Birth of the balut, in Pateros
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,…
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Balut, the ugly duckling embryo
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…
One-day-old-chick on a stick
These little chicks are so cute. It is one of the Filipino snacks I was dying to try. It’s made of mini-chickens, barely out of their egg and already on a stick. Just born, just killed,…
