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Eating bugs in Belgium

Bugs are on the menu in Belgium, where some restaurants and shops are increasingly offering insects to customers. Are bugs like crickets and mealworms the "food of the future" or are they another food fad that won't take off? Watch this raw video to see what some people think about edible insects.

'It's OK - it's really good, in fact,' woman says after sampling edible insect

RAW: Insect cuisine in Belgium

10 years ago
Duration 1:32
Belgian restaurants and supermarkets begin to stock insects as an alternative food source

Bugs are on the menu in Belgium, where some restaurants and shops are increasingly offering products that include crickets, mealworms or other insects to customers.

At least one woman who sampled an insect came away impressed. "It's OKit's really good, in fact,"she said after sampling a bug.But another supermarket shopper wasn't so sure. "I look at them but I'm afraid of the texture of the product, not the flavour."