W h a t’s o n t h e m e n u ?
FUSION Fusion cuisine blends two or more cooking traditions together to discover new flavour and texture combinations and push the
The history of
boundaries of modern cooking.
fusion cuisine
Food fusion can bring together cuisines from different countries, regions or subregions, like South-East Asia, to create
Food fusion has occurred organically for
new culinary offerings.
hundreds of years thanks to immigration, trade, and less peaceful developments.
Popular fusion cuisines include Tex-Mex, which brings together cuisines from Texas
Take pasta, for example. While pasta is a
and Mexico, and pacific rim cuisine, which
hallmark of Italian cuisine, many believe
is influenced by cuisines from Hawaii,
this tasty staple is a descendent of ancient
Japan, and eastern Asia.
Chinese noodles.
Chefs and cooks also experiment by
However, restaurants and chefs have been
creating dishes belonging to one culture
actively experimenting with fusion cuisine
with the flavours and ingredients of a
as we know it today since the 1970s.
different culture.
Austrian-American chef and restauranteur
Japanese celebrity chef and restauranteur
Wolfgang Puck is one of the biggest names in
Nobu Matsuhisa rose to fame for combining
fusion cuisine, testing the boundaries with
traditional Japanese dishes with Peruvian
combinations like buffalo chicken spring
ingredients in a style of cooking known
rolls and ‘designer pizzas’ made with smoked
as Nikkei.
salmon, crème fraiche, and caviar.
His signature dish, black cod in miso,
In Australia and the US, fusion cuisine
and Nikkei delicacies became sensations,
has had more of an impact due to their
helping him expand his restaurant business
relatively short histories and lack of
around the world.
culinary traditions compared to the rest of the world.
Then there are food mash-ups like the cronut, a croissant-doughnut pastry invented
Find fusion cuisine in Camberwell
in New York, and the turducken, which is a
C A MB E R W E L L S HOP P I NG .C OM. A U
chicken inside a duck, inside a turkey.
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