Butter Sushi Is a Thing Now

A sushi restaurant in Osaka, Japan is serving butter sushi — and it's a hit. RocketNews24 writes that the restaurant, Jinen, recently began offering a special called unagi butter sushi, and it's become something of an overnight sensation.

Each piece of sushi is composed of a small mound of sushi rice topped with a slice of unagi (grilled freshwater eel), which is then topped with a pat of butter. A small belt made of nori keeps the butter in place.

Note that this isn't a small pat of butter, this is somewhere between a teaspoon and a tablespoon's worth of butter. It's a generous pat. RocketNews24 translated some of reviews of the sushi on social media: Diners say "it feels like it's melting in your mouth," and one enthusiastic fan wrote, "I could eat this every day!"

じねんのうなぎバター！濃厚でめっちゃ美味しい！！！ pic.twitter.com/uncKZDEHUq

— たっさん (@anpontas3) October 18, 2015

We're not sure if former Dancing With the Stars contestant/disgraced food person Paula Deen likes sushi, but she'd surely approve of sushi topped with butter.