Where does the specific sushi "California Roll" get it's name?

Answer 1

The origin of the California roll is somewhat murky, but usually food historians credit Ichiro Mashita, sushi chef at the Tokyo Kaikan in Los Angeles with inventing the roll in the early 1970s. Mashita realized the oily texture of avocado was a perfect substitute for toro. He also eventually made the roll "inside-out", i.e. uramaki, because Americans did not like seeing and chewing the nori on the outside of the roll.

After becoming popular in southern California it eventually became popular all across the United States by the 1980s, and is known in Japan as the Kashu-maki. The roll contributed to sushi's growing popularity in the United States by easing diners into more exotic sushi options.

Hidekazu Tojo, now of Tojo's restaurant in Vancouver, B.C., claims to have invented the roll around the same time as Mashita, although he initially called it the Tojo-maki.

Answer 2

The origin of the California roll is somewhat murky, but usually food historians credit Ichiro Mashita, sushi chef at the Tokyo Kaikan in Los Angeles with inventing the roll in the early 1970s. [1] Mashita realized the oily texture of avocado was a perfect substitute for toro. He also eventually made the roll "inside-out", i.e. uramaki, because Americans did not like seeing and chewing the nori on the outside of the roll.

After becoming popular in southern California it eventually became popular all across the United States by the 1980s, and is known in Japan as the Kashu-maki. The roll contributed to sushi's growing popularity in the United States by easing diners into more exotic sushi options

Hidekazu Tojo, now of Tojo's restaurant in Vancouver, B.C., claims to have invented the roll around the same time as Mashita, although he initially called it the Tojo-maki.

Answer 3

I've heard that a sushi chef in Los Angeles came up with the California Roll back in the 1970's. He made the roll with rice on the outside of the seaweed wrap instead of on the inside because Americans weren't too used to seaweed yet. American's weren't too excited about raw fish, either, so he used crab meat, avocado, and cucumber.

Answer 4

sushi it's fish with rice inside and the fish is roll around the rice and raw. It's great!!

Answer 5

From California avocados are big there and that's is one thing in the roll