A restaurant slammed for serving up dishes of endangered species such as killer whales and piranha sushi has added another meal to its controversial menu.
The venue, located in Yokohama, Japan, is not for the faint-hearted or animal lovers.
Named Chinju-ya, the restaurant offers strangely-named nosh such as reindeer hot pots, squirrel chitatap, snow shark liver and aged brown bear.

The latest addition? Deep-fried axolotl.
Chinju-ya claims to be the only place in the country serving meals of the amphibian.
The Mexican axolotl is listed as critically-endangered, with only 1,000 believed to exist in the wild.

Claiming to raise the animal in captivity, the restaurant has sparked outrage after sharing the news on social media, with a post gaining gained over 27,300 views so far.

“Incredible! These animals are very loved and protected in Mexico,” said Nelson.
Alexis wrote: “NO axolotls!!!”
Another person added: “Eat me but the axolotls noooo.”

“Don’t kill axolotls, as Mexicans we know they are endangered and you kill them even though you have them in captivity, it’s free No, it’s a false freedom for them, please don’t kill them,” added Nessi.
“Son of a b***h, don’t mess with my friends the axolotls,” wrote someone else.
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