Quail eggs

Quail eggs are the small eggs of quails, which are edible and widely regarded as a delicacy. Because quails have long been farmed in large numbers, the eggs have been readily available and eaten across the world. In China, Taiwan and Hong Kong they are braised and served with rice or in siu mai, and packaged cooked eggs are a common snack in shops and from street vendors. In Japan they appear raw or cooked as tamago in sushi and in bento lunches. Korea sells large bags of boiled eggs in grocery stores, Vietnam sells them at street stalls as an inexpensive snack with beer, the Philippines batter and deep-fry them as kwek-kwek, and Indonesia sells them hard-boiled or skewered as satay. In Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela a boiled egg commonly tops hot dogs and hamburgers.