How many Exotic Foods of the Philippines do you eat? I have eaten all but two on this list... (Click) to see the pics

I have eaten all but two on this list... How many of these Exotic Foods of the Philippines do you eat? (Click) to see the pics

Every country has their share of exotic foods served on the table with some even known as the country's specialty. The Philippines is no different.  Here are a few of those I found.

There are so many Filipino exotic foods that are truly unique and delicious.  Below you will find some of the many Filipino exotic foods.

Some of them have a strange appearance and look weird.  There are some people that dive right in and eat them while others find them not acceptable or not appropriate to eat. Personally, I fall somewhere in between.

That being said... If you follow the adage "don't judge the book by its cover", then you will able to eat each of these without hesitation.

This saying really applies to unique exotic foods of the Philippines.  I have eaten all but two on the following list.  And for me most of it was overcoming the mental challenge involved in getting it into my mouth.  And "YES," I ate the balut.

BALUT

Balut is a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell.

Balut eggs are believed to be an aphrodisiac and considered a high-protein, hearty snack.

Balut is sold primarily by street vendors in the regions where they are available.

SOUP NUMBER 5

Soup Number Five, is a soup made from bull's testicles or penis.

Like balut, it is believed to have aphrodisiac tendencies that makes people say it is better than spending money on Viagra..

GINATAANG KUHOL

The French call "kuhol" by the name  "escargot". Kuhol or escargot is an edible snail. Guinataang Kuhol is a favorite appetizer in Filipino restaurants. It is also a popular pica-pica (finger food) that goes well with cold beer. Ginataang kuhol is a spicy dish.


 DINUGUAN

Dinuguan is a Filipino savory stew of blood and meat (typically stomach, intestines, ears, heart and snout) simmered in a rich, spicy dark gravy of pig blood, garlic, chili , and vinegar.

TAMILOK

In Palawan and Aklan in the Philippines, the woodworm is called tamilok  and it is eaten as a delicacy there.

Tamilok is prepared as kinilaw—that is, raw (cleaned) but marinaded with vinegar or lime juice, chopped chili peppers and onions, a process very similar to ceviche. The taste and texture has been compared to oysters and clams.
 

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Eating balut the first time...Balut is not really an egg and not really duck, but somewhere in between by Dr. Dave!

Eating balut the first time...Balut is not really an egg and not really duck, but somewhere in between! by Dr. Dave

This was the day I finally ate balut. 

Nick Helm (the Food Truck Junkie), Brian Webb and I along with a one other ate BALUT for the first time in front of a television audience.  As both, the Eat St. TV crew (Canadian Food Network) and Taryn Rosenbalm Jeffries  (writer for Phoenix Bites) were filming our Balut eating experience.

For those not familiar with balut.   Balut is not really an egg and not really duck, but somewhere in between!

Balut are fertilized duck eggs that are at the stage of development where there is a nearly developed embryo inside. 

Now doesn't that description make you want to run out to the Hey Joe Filipino Food Truck and get one for yourself?

Of all the Filipino foods I have experienced over the last 20 years, I think balut might just be the yuckiest looking of them all.

When I first attempted to eat balut, over 20 years ago, I just could not get it past my lips and into my mouth.  Today was different.

Although I have no hesitation when it comes to eating eggs, ducks or chicken, balut just pushes all of the ‘eww’ buttons in my brain.

Before eating ... the balut eggs are boiled like a traditional hard boiled egg.  And when it actually came down to eating it the balut was like eating a hard boiled egg.  Well sort of.

 

 Brian described that we break open the larger side of the egg shell. I sprinkled a little salt on top followed by a little spicy vinegar.  Then we each drank the juice inside first.

So far so good.  Not too bad.

Then, after the camera crew took lots of pics, revealing the duck fetus inside... Then we ate the rest.

Thinking back to that experience...

Although I know I removed all of the shell before eating it.  When I put it into my mouth it felt as if there was still a little piece of the shell still there.  That being said I must assume what I felt inside my mouth was the duckbill.

I am curious as to what all of our faces looked like, on camera, as we put this into our mouth.  We will just have to wait until it shows on tv to know for sure.

No longer do we have to wait to see our faces as Taryn Rosenbalm Jeffries writer for Phoenix Bites video taped the television crew filming us.  She shared her video of the experience with us.  Here is a link to her video.


Link to her video on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151061516087222&set=vb.814672221&type=2&theater&notif_t=video_comment_tagged




This describes my Balut eating experience.

-=-Dr. Dave-=-



***Taryn Rosenbalm Jeffries -=- Thanks for sharing this video with us *** 

                                                               The above pic shared with us by Phoenix Bites.


Here you can see the back of the girl from Eat Street Food Network in Canada filming us.



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