Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a Japanese McDonald’s a rave review, suggesting the fast food spot be awarded a Michelin star during a business trip that featured an awkward sword making class.

What started in Los Angeles during the 1960s has no place in Japan’s sushi culture. California rolls, with avocado and imitation crab, were created to suit diners uncomfortable with raw fish.

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 6, 2010, Section D, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: A City’s Specialty, Japanese in Name Only.