This Restaurant in Japan Might Have Started a Butter on Sushi Trend

Editorial Staff

October 26, 2015

@yoshitch

There’s yet another food item made better by butter (that you wouldn’t have guessed): sushi.

@_SSK321

The Jinen chain of restaurants in Japan has a surprising hit on their hands with their unagi butter sushi, according to RocketNews24.

@yoshitch

The sushi roll consists of vinegared sushi rice topped with a slice of unagi (grilled freshwater eel) and a long pat of butter all wrapped together by a slice of nori seaweed.

@mihotamiho

Needless to say, the creation looks to be a unique melt-in-your-mouth experience.

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