Maharlika Holding a Duck-Fetus-Eating Contest
Filipino joint Maharlika is holding a balut-eating contest at its downtown location in the DeKalb Market. The squeamish need not apply. 
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Balut is a fertilized duck egg -- a duck embryo -- common to Southeast Asia and usually eaten with salt, lemon juice, pepper, and mint leaves. If you get an egg that is more developed, you'll get a peek at some feathers, bones, and beak.
"I wouldn't recommend eating that much, though," Nicole Ponseca of Maharlika told the Brooklyn Paper. "Too much cholesterol."
From the restaurant's website:
"Participants will compete against each other, 'Coney Island hot dog eating contest'-style to determine who will be crowned balut-eating champion. Possible entrants can e-mail us at iluvbalut@gmail.com, deadline to enroll is 8/23."
So far, only three people have signed up.
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