Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant fined for serving dessert topped with ants

Prosecutors sought jail term for chief executive of Evett after insects not approved for consumption were on menu A South Korean court has fined the operator of one of Seoul’s most celebrated restaurants and its chief executive for serving a dessert topped with ants, an insect not approved for consumption under local food safety law. The operator of Evett, a two-Michelin-star restaurant in the affluent Gangnam district, was fined 10m won (£5,400) and its chief executive 15m won, Newsis reported .