Eat Ento

It's a bug's life!! 15-17 August will see the launch of Eat Ento... the Insect Fine Dining Pop Up restaurant, supported by Grey Goose Iconoclasts of Taste, a pioneering project which champions new movements in food and drink.

Ento is the brainchild of four graduates from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London who have a unique vision, ‘to introduce insects to the Western diet as a delicious sustainable source of protein.’  Promoting a message of forward looking sustainability, Ento and Grey Goose will host an unforgettable one-of-a-kind dining experience encouraging guests to challenge cultural taboo by sampling fine insect cuisine. In some ways, the challenges Ento face are not dissimilar from those trying to get consumers to buy sushi a few years back!

I am really looking forward to sampling the four course menu which is set to include dishes such as honey caterpillar and grasshopper medallions, which are known for their creamy pistachio nut flavour and will be served alongside wild mushroom ravioli, girolles and black truffle. The menu will be accompanied by a selection of delicious Grey Goose cocktail including the Ento inspired ‘Entomology’ cocktail. 

  

Tickets for Eat Ento are priced at £75, and can be purchased online via greygoosetaste.com with all proceeds going to Ento in support of their vision.

If you aren't able to visit the pop up, you can still try the 'Entomology' cocktail which will be served for a limited time in September at the Covent Garden Cocktail Club, priced at £9.