I would never eat that, to lets get another order.
This experience occurred when my friends and I decided to have dinner after our Lectures were done in Toronto. We went to a restaurant called El Catrin. We decided to share an appetizer, and I let one of my friends decide that appetizer while I went to the washroom. I came back and asked him what he ordered, I was told that we were sharing a GUACAMOLE EN LA MESA. To my understanding its a guacamole dip with chips. When the appetizer arrived we were served the guacamole dip, the chips, and two small sauce containers that did not contain sauce.
This is my experience with Crickets.
At first glance everything said no. I was then asked by our server to at least give it a try. after much persuasion, I took one, dipped it into the guacamole dip and ate it. up until this point all I was seeing was CRICKET, It sounded like a bunch of Fried crickets in a sauce container, it felt exactly how i imagined it. It felt like Fried cricket. There was nothing left for the imagination. Until I tried it.
I was surprised, because it tasted nothing like how I imagined it would and its smell was a nutty earthy smell. To me it Tasted exactly like roasted peanuts. I was still unsure, so I took another one. but this time without guacamole. And again it tasted like an airy peanut. It was not bad, and I really liked it. Although I did enjoy it more with the guacamole. I found that its earthy, peanut flavor went really well with the sweetness/sharpness of the onion, cilantro and the sour flavor from lemon in the guacamole dip. The Guacamole dip was really well seasoned with good levels of salt and spice. I ended up finishing one of the sauce containers filled with crickets by myself. On top of that I ordered another serving of Crickets. It had a weird savory flavor that made you just chewing away. Would I order this menu item again? Yes, without a second thought.
What I learned from this experience;
How much of an impact your eyes have on your palate, to a point to which I would have never eaten the crickets if I was not pressured in a positive way to try it. I also realized that even though my nose, did not mind the smell the texture and the way it was presented turned me off in the beginning.
Another is that sometimes you have to ignore certain senses as they could cause you to miss out on something amazing.
But what I feel changed the most is my perspective on choice of food and limitations that I place on my self. This experience taught me that you have to try everything at least once before making a judgment.
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