After Amsterdam and the keukenhof gardens. We finally got a day to spend in Den Haag. It’s a often overlooked city for tourists who head out to the more fancy Amsterdam and the tulip fields.
Hungover and hungry we ventured out to get some food in us and stumbled upon this place called bagels and means. looked like your average hipster place offering bagels and drinks like turmeric almond latte. But what makes it interesting is that it has a book store attached and you can pick up n read a book if you want. Cursory glance at the menu and sitting right there in between the bagels was something that caught our eye- the bug bagel. Without a second thought that’s what we ordered. So after a waiting for a while sipping are hipster lattes it arrives. The piece de resistance- Bagel with roasted crickets and meal 🐛, served on a warm sesame bagel with you choice of cream cheese ?(we picked the tomato pesto cream coz we thought it would mask the taste of the bugs. So Abhay being the pussy he is asked me to take the first bite and it was.. how do I put it- UNDERWHELMING.
I wasn’t really expecting it to be amazing, but I was hoping for something memorable- but it was just crunchy. Even though it wasn’t as revolting as I thought it would be, one half of my brain was like - “spit it out. It’s an icky bug” and the other going like -“ be a polite lady your in a public place, just swallow it”.
After a few bites the gag reflex lessened and i actually enjoyed it. I guess its one of those mind over matter things.
Was it a fun experience? Yes it was. Would I order it again? Nope!!!!
Did I need to smoke a blunt right after that to chill and not throw up- nope, but its always nice to smoke up eh!!!