Comments on: Balut, kwek-kwek & other Philippine street food

By: toninoname

toninoname — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:40:19 +0000

Check out an interesting article on Filipino Street Food on http://www.filipinodeserts.net and http://www.filipino-foods.com. I love kwek2x and isaw. They’re the best!

By: ajay

ajay — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:52:46 +0000

Hi Lani. Is a day old chick different from the balut? I like eating chicken, but not when I have to eat it whole…aaargh:)

By: Lani

Lani — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:59:26 +0000

Meron pa silang tinitinda na “day-old chick.” Di ko makakayang kainin iyon, kakaawa rin tulad ng balut.

By: Jaypee

Jaypee — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:15:37 +0000

@ajay – i think i’ve seen balut in some oriental or filipino stores here in Cali. they do ship them for our kababayans here.

@sidney – ajay is right, it’s called the “betamax” and i forgot what the chicken is called. but for me, i would never try to eat the betamax mainly coz it’s made of blood.

By: ajay

ajay — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:07:45 +0000

Hi Irene. Maybe I’ll try what you do sometime and forget there is ever a chick inside;)

Sidney, I think the dugo cue is called the “Betamax” and the ulo ng manok is well…you certainly are more Filipino than me since you tried all these things

By: Sidney

Sidney — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:34:03 +0000

Don’t care for a “dugo-cue” or a “ulo ng manok”? Masarap rin !

By: Irene

Irene — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:51:31 +0000

I only drink the sabaw and eat the yolk. The sisiw, I give to somebody else.

By: ajay

ajay — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:37:50 +0000

Pardon the pun, but it seems most people don’t acquire the taste for sisiw in the same way that ducks take to water

Toe, I wonder if the balut in Cambodia is cooked/prepared the same as ours..

Good that you’ve eaten balut Jaypee. I wonder if they smuggle it into the US… probably nooot,hehe

By: Jaypee

Jaypee — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:51:50 +0000

i’ve eaten balut but i’ve never tried the kwek-kwek. hehe

By: issa

issa — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:08:45 +0000

thanks 4 the info about balut, i didn’t know that balut is premature embrayo of a chick.(yakkk) ganoon ka-brutal! i don’t feel like eating balut anymore.
my favorite street food was bola-bola:)))hmmm yummmy…