{"id":32143,"date":"2015-09-27T16:40:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T23:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/?p=32143"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:17:33","slug":"history-of-the-california-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/history-of-the-california-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"History Of The California Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week Meinhardt\u2019s<\/a> opened a second location and as I was roaming the aisles, I spied those darn\u00a0Avocados From Mexico<\/a>! This time they were making their way into sushi rolls!\u00a0This got me thinking about all the rolls I’ve had topped with or filled with this wonderful fruit and wondering how avocado got to be a big part of the North American sushi menus.<\/p>\n

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I remember being told that Tojo<\/a> had invented the California Roll in Vancouver when he moved from Japan and was trying to get Vancouverites more excited about sushi. He realized the seaweed and raw fish was a bit iffy for these newcomers to sushi, so he turned the rolls inside out to hide it the seaweed and began playing with ingredients such as cooked crab and avocado. A lot of people from California made there way to Vancouver for Tojo’s offerings and the roll was a favourite with them, hence the name.<\/p>\n