Sushi Handroll appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Sushi handroll · Los Angeles
A cone of crisp nori wrapped around warm rice and a single seafood topping. LA's six-seat counter rooms reset the format around 2015 and the city now leads the country.
The handroll counter, a six-to-twelve seat omakase-style room serving exclusively temaki (handrolls) in sequence over 30 minutes, was popularised in LA by KazuNori on West 4th, opened by the Sugarfish team in 2014. The format spread fast: Hiho Cheeseburger and Sugarfish founder Lele Massimini built KazuNori around the principle that a temaki must hit the customer within 30 seconds of being made, before the nori loses its snap. The format reached New York and Tokyo via LA. The defining handrolls are blue crab, scallop, yellowtail and toro, served in a fixed sequence with one rice ratio. The whole meal lasts about 30 minutes.
Where to eat in Los Angeles:
- KazuNori
- Sugarfish
- Sushi Tama
- Sushi Note