CNNTraveller’s Jon Gorvett writes “At times it’s frenetically busy, at others, tropically languorous, but one thing remains a constant in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. As life in the city makes its chuntering motor-rickshaw ride from the brash to the blissfully gentle, when it comes to food here, there are always surprises in store.”

Yet a few blocks away, and at the strictly-for-connoisseurs end of the scale, a market stall around the Pasar Thmei will sell you a whole kilo of roasted grasshoppers for less than a dollar. Then, nearby on Kampuchea Krom, you can pick up a handful of crunchy dead beetles to munch down raw, or sprinkle in your stir-fry for an esoteric twist.

Indeed, these insectoid protein supplements were recently advocated by no less a person than Angelina Jolie, UN goodwill ambassador and movie actress, famed for her unconventional approach. On a recent visit to Cambodia she vowed to raise her kids on such unconventional staples.