Originally Posted by
EveryPointCounts
Recently I was in Philippines, my friend told to taste balut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_%28egg%29
At first I almost vomit because of the taste, but when I learned how to conquer it(eat it). I don't problems dealing with it.
I think there are two main obstacles that balut poses to westerners: the cuteness factor of baby whatevers, and the strong yolky aspect.
I don't pretend to know anything about the cuteness factor.
I do know that I hate hard-boiled egg yolk. This makes balut 80% disgusting, since it has a very large and concentrated yolk. The "tea" part (fishy-tasting liquid in the airspace of the egg) is okay. And the actual embryo tastes good with plenty of salt.