Itsy Bitsy Spider ..

"Itsy Bitsy spider climbing up the wall.
Down came the rain and washed the spider off the wall.
Out came the frying pan, and fried up all the spider
So Itsy Bitsy spider become our crunchy snack :) ..."

Fried bugs/insects has long known to be an "exotic" snacks of the indo-chine countries such as Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. So there was no surprise when we saw a pile of fried insects in one of the stall in Psar Cha' in Siem Reap. After passing the stall for many times gamely bought a pack of fried insects (we were still arguing whether it is a cricket or a grasshopper) to give it a try. Verdict, surprisingly good and tasty (not to mention filling too). Although after a while I got sick of the cooking oil taste :( ..

They also sold a horribly scary fried huge spiders that is about the size of a boiled egg! Since I hate (read: scared of) spider, I decided not to try it (although now I think that I should have probably tried at least one :( ..)

I wonder what will happen if the bugs craze reach this tiny island with not much bugs around ... deep fried cochroach anyone?

PS: It so happen that I got a bad stomach ache the same night we snack the insect :)