Eat the whales

I thought I was all badass for having tried alligator meat (which is delicious) on a trip to New Orleans a few years back. Then I read about this.

To woo young customers more fond of burgers than traditional whale cuisine, 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 100 km (62 miles) southeast of Tokyo.

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

The restaurant also sells a whale cutlet sammich and a whale...hot dog. They're all apparently selling well, though the article doesn't say what the whale meat tastes like. I'm guessing chicken.

On an interesting side note, look at which section of the Reuters website this article is posted in--"World Crises." There's no mention anywhere in the article of a crisis of any sort. A sly editorial comment on the practice of eating whale meat, perhaps?