SIGNATURE SUSHI

The California Roll is one of the great successes of branded marketing, whether that was the creator's intent or not. Reportedly originating in, yes, California, it became popular across the country as a sort of "starter sushi," but now is said to be popular even in Tokyo.

But we're not in California, we're in Las Vegas. And our own hometown sushi chefs, no less creative, have dreamed up any number of Las Vegas Rolls, which in keeping with the spirit of things, can be quite different from sushi spot to sushi spot.

On this page we showcase some of the Las Vegas Rolls from sushi restaurants across the valley.

CAFE WASABI SUSHI BAR

7365 W. Sahara Ave.

Contains: unagi (freshwater eel) with cream cheese, avocado and spicy crabmeat, fried and topped with sliced jalapeno and eel sauce

Price: $9.25

DRAGONFLY, AN ASIAN JOINT

3900 Paradise Road

Contains: lobster, avocado, crab salad and tobiko confetti, served on a bed of mixed greens

Price: $18

NOZOMI RESTAURANT & SUSHI BAR

2202 W. Charleston Blvd.

Contains: assorted raw fish (tuna, salmon and yellowtail), avocado, crabmeat, cream cheese and mountain carrots, deep-fried and drizzled with eel sauce

Price: $13.95

OSAKA JAPANESE CUISINE

7511 W. Lake Mead Blvd.

Contains: shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber and cream cheese, wrapped with rice, with tuna, crabmeat, four sauces and scallions on top

Price: $14.75

RISING SUN JAPANESE RESTAURANT & SUSHI BAR

9410 W. Sahara Ave.

Contains: fatty tuna surrounded by spicy tuna with avocado and cucumber, covered with bluefin tuna sashimi, topped with tobiko caviar and finished with a splash of the chef's signature spicy citrus sauce

Price: $13

SUSHIWA

790 Coronado Center Drive, Henderson

Contains: tuna, salmon, yellowtail, white tuna, yamagobo (pickled burdock), cream cheese, avocado, crabmeat and panko crumbs, fried and topped with spicy, yumyum and sweet sauces

Price: $12

Contact reporter Heidi Knapp Rinella at hrinella@reviewjournal.com or (702) 383-0474.