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NATURE & GASTRONOMY

khai samphao (century egg)

A khai samphao or khai yiew mah (fig.), in English known as a century egg.

The yolk is dark greyish-green, whereas the egg white is a dark brown, transparent jelly, in contrast to the Burmese jelly egg, which is a beautiful golden amber, with a deep ochre-coloured yolk (fig.).