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This Restaurant Is Putting Giant ‘Water Cockroaches’ on Egg Tarts, and People Are Actually Eating Them

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In Shunde, Guangdong, one eatery is going viral for purposely including those very things on their treats that many of us strive to keep out of our food — crispy fried diving beetles, resembling giant cockroaches (colloquially and locally dubbed “water cockroaches”), are now being placed on egg tarts. This curious menu item appeared in October.



The nutritious beetle is considered a local delicacy and finds its use in traditional Chinese medicine. South China Morning Post tells us,

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