Foodie Friday: last week we featured a regional item, but this week’s uniquely Asian American
Foodie Friday: last week we featured a regional item, but this week’s uniquely Asian American food is the ubiquitous California roll. Invented by sushi chef Ichiro Manashita of Tokyo Kaikan in Los Angeles in the early 70s as a way to ease American eaters into more traditional sushi, Manashita replaced toro with avocado because the texture is comparable.Today, California rolls are the most popular kind of sushi at Japanese restaurants across the U.S., and many food historians credit the California roll as the item that made sushi approachable for American audiences. -- source link
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