"How can I eat something so cute?""This dish" that's rising in the U.S. these days.

Guinea-Pike Barbecue / New York Post

A restaurant in New York, the United States, is making headlines for selling guinea pig baked dishes.

According to the New York Post on the 12th (local time), a restaurant in the Queens Corona area is attracting the attention of gourmets by introducing roasted guinea pigs, a traditional Ecuadorian dish.

Lucio Barrera, the restaurant's manager, said, "It's more delicious than chicken or rabbit meat," adding, "It's especially the best part of the head." The price is about $110 (about 140,000 won), but the restaurant is reportedly struggling to secure guinea pigs to meet demand.Manager Barrera, who is from Ecuador

, said he initially ran a chicken restaurant but started cooking guinea pigs at the request of Ecuadorians during COVID-19.

Guinea pigs are a traditional ingredient that has been around Ecuador for thousands of years. As a low-fat high-protein food, it is attracting attention as a sustainable alternative food because it has less breeding space and resources than cattle and pigs.

Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team