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Costco is making a splash online after adding sushi to their food court lineup — but only in Canada.
The news from up north has American fans feeling more than a little ig-nori-ed.
A British Columbia-based member of the warehouse club launched a cross-border food fight by posting a now-viral photo showing California Crab Rolls on the menu at the downtown Vancouver location.
The classic dish is being offered for $9.99, or roughly $7.40 in real dollars.
And better still — that’s apparently real crab, served with a side of real wasabi, according to local taste testers.
The California roll is famed for its fake, cooked “krab,” cucumber and avocado filling, along with liberal amounts of seasoned mayonnaise.
“I never thought I’d see the day,” Canadian TikTokker Laura Ullock expressed in surprise, showing her followers a video of the fortunate food court, which remains open to the public — despite some other locations cracking down on non-members.
Fans from the Golden State were quick to register their shock — and distaste — over the fishy news.
“Why doesn’t California have the California Crab Roll?,” one Redditor moaned in a viral discussion of the subject.
“Lol we don’t have these in frigging California,” another complained.
“I will say this until the day I die, Costco US has the worst food court selections,” a statesider sighed.
Commonly associated with its namesake, the typically affordable treat was actually invented in Vancouver by a chef named Hidekazu Tojo.
It’s not the first time Canadian food courts have left USAmericans salivating — the recent news of chicken strips and fries as a standard in the c-luckier country left some feeling deboned.
Not everyone was jealous of the roll reveal, however.
“No chicken bake? Y’all ain’t livin’,” one menu-perusing American cracked, noticing the absence of the staple snack.
“For $10, I’d rather have 6 hotdogs,” a food court purist snarked.
And they’re welcome to it — the price of the beloved $1.50 hot dog combo isn’t going up on either side of the 49th parallel, store executives assured earlier this year.
CFO Gary Millerchip confirmed the safety of the square deal in a recent interview.
A former Costco CEO once threatened to “kill” an executive tempted to tinker with tradition.
“‘If you raise [the price of] the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out,’” the then-honcho warned an underling.
The Issaquah, Wash.-based big box retailer, lately in the news over a $5 membership fee hike, is known for tinkering with its food court offerings, sometimes based on location — often subject to less than favorable reviews from member critics.
A recent decision to scrap churros in stores that offered them, in favor of the more broadly-appealing chocolate chip cookie, threw some die-hards into a deep-fried depression.
