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I’m a very adventurous eater, this is wild.

What’s up, guys? Welcome back to another video, and things are gonna be a little bit different around here because I’m takin’ over the vlog. I’m on a mission to try three of the most unique Filipino street foods. Duck embryo, chicken intestines, and the famous lechon which is a whole roasted pig. We’ve found the balut vendor, and what balut is, it’s a 16-18 day old duck embryo, that you pour vinegar and salt into, suck out the liquid, and then eat the boiled embryo.

And it’s a Filipino delicacy. I’m a little nervous to try this one. Yeah, what day is it? 17. 17 days? It’s 17 days. Thank you.

Thank you, sir. Yeah. All right, thank you guys. All right, here it is. This is balut. So, pretty much what they told me is I have to crack the top, pour salt and vinegar in it, drink the juice, and then peel away to reveal the duck embryo that is kind of formed.

I just looked in!

So, I guess the first order of business is to drink all the fluid, and then you crack it open and eat what’s inside.

I think I just drank vinegar. Just tasted like spicy vinegar and salt, and now oof, (laughs) I don’t think I can do this. There are feathers. I’m gonna cry. I’m a very adventurous eater, this is wild. I’m poppin’ in front of this camera just to say that this is freakin’ disgusting and I would never do this.

I need to put more salt and vinegar on this because my mind’s really messing with me right now. I don’t wanna taste this. I’m about to eat balut for the first time. There are wings and feathers and like a brain And I’m goin’, I’m goin’ brain first.

There’s, (Ryan laughs) there are bones. There’s literally bones in there?

(Ryan laughs) It tastes like a cross between a chicken or the egg. Which came first? Palut came first. The consistency is like a very hard hard-boiled-egg yolk mixed with like a feathery texture. (laughs)

It doesn’t taste as bad as it looks, just knowing what it is makes my body cringe. But it tastes like a mild egg yolk, with chicken pieces in it or something like that. And a little tiny bone here and there. What a surprise. (Stacia) All right, guys I swear to God there’s feathers in here. Oh, my God. (Ryan) Whoah. (Stacia) That’s the duck. That’s the baby duck. (Ryan) Oh, God. That is so gross. Last but not least, I’m eating the actual fetus, embryo inside.

That one tastes like chicken. That tastes like stale, rotted, chicken.

Okay, so, impressions for balut, I’m happy I did it. Honestly, if you can get past what it is, it doesn’t taste bad. I’m sure it’s a lot of protein. (laughs) I can’t handle this. Yeah, that was balut. It is a Filipino specialty checked off the bucket list. So, we found the next stop. This is called isaw and it’s basically the Filipino term for barbecue, and I heard that chicken intestines was one of the most delicious versions. So, here goes nothing.

The sauce is super spicy but, it pretty much tastes just like a sweeter version of beef jerky or something. It’s good. I think I’ll go in for a second bite. Okay, lechon. I am so excited about this. I’m really hungry still after the balut and chicken intestines so hopefully this can curb my appetite. This is the dish I’ve been waiting for, it is lechon. It’s the most famous dish unanimous with the Philippines. They cook the whole pig over an open flame and you get this like dry, amazing, crackly skin.

But I need to eat right now. (laughs) I’m just gonna go ahead and try the skin first because that’s supposed to be the best part.

It tastes like a rotisserie chicken skin, just really really crispy. Almost caramelized a little bit, so it is a little bit sweet. That is amazing. I’m so excited. And they gave us two different sauces to try with the lechon. This is a traditional Filipino sauce. This is calamansi soy and chilies. And then this is their homemade chicken liver sauce.

This is way too good, it just like melts in your mouth, roast pork. I’m gonna go ahead and enjoy this. So, thank you guys for watching Leave a comment down below, tell me what dishes you guys would want to try or would never touch in a million years like the balut, and we will see you in the next video. See ya.

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adventurous 冒険好きな
I’m a very adventurous eater. This is wild.

take over 引き継ぐ
vlog videoとblogからなる造語　動画によるブログ
Welcome back to another video, and things are gonna be a little bit different around here because I’m takin’ over the vlog

on a mission to   ～するという使命のために
embryo   胚
intestine   小腸
I’m on a mission to try three of the most unique Filipino street foods: duck embryo, chicken intestines, and the famous lechon which is a whole roasted pig.

balut 孵化直前のアヒルの卵を加熱したゆで卵
vendor 街頭で売る人
We found the balut vendor!

delicacy 優美さ
And it’s a Filipino delicacy, I’m a little nervous to try this one.

feather 羽
There are feathers.

pop   （素早くまたは突然）現れる
in front of    ～の前に
freaking   ひどく/すごく
disgusting   非常に不快な
I’m popping in front of this camera just to say that this is freaking disgusting and I would never do this.