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Friday, Apr. 26, 2002 - 8:57 a.m.
First came the hamburger. Now, from Japan, the whaleburger. This newest contribution to world sandwich cuisine is the brainstorm of "Kujiraya," or "Place of Whales," a small shop in the port city of Shimonoseki, 490 miles southwest of Tokyo, and just a short taxi ride from this year's meeting of the International Whaling Commission that is discussing the controversial industry. Featuring whale meat in a barbeque-like sauce between two slabs of pressed rice instead of bread he Whale Rice Burger retails for 300 yen compared with 85 yen for a McDonald's hamburger.
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