Tales of Asia: Eating spider at pub street

I've read that the average person eats up to 4 spiders in sleep during his lifetime.  But those are bimmo spiders, the itsy bitsy tiney spiders. Creepy! And what if you remove 'in sleep', would you dare eat spiders? 

Before jetsetting to Indochina, I've watched on YouTube how the people of Myanmar, Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries eat spiders and other creepy insects. There was even a video from a rural area where the locals harvest mount of spiders, cook them and put different seasonings! Biting it would make a crackling sound. The insect bitten apart is just like biting the pizza where the rubbery mozzarella slips away from the pizza bread.

So by the time I got to pub street- the liveliest place of Siem Reap famous for bars and food scene, I scoured the area where to find mr spidey. 

When I found a mobile cart selling insects,  I was shocked at how expensive one tiny insect costs. Tourists can take a photo of the insects for half a dollar and eat one piece for one dollar. I thought I might as well try! After all, I went there to experience eating insects just like how I've watched it on YouTube.

The spider they sell was the big black hairy one. It was indeed crunchy and flavorful. But it left a burning sensation on my tongue that lasted for a couple of days. That was my first time to eat such, too bad I've got no video of myself eating spidey.