Balut eggs (also spelled Baloot, Baalut, Baluge, or Balute.) Balut eggs are fertilised duck (sometimes chicken) eggs that are at the stage of development where there is a nearly developed embryo inside. The balut egg then boiled and usually eaten with salt, just like a normal boiled egg. Read more »

Pork Brains in Milk Gravy, sounds delicious, eh?  It also sounds like something that people must eat in some far flung corner of Asia, right?  Cambodia, Korea, Japan?  Actually, if you are reading this from the US of A, you can head down south and pick yourself up a can of Pork Brains in Milk [...] Read more »

Baby what, wine, eh? Yes indeedy, baby mice wine.  It’s wine with, well, baby mice in it. Found in China, this deliciousness is believed to be a cure-all health tonic.  It is believed it can cure anything from asthma to liver disease. Read more »

The Cambodians are well known for eating a variety of foods that Westerners (myself included) find rather odd.  Then again I imagine that they would find some of the crap we eat rather disgusting! One commonplace food is spider, usually fried and crispy.  Mmmh.  Now spiders in Cambodia aren’t your little coin sized beasts we [...] Read more »

That’s right – you may find eating standard (ie DEAD) octopus a little weird (though I have to admit I think it’s lovely!), but how about live, wriggling, squirming, slimy octopus.  Wait, not just live octopus, live BABY octopus! Well in Korea it’s a delicacy and they like nothing better than slipping that little sucker [...] Read more »