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California Rolls: Kitayama, Newport Beach, Calif.
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California Rolls: Kitayama, Newport Beach, Calif.

Back in the 1970s, the long-defunct Los Angeles restaurant Tokyo Kaikan introduced California rolls to the world. These days, the founders of Tokyo Kaikan operate Orange County's Kitayama. The 19-year-old restaurant specializes in sushi nigri, but California rolls, of course, are still on the menu. Special banquets at the restaurant also include hard-to-find dishes including Kobe beef tartare and matsutake mushroom rice.

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