Letter From Tokyo

It’s a bug’s life: Insects buzz their way back into Japanese cuisine

Mr Yuta Shinohara, owner of insect fine-dining restaurant Antcicada in Tokyo. ST PHOTO: WALTER SIM
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TOKYO – “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” goes the long-running gag.

That bug in your soup, however, may well be put there deliberately, with insects having come to be regarded as a next-generation, sustainable source of food.

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