Beyond balut (boiled duck embryo), the Philippines’ rich fauna yield a wide variety of what is usually considered exotic food. Frogs, grasshoppers, eel, beetles—these are just some of the more adventurous ingredients some Filipinos like to work with.

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Pritong tipaklong (grasshopper) - Ilocos
Adobong uok (beetle larvae) - In Angono Rizal
Pindang tapa - The beast of burden, the carabao