Khao San Man

I have been living in Bangkok for just over 6 weeks. With that time I have been moderately disappointed in my travels. Then again its because I have been busy working, so that would be the positive aspect of things.

The other day I finally made it to Khao San Road. This is likely one of the most famous back packer areas in the world. The attitude here is very mellow amongst the expats and there is tons of them. Most with hair braided or matted, wearing t shirts they paid 100 baht for and just relaxed. The change of pace was very different to see from the hustle and bustle of Sukhumvit. After touring around for a bit I decided to up my adventure factor.

How do I do this you might ask? Why don't we toss a little grasshopper into the mix, then wash it down with a cockroach. The best of course is that Kevin caught it on film. My reaction when I try new foods is seldom of disgust but more often of curiosity, you may recognize the face is similar to when I tried durian for the first time. Enjoy! And for heaven's sake, take a shot! Don't let unique opportunities ever pass you by!

I slightly described this in the video. The grasshopper was very crunchy, the texture was nothing crazy. There was also a salty taste to it as well.

The cockroach. Well it was about 3 times the size of the grasshopper and had inside that felt kind of gumlike. Similar the outside was crunchy (it's all fried) and salty. I must have chewed it for 5 minutes. Eventually borrowing some water from Kevin to rinse out my mouth. Seriously a cool experience, honestly not on my daily menu though.

Protein though? You bet, I can't find much online for insects, but 100g of caterpillar contrains 53g protein and apparently grasshoppers are even higher. Talk about a lean source of protein, your average 100g of beef has only 36 and chicken 32.