This Weird Delicacy is A Must Try

Exotic food lovers would surely be thrilled to try Asia’s most famous Balut Egg. If you are a Filipino or Asian, Balut egg is not anymore new to you as it is a very well-known street food that is widely available most especially in the Philippines. Balut is an incubated fertilised egg of either a duck or chicken, boiled when the embryo of the egg has reached 16-18 days old. Those who have never had a taste of Balut egg would commonly get disgusted just by imagining eating a partially developed egg- with feathers, beak, tiny bones and underdeveloped wings. I wouldn’t lie, the sight of it alone is not pleasing. But one has to try it for them to recognise how flavoursome it is. Obnoxious as it may seem, it is delightful to feast upon. Not to mention that aside from being delicious, Balut is also a hearty snack as it contains 188 calories, 14 grams each of protein and fat, 2 milligrams of Iron and 116 milligrams of Calcium. Eating balut is more challenging when you peel the top part of the shell, break through the membranes and sip the amniotic fluid liquid from the egg. Of course, eating Balut is incomplete without its famous seasoning- a little bit of salt, pepper, vinegar, chilli pepper, or diced green onion. Whenever you visit any of the following Nightcap village nightmare countries: Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, don’t miss to try the challenge of eating Balut and share the good news to others.