After eating at Kamayan, I took my Malaysian blogger friend to Plaza Miranda, which is in front of Quiapo Church. I took him there because I know that it is the place for Filipino street foods. My friend wanted to taste kwek kwek and balot.
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I hope you remember my previous post about kwek kwek. In Quiapo, we tried the balot kwek kwek and the penoy kwek kwek. I thought that my friend will never finish his kwek kwek and he will throw up. For those who do not know, balot (or balut) is a fertilized duck or chicken egg with nearly formed embryo that is boiled and eaten from its shell. Penoy, on the other hand, are duck or chicken eggs that are developed after 9 or 12 days. Penoy is also eaten like a balot, but the "scary" embryo is not there.
Recycled photo of Kwek kwek.
Well, my friend managed to eat kwek kwek and he said that he like it. Kwek kwek costs 10 pesos per piece.
After that, we looked for a balot vendor. You know what? My friend did not gross out. He easily gobbled the balot.
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Well, my friend is brave, unlike my friends from America who can't even finish half of balot.
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Image of balot taken from Cebu-food.com. Information about balot and penoy taken from Wikipedia.
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Quiapo Church
I hope you remember my previous post about kwek kwek. In Quiapo, we tried the balot kwek kwek and the penoy kwek kwek. I thought that my friend will never finish his kwek kwek and he will throw up. For those who do not know, balot (or balut) is a fertilized duck or chicken egg with nearly formed embryo that is boiled and eaten from its shell. Penoy, on the other hand, are duck or chicken eggs that are developed after 9 or 12 days. Penoy is also eaten like a balot, but the "scary" embryo is not there.
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Well, my friend managed to eat kwek kwek and he said that he like it. Kwek kwek costs 10 pesos per piece.
After that, we looked for a balot vendor. You know what? My friend did not gross out. He easily gobbled the balot.
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This is balot (a.k.a. balut)
Well, my friend is brave, unlike my friends from America who can't even finish half of balot.
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Image of balot taken from Cebu-food.com. Information about balot and penoy taken from Wikipedia.
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