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25 Worst Rated Asian Egg Dishes

Last update: Wed Mar 26 2025
25 Worst Rated Asian Egg Dishes
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Breakfast

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES and  3 more regions
2.5
Balaleet
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The sweet and savory balaleet is a breakfast dish that can be found in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. It is typically made with vermicelli, eggs, cardamom, saffron, butter, and water, but it can also include rosewater, nuts, dried fruits, and honey.


The aromatic mixture is topped with an omelet and served hot or cold, usually for breakfast. During the month of Ramadan, however, it is also served for dinner.

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Street Food

PHILIPPINES
2.7
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Balut is a popular, although unusual Filipino delicacy, served everywhere from street stalls to upscale restaurants. It is a duck egg that has been hard-boiled, fertilized, and incubated. Traditionally, the cooked embryo is consumed straight from the shell.


It is considered an aphrodisiac that is commonly paired with a cold beer on the side. The dish can be seasoned with chili, garlic, vinegar, salt, lemon juice, ground pepper, and mint leaves. It can also be cooked in omelets or used as a filling for pastries. 
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Khai luk khoei or son-in-law eggs is a traditional dish from Thailand. It's made with a combination of hard-boiled eggs, sugar, fish sauce, shallots, chili peppers, tamarind pulp, and cilantro sprigs for garnish. The peeled, hard-boiled eggs are fried in hot oil, then taken out to cool down.


A sauce consisting of shallot oil, fish sauce, tamarind pulp, water, and sugar is then prepared in the same pan until it develops a slightly thick consistency. The eggs are then sliced in half, arranged on a platter, and drizzled over with the sauce. 
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Hoy tod is a traditional dish that's commonly sold at street food stands. This crispy omelet is prepared with plump oysters or mussels (or both) and bean sprouts that are fried after being coated in savory egg batter. Once fried, the omelet is typically garnished with spring onions and served with assorted condiments such as green chili sauce, fish sauce with chili peppers, or tomato sauce.


There's also the spongy and gooey version called or suan, and it's said that men usually prefer or suan, while women opt for the crispy hoy tod.

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Matzah brei or matzo brei is a traditional Jewish dish. It's made with a combination of matzo flatbread and eggs. Both are fried together, then served an eaten for breakfast during Passover. The matzo is torn into pieces, often softened with milk or water, combined with beaten eggs, then fried in butter or oil.


Although the dish is often savory, it can also be prepared in a sweet version with cinnamon, fruit, and honey. The sweet versions are typically topped with applesauce, whipped cream, yogurt, sour cream, or fruit jams. The savory versions are sometimes enriched with the addition of sauerkraut or onions, along with seasonings.

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Dried radish omelet is a traditional dish consisting of beaten eggs combined with dried daikon radishes. The mixture of eggs, finely chopped dried radishes, and green onions is usually fried in a wok until lightly browned on both sides. The dried radishes are briefly stir-fried before they are added to the beaten egg mixture for a more aromatic dish.


Light and fragrant, dried radish omelet is a typical Taiwanese breakfast meal, usually eaten alongside rice porridge. Sun-dried daikon radishes, one of the main ingredients of this dish, are sold in numerous Asian markets and are often used in Taiwanese and Chinese cuisines. 
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Tenshindon is a simple Japanese dish which combines crab meat omelet and rice. It belongs to the broad category of donburi dishes, which includes many Japanese ingredients and meals that are served over rice. The central part of every tenshindon is the omelet which employs crab meat, the authentic Japanese negi onions, and (occasionally) mushrooms, peas, and sliced ginger.


The dish is assembled and usually served in a bowl, in which the rice is placed first, and the omelet is positioned on top. The final addition is a thick sauce that is generously poured over the dish. It is made with different combinations of soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, rice wine, sesame oil, oyster sauce, chicken broth, starch, and occasionally ketchup. 
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Century egg is a Chinese delicacy made by preserving duck, quail, or chicken eggs in a saline solution that consists of salt, clay, and sometimes ash, quicklime, or rice hulls. The solution causes the yolk to develop a creamy texture, and it changes the egg whites into a dark-colored, jelly-like substance.


The dish is thought to have originated during the Ming Dynasty period in Hunan, when a farmer found duck eggs in a pool of slaked lime and decided to eat them. Afterwards, he added salt to the eggs in order to improve the flavor. Today, century egg is often compared to a rich cheese, regarding its sharp scent and flavor, and it is commonly served as an appetizer or a side dish, typically accompanied by rice and pork porridge or pickled ginger root.

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Egg Dish

PHILIPPINES
3.5
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Tokneneng is a traditional dish that's sold as a street food snack. It consists of hard-boiled eggs that are dipped in an orange-colored batter, then deep-fried. The dish is traditionally made with duck eggs, but chicken eggs can also be used. The batter is made with a combination of flour, water, salt, pepper, and annatto powder (or red and yellow food coloring).


Once deep-fried, these eggs are traditionally served with a spiced vinegar-based dip on the side. There's also a variation on the dish called kwek kwek, made with quail eggs.

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Tamago nigiri sushi is a traditional type of nigiri sushi. It consists of hand-pressed sushi rice that's topped with a slice of egg omelet. The dish has a sweet flavor with a clean finish because the eggs are cooked with dashi and sugar. The texture is light and fluffy.


Traditionally, this type of sushi is eaten by hand in a single bite, and it's said that no two sushi restaurants have the same recipe. This type of nigiri should be eaten last because it's a great palate cleanser.

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