A Dunedin takeaway has taken the humble cheese roll and deep fried it. So what do people at Petridish shared office space think?

It's hard to improve on perfection, but a Dunedin takeaway shop has introduced a deep-fried cheese roll to its menu.

This week a fried version of the classic - also known as 'Southern Sushi' - went on the menu at Gold Star Takeaways in the suburb of Kaikorai Valley.

But by Tuesday the item was sold out, co-owner Minnie Yan explained over the phone.

And then a miracle happened.

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"Wait, wait ... we have one left".

HAMISH MCNEILLY/STUFF A Dunedin takeaway shop has begun selling deep-fried cheese rolls.

On Wednesday morning Yan deep fried the last remaining $1.50 cheese roll for Stuff.

"They have been very popular."

The cheese rolls were made earlier in the week, and had been one of the most in demand items on the menu.

HAMISH MCNEILLY/STUFF Minnie Yan is selling deep-fried cheese rolls.

Her husband made "very good" Chinese food, but this week people had been buying chips with cheese rolls, sometimes four of them, she said.

Quite possibly the last deep-fried cheese roll in Dunedin was taken to shared office space Petridish for a taste test.

"It is actually quite delicious," Liesel Mitchell said.

HAMISH MCNEILLY/STUFF Specials include a deep-fried cheese roll for $1.50.

"It is like fish n chips but in a cheese roll."

Jason Lindsey agreed. "It is pretty tasty", before giving it a rating of 11 out of 10.

A 2014 debate over cheese rolls sparked a war of words between South Cantabrians and Southlanders.

HAMISH MCNEILLY/STUFF Gold Star Takeaways introduced a new item to its menu this week.

​Earlier this year former Dunedinite, cheese roll fancier and Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson, posed for a pre-budget cheese roll alongside Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.