This dish is up for grubs

At these 10 restaurants, you can bite into buttery silkworms, snack on crunchy locusts, or order tangy ants. See how they make bugs taste delish

- Christalle Fernandes

1 Takeo, Tokyo.

At first glance, it's like any other Japanese café - cosy, lit by warm lights, and impossibly well-styled food displays. Look closer. The shelves are stocked with packets of ready-to-eat crispy locusts, bamboo worms, and chocolate-covered black crickets. From the menu, you can order bee lemon sodas, a waterbug cider ice cooler, cricket pastas, and grilled silkworm sausages. They also advise you how to whip up your own edible insect meals. High-key sounds good.

2 Quintonil, Mexico City.

Mexican food is more than just tacos, nachos, and quesadillas. Why not try an avocado tartare with a side of ant larvae? Or a salsa made of stink bugs?

Or fish barbecued in a grasshopper marinade? These are the stand-out insect-themed dishes that chef Jorge Vallejo serves at his two-Michelin-star restaurant. Rumour has it that the food is so good, it brings diners to tears.

3 Fura Bar, Singapore.

Who hasn't, at some point, craved a jellyfish-and-quail martini, or a fermented pumpkin and pineapple wine, right? The bar serves both, but the big draw is the spicy, mealworm margarita.