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

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wsletter07 - Mr Yuta Shinohara, 29, owner of insect fine-dining restaurant Antcicada in Tokyo 

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Mr Yuta Shinohara, owner of insect fine-dining restaurant Antcicada in Tokyo.

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“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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