MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines was chosen by an international travel guide as one of the “World’s Best Places for Extreme Eating.”
The Philippines’ “balut” was recognized by the Lonely Planet as one of the top 10 weirdest foodstuff.
Lonely Planet said the “Filipino delicacy of fertilized egg is better tasted than seen.”
“It is usually served as a street food, boiled in the shell and served with salt, spices and vinegar. Crack the top of the shell and sip out the liquid broth before tackling the meat and yolk,” it said.
Balut is usually sold on streets by vendors with portable carts, it added.
Balut. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
Other exotic food chosen were:
▪ Rocky Mountain oysters, Montana, USA
▪ Chapulines, Oaxaca, Mexico
▪ Snake soup, Hong Kong, China
▪ Casu marzu, Sardinia, Italy
▪ Virgin boy eggs, Dongyang, China
▪ Lutefisk, Minnesota, USA
▪ Witchetty grubs, Australia
▪ Guinea pig, Peru
▪ Durian, Singapore
Lonely Planet also recognized the Philippines as one of the top 10 best countries to visit in 2015.
It said the country has “one of the world’s most beautiful coastlines, fringed by dive-tastic coral reefs, sprinkled with sunbathe-ready white sand, backed by swaying palm trees and dotted with simple resorts of nipa palm thatched huts.”
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