What if selling balut (fertilized duck egg ... or ghost hunters—Niko is just an ordinary kid trying to help his family make ends meet. Hapunan’s realism goes beyond the main character as ...

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 ...