1. Fried tarantulas, Cambodia
Let start as we mean to go on with this astounding dish that you don’t have to be arachnophobic to run screaming down the street!
Have you heard of the myth of humans ingesting eight spiders each year while sleeping? Rest assured, it is just that, a myth. However, if you find yourself in Skuon, Cambodia, you can put that into practice while you are wide awake!
This delicacy has a rather tragic backstory as they were first discovered to be edible by starving Cambodians in the bloody, brutal days of the Khmer Rouge rule. Since then, they have gone from being the vital sustenance of oppressed masses to a delicacy that only the bravest of tourists would even consider trying.
