1 hour ago · China
China eatery creates egg tarts topped with ‘giant cockroaches’, drawing widespread curiosity
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to China. The first report grouped here was at 27 Oct 2026, 10:00 UTC. The headline in use is “China eatery creates egg tarts topped with ‘giant cockroaches’, drawing widespread curiosity”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
A restaurant in Shunde, Guangdong, is turning heads online with a bizarre new dessert: egg tarts topped with crispy water beetles that look exactly like gigantic cockroaches. Shunde is a city known for its Cantonese cuisine and recognised as a Unesco Creative City of Gastronomy.
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
China eatery creates egg tarts topped with ‘giant cockroaches’, drawing widespread curiosity
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