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Grasshoppers Can Be Street Meat, Too!
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Garth Johnston
Published Oct 24, 2011
Modified Oct 24, 2011
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Chapulines, anyone? Because sometimes everybody wants a little Fear Factor in their life (without actually watching the soon to reboot show), the much loved trio of Midtown Mexican food trucks El Rey del Sabor is serving up some tasty grasshopper dishes while supplies last this week only.
The truck's chapulines have been imported from Mexico and will be available in tacos, burritos, quesadillas and tortas. Worth ordering, we say, if only to see the look on your cubemates face when you come back bearing bugs for lunch. And anyway, we hear they go great with guac!
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