Sushi Pizza- California specialty?!
Hi California Chowhounds:
I am an ambassador from the Ontario chowhound board where we had a question maybe you guys can answer. We were discussing whether Sushi Pizza was a delicassy native to Toronto sushi restaurants. Someone made the claim that it had originated in California. See the link here: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/52267...
Is anybody in a position to verify whether this is true or not?
In case there is any confusion this is what Toronto sushi pizza is as described by someone on the link above: It's a round rice patty, maybe 4-5" in diameter, deep fried (so that it gets nice and crispy/chewy and golden-brown on the outside), and topped with mayo, fish (usually salmon, but somtimes tuna and/or crab), and roe.
Anyone have that? If so, is it a standard on sushi menus?
downpressor
Jul 11, 2008 12:28PM
Herm... the only place in L.A. I know that has has it Tokyo Table...
http://www.tokyotable.com/pdfs/TokyoT...
But I have NO idea if they originated it...
--Dommy!
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I have honestly never heard of such a thing.
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never heard of it, may be regional to your area.
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It may have originated here -- I have no way to know -- but it certainly isn't common. I've eaten in many, many pizzerias (high end and low) and many, many sushi shops (ditto) and have never heard of sushi pizza.
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Yoshida in San Marino has a version.
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I don't think it's standard but besides Tokyo Table, Nobu also has that dish.
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But both Tokyo Table and Nobu are relatively new restaurants--ie. too new, I think, to have invented a dish that has already spread throughout Canada.
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this may not be the answer you're looking for, but i know Yamato in Encino/Tarzana definitely has them, and they're pretty good there actually.
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i believe a place in studio city called Sushi Dan makes one. there's also a place in granada hills, called Sushi Raw that makes sushi "pizzas" its spicy tuna on top of a crispy rice patty, like the above poster said. delish!!!
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