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A young lady tries a worm dish at a
Yunnan-style restaurant in Beijing on Nov. 1, 2007. "Worm dishes" are
quite popular lately among white-collar girls in the city. (Photo:
ic.eastday.com)
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BEIJING, Nov. 2 -- Steamed stick insect, sweet saute chrysalis,
fried grasshopper -- these unique "worm dishes" have had a resurgence in
popularity among white-collar women in Beijing.
The dishes are actually part of the cuisine of southwestern China's Yunnan
Province, an area that is home to quite a number of insects.
In Beijing, restaurants serving Yunnan-style food are frequently visited by
white-collar girls who are eager to try the latest culinary trend.
"I've tried all kinds of worm dishes, and I've fallen in love with them," a
young woman told the 'Beijing Evening News'.
"Why do we eat worms? Because they are good for our health, especially our
skin," she said.
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A young lady tries a worm dish at a
Yunnan-style restaurant in Beijing on Nov. 1, 2007. "Worm dishes" are
quite popular lately among white-collar girls in the city. (Photo:
ic.eastday.com)
Photo Gallery>>> |
A manager of a Yunnan-style restaurant in Beijing said that every week
customers eat nearly fifty kilograms of insects, which are carried here by air
from Yunnan.
These special dishes contain nutritional components such as protein, amino
acids, vitamins and fatty acids, according to research done by the Institute of
Nutrition and Food Science at Kunming Medical College.
However, consuming too much "worm nutrition" may not be healthy since the
dishes are often fried, said doctors with the Nutrition Department at Peking
Union Medical College Hospital.
(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)
