Because sushi—the venerated, refined, exquisite tradition of edible still life from the Japanese Edo period—just isn’t good enough, a California restaurant (from the same state that birthed the sushi croissant) has now invented the sushi donut. According to Los Angeles magazine, Project Poke in Fountain Valley, CA pipes in avocado, crab, or tuna mousse into a ring of rice, then elegantly drapes this rice inner tube with sashimi, sesame seeds, and other accoutrements. Let us state, for the record, that this sounds pretty delicious.
But as with most of these wacky culinary inventions, there’s a formula to becoming a viral hit:
1. Repackage the delivery vehicle into a slightly different, preferably familiar shape.