I Eat Bugs…That’s Right, I Said it!

Okay, well maybe I don’t eat insects on a regular basis…but tonight I made an exception. I won’t lie, I’ve always been curious.

I have a friend who writes avidly about food on her own blog. Somehow we got onto the topic of bugs and soon a new mission developed. The mission? Find a decent restaurant that serves insect dishes and experiment review the experience.

Now when I say decent restaurant, I mean one where they don’t harvest the food from the bushes in the backyard. So we found this very nice gourmet restaurant called Typhoon in Santa Monica with a variety of dishes.

We selected the Singapore-Style Scorpions and the Taiwanese Crickets. The scorpions were way smaller than you would fear imagine and were served on this very tasty shrimp toast. All in all, pretty harmless experience. The taste of the scorpion was blended with the deliciousness. One down, one to go.

The crickets were regular “cricket size”…wings and all. They were stir fried with various other things until the whole meal was crunchy. The result was not that bad. I ate the majority of the plate. Didn’t feel grossed out once. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite the same with my partner in that aspect, but we both came out of the experience with a sense of accomplishment.

My curiosity was satisfied. I’m Fear Factor ready. At least, I feel like I could survive on a few episodes of Lost…