And that is our guide to the misunderstood delicacy of balut. So, which country has the best balut?Īny question that asks what the best is has a little bit of a horses for courses element, BUT in my humble opinion you cannot beat how they serve it in Philippines, where it is the ultimate after-drinks food. I was pretty much ready to vomit by the third. I’ve been assured I did this wrong, but I once purchased it from the roadside on a bus trip to Cao Bang, The big mistake that I made here was not only to buy 3 (thinking that they were eggs), but buying three without any kind of seasoning. Linjiang is a really cool place to visit, which you can see on our borderlands tour. It is also often eaten without anything at all added, which I am not so keen on. I have eaten the fermented duck embryo in Yiwu and Linjiang and both times you also add vinegar, but with the addition of super Chinese hot sauce. Balut is called pong tia koon in Cambodian. You then crack, suck the juice, but largely eat it raw. It is served on a bed of greens like coriander and sometimes fried onions, much like street oysters. You then suck the juice out before essentially sucking the duck out and chewing the balut.
#Balu food crack
In the Philippines, you crack the top, take it off before adding strong vinegar and salt. This is where the region varieties kick in. You are, but regardless you will be served it hot, from where it will need toĬracked before eating. Why do people eat anything weird? But it is good for you so they say. Roadside stops and in Cambodia as part of a street food menu, rather than fromĪ specific balut cart. In some respects it is a bit of a drunk food comparable to a kebab in England! It is a 16-to-21-day-old fertilized duck egg that contains not only a yolk but also a semi-developed duck embryo. It depends where you are, but in the Philippines it is very much street food and is sold by vendors. Balut or balot (bah-loot, both singular and plural) is a famous Filipino food that tends to either fascinate or revolt foreigners. It can even be purchased in certain parts of North America, such as Canada and the USA. The delicacy is also found throughout the Filipino diaspora and I have eaten it in Hong Kong and Macau. I ate in in Linjiang on the border with North Korea. It is most common in the Philippines, but is also a main stay in Vietnam, Cambodia, and to a lesser extent Thailand. Where can you get balut?īalut food is found throughout South East Asia. It is suspected that the dish originated in China (where else?) before it was taken further afield by traders. It is a traditional dish of the Philippines, from where it is served throughout South-East Asia. Salivating yet? What is the story behind it? So, in case you have not understood that correctly, it is a duck fetus. What is balutīalut, sometimes spelt balot, is the egg of a duck that is allowed to gestate, or fertilize for anywhere between 14-21 weeks before being served. At YPT, we are all about getting down and dirty with the local customs, be they drinking the local moonshine or trying the weirdest of delicacies.
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