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The identity of the creator of the California roll is disputed. Several chefs from Los Angeles have been cited as the dish's originator, as well as one chef from Vancouver, British Columbia. The earliest mention in print of a 'California roll' was in the Los Angeles Times and an Ocala, Florida newspaper on November 25, 1979. [8]
The California roll sushi has been claimed to be invented by local Vancouver Japanese chef, Hidekazu Tojo. Tojo was born in Southern Japan and after learning Japanese culinary in Osaka, moved to Vancouver in 1971 to open his restaurant, Tojo's. [30]
Hidekazu Tojo (東條 英員, Tōjō Hidekazu) (born February 8, 1950, in Kagoshima, Japan) is a Japanese-born chef based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is often credited with inventing the California roll and the B.C. roll.
Japanese-Canadian sushi chef Hidekazu Tojo says he is the true pioneer of the California roll, which is called Tojo Maki at his still-operating sushi spot Tojo’s Restaurant in Vancouver, Canada ...
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B.C. roll – a type of sushi invented in Vancouver in 1974 by chef Hidekazu Tojo. [1] Beaver tails and touton – fried dough pastry that is sold in a variety of flavours. Butter tart – a filling of butter, sugar, syrup, and egg, baked in a pastry shell. Caesar (cocktail) – invented by Walter Chell in Calgary in 1969. [2]
There is an absence of any reference to such a variety of roll by Mr. Tojo prior to Mr. Manashita's introduction of the roll in the early 1970s. Further, the ingredients used in making a "California Roll" are not indigenous to Vancouver, where Mr. Tojo resided at the time, which further places into question his claims".
^e Population calculated by removing the population of Lennox Island (pop. 323) [5] and Holman Island (pop. 5) [6] from the population of the province of Prince Edward Island (pop. 142,907) [7] ^f Population calculated by adding Census Tracts 4620550.04 (4,797), 4620550.02 (3,233) and 4620550.03 (6,683).