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Rolling Through Vancouver's Olympic-Size Sushi Scene

July 27, 2009 by rthsbay20015

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Anyone who likes sushi – or Canadians – might be interested in this article I wrote, which appeared in Sunday’s Washington Post.

Rolling Through Vancouver’s Olympic-Size Sushi Scene

By Remy Scalza; Special to The Washington Post

It’s hard to say what was going through the minds of Vancouver’s Olympic planners when they came up with the mascots for next year’s Winter Games. To serve as one of Canada’s ambassadors to the world, they picked an earmuffs-wearing Big Foot that looks like Chewbacca. The city’s Olympic brain trust could have saved themselves a lot of trouble by recognizing a real symbol of Vancouver: a big piece of sashimi.

Click here for the full article on The Washington Post site.


Filed Under: 2010 Olympics, Food & Wine, Published Articles, Vancouver Tagged With: 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Organic Ocean, Remy Scalza, Spot Prawns, sushi, The Washington Post, Tojo's, Toshi Sushi, Vancouver

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Remy Scalza is a freelance journalist and photographer based in Vancouver, Canada. His stories and photos appear in The New York Times, Washington Post, Canadian Geographic and other outlets. Read More…

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