California Rolls being just inverted sushi is so funny. Some guy noticed Americans are scared of the seaweed so his idea was literally just “Hide seaweed on the inside, American happy”

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1. It was invented here in Vancouver like so many other delicious foods

   [Japanese-born chef Hidekazu Tojo, a resident of Vancouver since 1971, claimed he created the California roll at his restaurant in the late 1970s.[24] Tojo insists he is the innovator of the “inside-out” sushi, and it got the name “California roll” because its contents of crab and avocado were abbreviated to C.A., which is the abbreviation for the state of California. Because of this coincidence, Tojo was set on the name California Roll. According to Tojo, he single-handedly created the California roll at his Vancouver restaurant, including all the modern ingredients of cucumber, cooked crab, and avocado.[25] However, this conflicts with many food historian’s accounts, which describe a changing, evolving dish that emerged in the Los Angeles area.[26][6] In 2016 the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries named Tojo a goodwill ambassador for Japanese cuisine.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_roll#:~:text=Japanese%2Dborn%20chef%20Hidekazu%20Tojo,restaurant%20in%20the%20late%201970s.)