MOSCOW (NBC News) - Moscow's latest food craze appears to have scurried straight from the river bed onto diners' plates. It's a burger made of rodent meat.
A chef at a russian bistro said the burger is simple, tasty and full of nutrients.
It is made from the meat of a "nutria", or river rat.
Burgers made from its meat look like most hamburgers.
They have become the latest must-have dish in the Russian capital.
The chef said the rodent's meat has nutritional benefits that have recently been discovered.
He insists the river rodent is not actually a rat.
The U.S. Agriculture Department describes the nutria as a two-foot long, invasive rodent.
The nutria burger sells at the Moscow restaurant for the equivalent of about $8.50 in U.S. dollars.
