Eating a Grasshopper in Bangkok, Thailand

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4 Aug 2009

Thats what it looks like when someone eats a grasshopper for the first time. It was really crunchy, and the little parts of the creature’s exoskeleton were hard to get out of my teeth. I was sober doing this, and tried to wash out the remains of the bug quickly with the last of my friend’s beer, but I still tasted grasshopper. I had fried “baby squid” the next day in Singapore, which tasted almost the same.

Bug Store on Wheels
Bug store on wheels in the streets of Bangkok, Thailand.
Grasshoppers up close
Close-up of the species I ate.
Weird Bugs
Low inventory. These must have been popular, or just hard to keep in stock. These guys were huge. You couldn’t pay me to eat these ones.
Weird Bugs to eat
Not as popular.
More Weird Bugs to Eat
Don’t know what these are called, but I may have to give them a try next time.
Worms to Eat

Some sort of larvae or worm.

5 Responses to Eating a Grasshopper in Bangkok, Thailand

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Helena

August 5th, 2009 at 5:08 am

My sister ate a live grasshopper. On film. She had it wave bye-bye to the camera first. (Eww.)

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Aunt Joan

August 7th, 2009 at 5:20 am

I clicked this link with some trepidation, and now I know why. YUCK!!

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A Night Out in Singapore | Kimchi Soup

August 13th, 2009 at 7:51 pm

[...] Eunmi in bliss.  The little brown things on the white plate were fried baby squid. I thought I ordered calamari. They tasted more like fried grasshoppers. [...]

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CaptGsGirl

November 15th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

Yum…have you tried the silk worms in Seoul yet? I’m not a fan. I ate one given to me to be nice. (No good deed goes unpunished, or something like that…)

My husband and I also had fried scorpions in Beijing. Surprisingly, they were quite good! They were crunchy and salty–like potato chips.

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admin

November 15th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

Yup, I’ve tried bundeggi. Really gross. You can smell it from a mile away…..

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The author of this blog journal was adopted form Korea at the age of 6. He was adopted and raised by a Jewish-American family (not a joke). The purpose of his extended return trip to Korea is to learn more about his birth-family history, learn the Korean language, and immerse himself in daily Korean life to fully experience true Korean culture.

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