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Globetrotting
The early bird catches the worm
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Pan Yizhong eats worms during an eating race in Liuyang in Hunan, China. Yizhong has eaten 147 dumplings in one sitting, and polished off 40 bowls of noodles in 15 minutes — and now China's most renowned competitive eater is searching for his most ambitious challenge yet, even though he says his hobby has cost him his marriage.
Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao
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Plates of ant eggs with: chrysanthemums (L), "acociles" (small crayfish) with avocado and onion (2nd R), small pancakes of mosquito eggs with nopal (cactus leaves) and pumpkin flowers (2nd- L) and "chapulines" (Grasshoppers) flamed in mezcal (R) at Don Chon restaurant, Mexico City.
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A plate of ant eggs with chrysanthemums at Don Chon restaurant's kitchen. The Restaurant Bar Don Chon, in downtown Mexico City, was founded in 1924, specialises in exotic Mexican food.
Photos: AFP /Omar Torres
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