orange county is near LA, right? there's a place in i think thousand oaks (or thereabouts) called Sushi Nozawa. it's run by an old dyed-in-the-wool japanese man that has a really hard gaze and is supposedly ruthless to customers who ask for such disrespectful fare as a california roll.

seriously, it's strictly very traditional, and very expensive (my meal was $60 but you can eat well for $35, roughly). on the way there i was informed by my friend that Sushi Nozawa is LA's highest rated restaurant (by what authority i don't know, but that has to count for
something). anyway, uh, track it down and check it out.

it's really quite amazing.