Carlito Capco has been surrounded by balut his whole life. He’s the head of the biggest traditional balut factory in Manila, in the lively district of Pateros. Before him, his father was doing the same thing,…

Along with insects, balut is probably the Asian delicacy that creeps out westerners the most. It’s a fertilized duck egg in which the embryo has developed for around 3 weeks, sometimes a bit less. It depends…