Also, modern teriyaki was invented by a Japanese restaurant owner in Seattle, and isn't as popular in Japan.
The California roll was invented by a Japanese-Canadian chef (2020)
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#62Re: The California roll was invented by a Japanese-Canadian chef (2020)
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
According to the Chef who was born in Japan, he says they add "California" to names of things as a stand-in for any place in north America because they recognize California but may not recognize Vancouver or Podunk Washington, etc.
I would try a Podunk roll
Hope you like geoduck.
Re: The California roll was invented by a Japanese-Canadian chef (2020)
#64Also, modern teriyaki was invented by a Japanese restaurant owner in Seattle, and isn't as popular in Japan.
Never heard of modern teriyaki. How does it differ from the teriyaki that is everywhere in Japan?
Re: The California roll was invented by a Japanese-Canadian chef (2020)
#65Also, modern teriyaki was invented by a Japanese restaurant owner in Seattle, and isn't as popular in Japan.
I used to hang with normal Japanese people a lot...like I hung out in tons of very average places, rural danchis, volunteered in rojin homes, etc.
Have seen them doing shockingly un-Japanese things with food. Every "Japanese food" rule that I was taught by Japanese people was broken, again and again.
After a while I realized, America, Japan, the cultural strengths of these nations can be defined as personality types...
So you can personally have that rules-on match with your culture, but also totally not, or different depending on who you're hanging with...
And I ran into lots of Japanese people in Japan who were not very Japanese at all. Traditional Japanese people didn't like them (or their food) either.
So every time I hear about "this is so American" about some Japanese food thing, I have to wonder what that means in various contexts. Especially teriyaki which is not exactly a long shot for Japanese cooking.
Re: The California roll was invented by a Japanese-Canadian chef (2020)
#66Food with placenames often are misleading and not from the placename that makes up the dish: french fries, hamburger, german chocolate cake, danish, wiener, etc. add california roll to that list. [and how could I forget Hawaiian pizza? as noted in sibling comment] Also, the headline is wrong, it was not a Canadian chef but rather a Japanese chef living in Canada.
Slight correction – French fries are in fact from France. It's just that the name "French fries" is mostly only used in America.
Also, the name comes from the French cut (aka Julienne), not the fact the fries are French. The pedantic name would be Frenched Fries.
Re: The California roll was invented by a Japanese-Canadian chef (2020)
#67"California" as a modifier to food generally means "with avocado" If you get a "California burger" it will have avocado on it
A California burrito means it has… French fries in it.
Re: The California roll was invented by a Japanese-Canadian chef (2020)
#68"California" as a modifier to food generally means "with avocado" If you get a "California burger" it will have avocado on it
There is a fast food chain in China based on Californian beef noodle soup. It isn’t exactly Pho, but no avocado to be seen.
They serve Taiwanese beef noodle soup. Obvious reasons why they opted for California branding instead.
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#70A sushi chef told me it was called "California roll" because CA = Crab + Avocado, so I've been spreading that around... I feel cheated!