Get to know Khao Khai or Hang Hang Kai, a very strange but popular menu!

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Egg menu are full of benefits in many ways and many people may have seen it before. For the menu, rice eggs or hung hung eggs (stuck nest eggs). Which are caused by unsuccessful hatching. There are many levels from not yet hatching to being hatched but not yet hatched!

Eggs in rice or eggs in the nest (hang rang) are live eggs or chicken eggs that have not hatched successfully. Foreigners know it as Balut Egg. It is a strange food for some people, but some people eat it spicy and it is a food that is popular for a while. But it is very popular in the Philippines and is considered a street food menu. This type of food is an egg that has been fertilized. But has stopped growing, so it does not hatch. The level of eggs that do not hatch ranges from not yet hatching to seeing them as hatching (there are many levels of hatching).

What is the difference between rice eggs and whole eggs?

  • Immature eggs are unfertilized eggs that do not develop into embryos, i.e., rice eggs.
  • A level that has become a chick but cannot hatch is called a “chicken egg”.

The deliciousness of this menu depends on each person’s preferences. Mostly, it is steamed or grilled, peeled and eaten with the body, with jaew sauce or seafood sauce. Or cooked with various types of food such as salads, papaya salad, or tom yum.

What is the difference between khao khao and khao songkhrueng?

  • Kai Songkhrueng is seasoned eggs. That are then stuffed back into the shell.
  • Rice eggs are larvae that have failed to hatch.

Eggs with rice or eggs with hung hung are also considered a culture of eating and preferences that are not the same. And it is a menu of eggs that has nutritional value. But the medical field would like to eat eggs that have been cooked through heat because there may be a higher risk of Salmonella infection than the general public, causing gastrointestinal diseases or food poisoning. It may cause stomach pain, diarrhea with blood in the stool, vomiting, headache. Normally, the symptoms will last about 2-7 days. Diarrhea may last about 10 days. It may take several months until the intestines return to normal function. Therefore, you should buy eggs with rice or eggs with hung hung from a clean, safe, and reliable source for safe deliciousness.