Dinner Anyone?

There is no shortage of food to choose from in Bangkok. My boys love to scour the streets to find their meals each day. It's fresh, it's tasty, and it's downright delicious. They love it!

Each day around 4ish in a street not far from ours, a lady pushes her cart to her usual set up spot obviously reserved just for her. Every evening she painstakingly sets up her stall to make it look as appealing as she possibly can, in the hope that passers by choose to buy from her.

She's never busy and yet she never gives up. We've observed her for a couple of evenings now, and we've come to the helpful conclusion that it's the food she's selling. It's just not that enticing.

The menu consists of cooked, Bombay Locusts, Grass Hoppers, Silk Worms, Bamboo Worms, Mola Crickets, Crickets, Leaf Chaffers, Locusts, Ants and Frogs.

(If you double click on any of the photo's you get a larger view).

Cody and Taiga don't look enticed!

Why is it that we become so conditioned about what we eat? If it's not chicken, fish, lamb, beef or pork, my kids just won't touch it. Are we missing out? Are we the misguided ones, not eating what is so readily available to us in our own backyards?

I think back to when I was a kid; my mother would creep up on grasshoppers that were chowing down on her well manicured rose bushes and slap two thongs around the offenders. I'm wondering if she shouldn't have been slapping two slices of bread around this possibly tasty treat.

In a world where resources are becoming increasingly scarce I decided we should try eating from her stall and I dragged my reluctant sons along with me.

As we stood there staring at her dinner menu, with just the various bugs on offer, I have to say, nothing really appealed. It was going to have to be process of elimination. The things we really couldn't stomach down to the things that we may be able to keep down.

All I can say is I'm sure those Bamboo Worms have taken up residence in my throat.

x Lisa ( slightly nauseous mum )

See the following video for my taste test.