Almost all of the time, Pest Control is a very serious business where there is not much room for fun, but last week, on June 4th, we at Ehrlich Pest Control hosted a pop-up “Pestaurant” in Washington, DC in which pests were an integral part of the menu. The event held at “DC power restaurant” Occidental Grill was but one of the many insect-eating events being hosted by our parent company, Rentokil, throughout the world.
Ehrlich donated $5 to the DC Central Kitchen for anyone who chose to eat a pest, and $20 for anyone who entered a cricket-eating contest. Through our efforts at this event, we raised over $6,000 for the kitchen which serves 5,000 meals a week to low-income and at-risk citizens in US capital.
When “Pestaurant on Pennsy” opened at 11:30 am there was a line of people waiting to get their hands on some tasty critters. Not only was the attendance strong at Pestaurant but there was also multiple news networks covering the event including NPR, The Washington Post, RT,USA Today and more. The buzz on Social Media was astounding as the hashtag #Pestaurant was Tweeted by attendees well beyond Washington, DC, including countries such as Trinidad, France, Belgium, South Africa, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
Below we have shared some of our favorite Tweets and pictures from each respective country.
United States
Wow–some gourmet entomophagy! RT @NPRFood: At ‘Pestaurant,’ Grasshopper Burgers Win Over Eaters Who Say ‘Yuck’ http://t.co/xAbb2uhPOF
— UW-Madison CALS (@UWMadisonCALS) June 5, 2014
What’s for lunch? At this “pestaurant” it could be grasshopper burgers http://t.co/ZFuOjBODX5 pic.twitter.com/XgBP1zQhzz
— grist (@grist) June 8, 2014
Blogging about this “pestaurant” next on my #glutenfree blog http://t.co/LO3bP2GYnf via @elizabarclay @NPRFood pic.twitter.com/nay0ritVvB
— Lauren Katz (@Laur_Katz) June 5, 2014
Eating grasshopper burger and barbecued mealworms at Pestaurant, a DC pop-up restaurant sponsored by @EhrlichPest pic.twitter.com/IXljJ2S2AY
— NIFA (@USDA_NIFA) June 4, 2014
Mexican Mealworms for lunch. Andrew Zimmern would be proud. Anything for dccentralkitchen #pestaurant http://t.co/kNduqkGace
— Rock Harper (@Rock_Harper) June 4, 2014
#pestaurant is now trending in #DC http://t.co/HlZZ21cSYz
— Trendsmap DC (@TrendsDC) June 4, 2014
Trinidad
Chocolate brownie with crickets anyone? #Pestaurant tent at Brian Lara Promenade in Trinidad pic.twitter.com/u4eE3iVtsO
— Haydn Dunn (@HaydnDunn) June 4, 2014
Netherlands
Wil je een lekkere worm in je muffin? Check dan het Pestaurant van @nl_rentokil in @HoogCatharijne_ #massa #utrecht pic.twitter.com/5SY9ZuJtpw
— Massa (@massamedianl) June 4, 2014
Vanmiddag voor een videoreportage aanwezig geweest bij het #pestaurant in Utrecht. Ga er zeker heen, alleen vandaag! pic.twitter.com/YL96GslfQl
— Bas Scharwachter (@BasScharwachter) June 4, 2014
France
RT @RI_France Venez découvrir les sucettes aux insectes au #Pestaurant @Rentokil pic.twitter.com/oztpLsNPLB #LaDéfense
— La Défense (@LaDefensefr) June 4, 2014
Look who’s buzzing around in #Paris today at la defense #pestaurant @Rentokil pic.twitter.com/ukyOAPxuTY
— lois (@surfincookster) June 4, 2014
United Kingdom
Who’s heading to WritersSquare today for a #pestaurant lunch? pic.twitter.com/sy6QHHwkf1
— Belfast Times (@Belfasttimes) June 4, 2014
Belfast #pestaurant today was amazing!! Great to be involved in #worldpestaurantday pic.twitter.com/ysyECOCzxc
— Leanne Dawson (@leannedawson001) June 4, 2014
South Africa
Suga did it! She tried a roasted locust. As her face shows….not cool. Would u be open 2 eating insects? #pestaurant pic.twitter.com/QEaQnlBTIU
— Heart 104.9FM (@Heart1049FM) May 23, 2014
Its for real! Its @rentokil Pestaurant. Altogether now, eeuww! Get your own back on cricket infestation @goodfoodSA pic.twitter.com/h5iBmNudlj
— Tami Magnin (@rumtumtiggs) May 29, 2014
To learn more about Global Pestaurant Day, visit www.pestaurant.com
Did you attend a Pestaurant event? Share your experiences in the comments below!
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