Eating Grasshoppers

Was just looking through my Koh Lanta photos... Yes, I've finally downloaded the photos from the camera, and came across the photos of us eating GRASSHOPPERS!!! Imagine for all of 10 Baht, you get a packet of cruncy fried grasshoppers dipped in some brown sweet sauce... yummy... haha... think this could make an episode for fear factor.
It all started with the four of us walking through the mud soaked pasar malam. As per my previous post, there really isn't much to do in Koh Lanta at night. This particular night market was frequented by many a local, pretty much like our pasar malams here in Singapore. There were the normal amusement rides and games, stalls selling T-shirts, gifts, household items, etc... and than we came across this"delicacy".
On first sight of the plates of neatly stacked worms, cockroaches and grasshoppers... first reaction was "yucks"! (check them out in the photo!) Then began a dare of who would dare to eat any of the items displayed... at the end of the day, the grasshoppers looked the most palatable of the lot... and we all decided to give it a shot much to the amusement of the stall vendors. I think they were all laughing at the commotion that we were making... all for a few grasshoppers.
Verdict: The grasshoppers really taste quite good... crunchy and all, rather like the packets of chips that you can find in the supermarkets... it's the accompaning sauce that I find rather dodgy... and nope, I really don't wanna know what goes into the sauce.