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TOKYO: To woo young customers more fond of burgers than traditional whale cuisine [ed. they're just not eating enough whalemeat, DAMNIT!], a Japanese restaurant has come up with a new taste sensation: the fried whaleburger.

The sandwich, which features fried whale meat nestled in a bun with salad greens and lashings of mayonnaise and ketchup-based sauce, is the creation of a small whale restaurant in the town of Wada, about 100km southeast of Tokyo.

“Young people think whale and bread really go together well, so the burgers are quite popular,” said restaurant owner Akiji Ichihara.

For the whaleburger and a whale cutlet sandwich, both of which sell for 300 yen, he uses the meat of Baird’s Beaked whales taken by Wada-based ships.

The third sandwich option, a whale hot dog priced at 350 yen, is made from minke whale meat taken by the “scientific whaling” programme run by the Japanese government.

Scientific whaling. Right.

I have to admit being curious. I’d prolly try one if I went to Japan.

Read more here.

Also, read about Japan taking over the International Whaling Comission (via instapundit).

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