Berlin - Fancy a delicacy to tempt your taste-buds? How about maggots?

A German restaurant claims to be fully booked after adding these squirmy critters to their menu.

Dishes at the Espitas restaurant in Dresden include maggot ice cream, maggot salads and maggot cocktails.

Apparently, the eatery imports the "nutritious and extremely tasty" maggots from Mexico.

Espitas owner Alexander Wolf said: "We are the first in the world as far as I know to start importing them.

"What started out as a bit of a joke has exceeded all expectations.

"We started serving maggots about a month ago, and now we have guests spreading the word to their friends, and we are now fully booked for weeks ahead.
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