A post shared by @oym__ on Jul 16, 2017 at 4:43am PDT Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe July 26 (UPI) -- Japanese social media users are sharing photos of the latest food trend in the country -- using McDonald's burgers as drink toppers. The trend, Kotaku reported, is known variously as "drink x hamburger" and "hamburger straw" and involves punching a hole in the middle of a burger to allow the straw to be inserted through the middle and into the beverage. Advertisement The "hamburger straw" has been done with sandwiches as thick as a Big Mac, and photos posted to Instagram show some adventurous photographers using McChicken sandwiches and various breakfast sandwiches to top their drinks. Observers suggested in Cosmopolitan the trend may have been inspired by a trend that began last summer, when people started photographing iced coffee beverages with doughnuts around the straws. A post shared by みちゃき (@micyaki___n) on Jul 21, 2017 at 7:13am PDT Advertisement A post shared by 渡辺亜希子 (@watanabe_akiko) on Jul 22, 2017 at 9:20pm PDT A post shared by moe (@im_mmoe) on Jul 20, 2017 at 1:46am PDT A post shared by UWASA (@uwasalabo) on Jul 18, 2017 at 8:29pm PDT Advertisement A post shared by たかひろ (@kumeda.kumeda) on Jul 22, 2017 at 2:39pm PDT Read More Snortable chocolate powder promises drug-free buzz China bans Winnie-the-Pooh mentions from social media 'Watermelon dress' trend uses perspective illusion to create faux fashions 'Cup Blowing Challenge' leaves Twitter users breathless