Is Balut Legal in the U.S.? In the U.S. two agencies oversee the distribution and regulation of food products. Those two organizations are the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US ...

We went to Maharlika in New York City to try Balut—a hard-boiled egg with a developing duck inside. Balut is a common street food in the Philippines. The waiter at Maharlika told us that this ...

It's called balut, and it's basically a hard-boiled egg with a partially formed duck fetus inside. We learned how to properly eat a balut from Maharlika owner Nicole Ponseca, and then took some ...