According to Eddie Lin and his accomplices, "There’s high end dining. There’s low end dining. And then there’s everything else in between." But Eddie takes dining to a whole different universe with Deep End Dining, "dedicated to seeking and devouring the food uncommon, the cuisine exotic and the entrees less ordered."
In recent weeks, Eddie has become a bit of a local foodie underground celebrity in LA with his appetite for live octopus tentacles, which he first tried at The Prince in LA's Koreatown. (You can click to the video from this blog entry, but only if you are not squeamish.) This week, we take a peek into Eddie's embattled mind in the moments before he eats...balut.
Balut is a filipino "delicacy" that can't be described delicately. It is a fertilized duck egg that has been gestating for up to 20 days. In other words, balut is an egg with a duck fetus still inside. You are supposed to eat the whole thing. And Eddie did. But don't worry, it isn't raw; it's boiled first.
Take a peek, but be forewarned, this particular entry is PG-13 for explicit imagery of...balut.
9-13-2005 @2:19PM Eddie Lin said... Sarah,
You really summed it up eloquently. Thank you!
And what's it like being a part of a food blog mafia?
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