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Duck Embryo Brunch, Anyone?
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John Del Signore
Published Feb 5, 2011
Modified Feb 5, 2011
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Published Feb 5, 2011
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In the Philippines, balut is a street food delicacy: Wikipedia tells us "it's a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell." Mmm, good eatin'! And the brunch pop-up Maharlika, located inside Resto Leon, has just received a shipment of 18 of them. OUT OF OUR WAY!
Owner Nicole Ponseca tells Grub Street she'll be selling them for just $5 each this weekend while embryonic supplies last. She says the eggs are currently "incubating—keeping warm, otherwise the yolk gets yucky... Delicious but not for the weak of heart, the yolk is creamy and there is a 'soup' inside the egg that you shoot back to, ahem, cleanse the palate. Feathers, beak, and feet are optional to eat." Whatever, we want to get our $5 worth.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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