Scrambled eggs for a dollar or elite eggs for 89 dollars: what to choose for breakfast in Tokyo?

A dozen eggs from Jidori hens from Japan will cost the buyer $ 89 (5,8 thousand rubles). This product has a number of useful properties, and it is difficult to compare it with ordinary eggs. The yolk of such an egg is so dense that you can take it with your fingers, and it will not spill.

A group of bloggers from the Worth It project decided to check whether these eggs are really that good. They compared them with an omelet of ordinary eggs for $ 1 (66 rubles). The result was interesting.

The Japanese, famous for their longevity and healthy national cuisine, eat a lot of eggs. On average, a Japanese person consumes about 320 eggs a year. Therefore, the country of the Rising Sun is in third place in terms of egg consumption after Mexico and Malaysia.

In several prefectures of Japan, farmers breed laying hens of the Jidori breed. They are more fastidious about food and conditions of detention, but with proper care they give high-quality products.

By crossing subspecies, farmers managed to get a breed that carries high-quality eggs, the price of which is $ 89 per dozen.

They are delivered in a gift box made of wood with a quality mark. Each egg is specially labeled. The cover letter indicates exactly when the batch was packaged, recommendations for preparation and a list of useful properties.

The most popular way to taste such eggs is raw. The dish is called Tamako kake gohan. The egg is broken into a pillow of boiled rice, after which it is seasoned with a small amount of soy sauce.

Jidori eggs are absolutely safe, so they can and should be tasted raw.

All this looks very appetizing and quite possibly a couple of dozen of these eggs will really be useful for the body. But $89? Is it worth giving such money for some chicken eggs?

To answer this question, the Worth It team went to Tokyo's Tsukiji Market, which has become a kind of local attraction.

There is a Tamagoyaki restaurant on the market, which has been serving a single dish for three decades. This is an omelet made according to a special recipe, a portion of which will cost $ 1.

The owner of the cafe is very scrupulous about the quality of products, and ordinary eggs are used in the preparation of a branded omelet.

The omelet turns out to be rectangular, very airy and tender. In consistency, it rather resembles butter.

Worth It tasters noted that the omelet is really delicious, but not as good as the Jidori egg dish. Their price may be overstated, but this product is really high-quality and delicious.

An interesting fact is that Jidori eggs are used to prepare a very specific dish — Kuro–tamago, that is, "black eggs". They are boiled in the volcanic water of the Owakudani Valley spring.