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Others [9] [10] [11] attribute the dish to Ichiro Mashita, another Los Angeles sushi chef from the former Little Tokyo restaurant "Tokyo Kaikan". [ 5 ] [ 12 ] According to this account, Mashita began substituting the toro (fatty tuna ) with avocado in the off-season, and after further experimentation, developed the prototype, back in the 1960s ...
(It certainly wasn't the first California roll: The invention is credited to chef Ichiro Mashita at Tokyo Kaikan in Little Tokyo in the late ’70s, according to "The Story of Sushi.")
In “American Tuna: The Rise and Fall of an Improbable Food,” author Andrew F. Smith posits two likely sources for the origin of the California roll. One is Ichiro Mashita, a Los Angeles-based ...
Little Tokyo is the birthplace of the California roll, invented by a chef named Ichiro Mashita at the Tokyo Kaikan sushi restaurant. Two wagashi (Japanese sweets) shops located in Little Tokyo are among the oldest food establishments in Los Angeles.
As a result, Tojo chose to use non-traditional ingredients and to roll the sushi inside-out. Originally called "Tojo-maki", Tojo later changed the name to California roll because of its popularity with visitors from Los Angeles. [1] [2] Tojo's is also known for its omakase, a Japanese term meaning "I'll leave it to you", in which patrons leave ...
Giselle Smith and Semaj Morris, 17, were both killed on Wednesday, Dec. 11, with Smith's sister Paris Kiper in critical condition
I remember a term "california stop" for getting to a stop sign, and not coming all the way down to zero mph, back in the 60's. Calling that a "california roll" was probably a later quip by a policeman who had just been to a Japanese restaurant for lunch. 162.205.217.211 03:59, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
Add it up, and it's the worst two-game stretch in Los Angeles Lakers history. The Lakers lost to the Heat 134-93 on Wednesday, that loss coming two days after a 109-80 loss to the Timberwolves.