Eating grasshoppers – Inago
Inago means grasshopper in Japanese. It is a Japanese “delicacy” that is usually served in some restaurants in certain prefectures, most of all in rural areas where I suppose they can be captured and cooked while they are fresh. The other day I found a stall specialized in inago, いなご, in downtown Tokyo. The man selling grasshoppers was very proud of his grasshopers and was recommending different kinds to the passers-by. Besides grasshoppers, he was also selling dry fish, shrimps and clams, a quite curious mix of groceries.
Yamagata grasshoppers just below the stallkeeper.
Grasshoppers on the left, the rest is dry frish and shrimps.
Comments
sixmats
04 March, 2010
Did you try them? I’ve had them once – you need a large beer to wash them down.