Exotic Filipino Street Food
They also have sweet chinese sausages which are ironically called chorizo.
Exotic filipino street food. Common exotic streetfood found in the philippines. In this video i ll be showing you how to cook the chicken innards. In the philippines we eat most of the chicken and pork limbs and entrails. Also small exotic surprises such as small cubes of coagulated pig s blood called betamax and chicken feet called adidas are grilled.
What is practical for us have gained popularity as filipino exotic food to foreigners. Some are just a bridge too far. Chicken and pork cuts covered with a sweet red sauce made from soy sauce and banana ketchup are skewered and grilled on charcoal. Balut is probably the most internationally famous street food eaten by filipinos.
A common street food in the philippines balut is boiled fertilized duck egg with a 9 to 14 day old embryo inside. No matter how filipino s see it soup 5 is an exotic curiosity to foreigners and regardless of how open minded you think you might be soup 5 will test your boundaries. It is said that balut is high in protein and acts as an aphrodisiac. But not for those whose stomach turns at the sight of exotic foods.
This dish is the most popular street food in the philippines. Have a true manila food tour experience by trying our street food. The century egg eggs preserved in clay ash rice hulls for 100 days is now considered mainstream as well. It was even featured in american shows like fear factor and survivor.
Uniquely filipino this dish combines two of the most popular dishes in the philippines balut and adobo. Balut is a developing duck embryo boiled and eaten in one gulp. For one soup no. If you re a brave foodie and looking for the next aphrodisiac to try soup no.
5 should be a hot pick. 5 is made from a bull s sex organs considered by many as the fifth leg of the animal hence the name. Balut is the probably the most famous out of all the exotic foods on this list. If you d like to taste local filipino food be sure to do it on the streets.
While you may dread balut filipinos well most of us love balut. The ultimate exotic filipino street food balut. Most popular filipino barbecue can be easily found in every corner and side walks in the philippines. It usually sold at night.
Below are ten crazy filipino foods you simply must see to believe. Bull s testes and penis. Other varieties include whole pork chops chicken intestines and chicken breast pieces. Exotic filipino food and street food.
I make all my friends who visit me in the philippines try balut. One thing i ve noticed is the increase of the kinds of skewered chicken parts along barbecue stands. So settle back and watch.