoppers in the US -- they didn't have much taste.
On my trip to Japan and Taiwan last winter I ate duck tongue, chicken feet, pig intestine soup... I skipped the raw goat testicles in soy sauce though :D
15 years
I skipped the raw goat testicles in soy sauce though :D
Boy did you miss out! That sounds like a travel story that's sure to impress and disgust your friends for years.
15 years
Boy did you miss out!
Did you see the Japan episode of Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel last month? They went to that restaurant in Okinawa :D
15 years
I know that octopus isn't really all that strange in most of the world, but it seemed exotic and bizarre to me the first time I ate it. Now I'm a big fan.
15 years
raw prawns...
pretty much any animals brains...
ive certainly eaten a few things and had no idea what they actually were...
reindeer...
nothing too exciting sadly. i need to work on that.
15 years
Roasted rooster testicles.
One of my friends is a butcher and he told me once to try this "delicacy" they cooked when I visited them.
It didn't taste bad but I don't think I gonna try it again... :D
15 years
ate ant butts in australia.... just plucked the ant off the hill and chewed his tiny butt off...tasted like citrus.
Also had a roasted or fried grub...that had a kinda chocolate taste.
Weirdest thing every offered, but not taken, was deep friend whole baby chicks in Cambodia...even my experimental boyfriend was turned off by that one!
15 years
How was the balut?
I boiled some grasshoppers in the US -- they didn't have much taste.
On my trip to Japan and Taiwan last winter I ate duck tongue, chicken feet, pig intestine soup... I skipped the raw goat testicles in soy sauce though :D
Fry or broil the grasshopper :D The balut was okay lol.
I have tried chicken feet and pig intestine too!
14 years
Wow, fascinating to read Westerners describing Philippine balut here...
Hi balut is very delicious and one of the favorites of people in the Philippines... everywhere in the streets, there are balut vendors who walk and shout "balut, balut, balut". It's reputed to be aphrodisiac... honestly, I haven't yet dare try it yet... some people have not tried, but I hear it's super delicious. will try this week, hahaha!
In Xiamen City of Fujian province, south China, I was surprised to be once served delicious soup in a streetside resto, it was ordered by a local Chinese, and I was surprised that those were cow testicles!!! the guy also claimed those are aphrodisiacs!
Hi, Chicken feet is a very very delicious Chinese dish, even Filipino people have learned to eat them...
many other exotic foods by Chinese cuisines and Asia, also the Philippines...
Happy New Year!
How was the balut?
I boiled some grasshoppers in the US -- they didn't have much taste.
On my trip to Japan and Taiwan last winter I ate duck tongue, chicken feet, pig intestine soup... I skipped the raw goat testicles in soy sauce though :D
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