How Did Sushi Come To America

Food Influence: How Sushi came to Southern California
Nowadays, Sushi is becoming a popular fast food which is available almost anywhere in the U.S. For example, it is available at the mall, at the airport terminal, and even at the local supermarket such Superior…..etc. A spicy tuna roll, and a California roll is as easy to come by as a hot dog or hamburger, or many other fast foods in America. However, it is not always this way in the past, Sushi is remarkably a fast growing fast food, and it is recently had been add to the American diet. Although sushi in some form has been part of Japanese culture for well over a thousand years, it did not make it to American shores until 1966 [1]. According to the online article, “America has become a sushi nation”, the number of sushi bars in the U.S. quintupled between 1988 and 1998, and the number kept on growing. From the year of 2000, sushi bar has boomed at the heights of American cuisine compared to the other fast growing fast food. Also, American-style sushi has migrated back to Japan where the Americans might feel strange when they can order a Nixon roll in Tokyo on their vacation to Japan [2].
This is actually true when World War two had ended, nearly a generation before, and young food lover from Japan were ready to introduce to a totally new unique Japanese American cuisine. For example, in the mid-1970s the chef at Tokyo Kaikan restaurant in Los Angeles had introduced the California roll to the American costumer in Los Angeles [2]. In the 60s, the application of raw fish and cold rice might have been best for new fast foods recipes in the U.S. This is especially true in Southern California (LA), where the first national Sushi restaurant was opened in 1966