Insects and unusual animals I ate today, In Santa Monica & Pasadena Options

[mikekk86]

Scorpions


Crickets


Sea Worms


Ants


Frog Legs


My meal


My finished meal


From left to right: Ostrich, Crocodile, Turtle, Kangaroo

The places I went to eat this stuff were Typhoon and the other place was Luigi and Ortega's Cafe.

This post has been edited by mikekk86: Jan 9 2009, 02:59 AM

[Sumpit]

you know what ..it actually looks quite tasty
I'm familiar with the crickets, frog legs & turtle satay. the last one is yuuummm
How does the scorpion taste like? Is it crispy?
oh man, asians can cook anything.. and it'll have a good flavor!
you got my hungry

[HaloShaker]

Cool pics.

What did you make of each of the insects that you tried out?

I've had kangaroo before and it's great. It tastes similar to beef, but if you eat enough beef you can sense the difference.

I've heard that croc tastes like a very meaty fish?

How were the ostrich and turtle?

[Dim_Sum_4_U]

Those sea worms looked like fried noodles and frog legs taste really good. Anyways, that meal was loaded with protein. Did you order all that from a Thai restaurant or did you make it yourself?

[mikekk86]

you know what ..it actually looks quite tasty
I'm familiar with the crickets, frog legs & turtle satay. the last one is yuuummm
How does the scorpion taste like? Is it crispy?
oh man, asians can cook anything.. and it'll have a good flavor!
you got my hungry

Scorpion...it doesn't have a very distinct taste...I'd say it's all in the texture. That's how I felt about the crickets too. Yea, it's kind of crispy...lol.

Cool pics.

What did you make of each of the insects that you tried out?

I've had kangaroo before and it's great. It tastes similar to beef, but if you eat enough beef you can sense the difference.

I've heard that croc tastes like a very meaty fish?

How were the ostrich and turtle?

The ants were actually my favorite since they have a citrus taste to them it's as if they were a flavoring agent. However, I'm not sure if the citrus taste is from the venom in their stingers?? My throat had a very mild soreness to it..I wonder if it was from the ants? Crickets and scorpion didn't have any specific taste I could make out...the texture is what separates those insects from anything else. The least favorite was the sea worms. They were really crispy and the taste was just not great or really bad...just filler weird stuff. Crocodile does taste like a meaty fish. After I ate more of it I started tasting the saltiness of it. I'd say Ostrich and Kangaroo were the most delicious. Turtle was tough and chewy.

Those sea worms looked like fried noodles and frog legs taste really good. Anyways, that meal was loaded with protein. Did you order all that from a Thai restaurant or did you make it yourself?

The restaurant was an asian fusion restaurant. The scorpions were singapore style, the crickets were taiwanese style, and the sea worms were thai. They also had Mongolian lamb/beef, filipino things, chinese, vietnamese, etc.

[mndeg]

interesting restaurant

[fadedmofo]

was it expensive? i'd eat it

[mikekk86]

The insects all ranged around $11 a plate. The various meats, if you got all four of them kabob style, was $11 as well.

[JakeCutter]

Tame. Now try eating human flesh.

This post has been edited by JakeCutter: Nov 6 2008, 03:30 AM

[HaloShaker]

was it expensive? i'd eat it

^I'd eat it too.

Mikekk, what did the ostrich taste like?

Any similarity to turkey?

[mikekk86]

^I'd eat it too.

Mikekk, what did the ostrich taste like?

Any similarity to turkey?

Ostrich was definitely one of my favorites. It's like a beefier turkey.....though it doesn't taste at all like turkey. It's kind of unique. Kangaroo is unique too...it's got some musk to the taste... You people need to try it to understand I guess.

[LadyNessa]

oh wow, disgusting.

i bet it was delicious.

[Dim_Sum_4_U]

Hmm asian fusion restaurant. I've been to some in D.C and lets just say they aren't good. Where is the restaurant that you went to?

[mizcurious]

what's the name of the restaurant? i'll like to visit it =)

[Xian]

Wow, that's really cool.

Which type of meat tastes the best in your opinion? Ostrich, Crocodile, Turtle, or Kangaroo?

[ilu]

Eww, I didn't like kangaroo meat at all.. it was really gamey and left a bad aftertaste in my mouth.

Omg you're brave for eating all that food... my bros n parents have eaten sea snails before :| I refused tho

[Chillin]

I love eating ilubugs

[Susiedolz]

eww the onli things i would eat are the meats on the stick....

not touchin insects :S

[felltohell]

i admire how you're adventurous enough to try those
but won't work for me

[Pogpog]

Sea Worms

how come these sea worms have fish eyes? i've never seen a sea worm with eyes or even heard of it.

it looks more to me like some kind fish frys than sea worms.