Sunday, March 1, 2009

Bizarre Foods from the Philippines

I've just seen this video from YouTube where Andrew Zimmerman munched on the Philippines' Most Bizarre Delicacies.

He described the balut as the Philippines' new national dish. Eating balut was also the final challenge in one of Fear Factor's episodes which is kind of weird especially for people who eat this stuff regularly. I don't see anything gross with it. I like the taste of the yellow egg yolk and egg juices in Balut except for the baby duck and the white hardened part they call "bato."

Some people believe that balut is best eaten at night. Other people eat this as pulutan that goes well with our national beer-San Miguel Pale Pilsen Beer.

Growing up in the Pateros and Taguig area mean we had generous supply of balut, itik (geese), and Tipas Hopia.

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