The New Skool Food Cafe

02/19/2015

This type of restaurant's success depends on a number of factors. Among these are:

Clientele's (or prospective clientele's) cultural diversity
Clientele's travel patterns and experiences.
Clientele's culinary sophistication and openness to new eating experiences.

02/19/2015

Similar approaches have been used for fusion-sushi, such as rolling maki with different types of rice and ingredients such as curry and basmati rice, cheese and salsa with Spanish rice, or spiced ground lamb and capers rolled with Greek-style rice and grape leaves, which resembles inside-out dolmades.

02/18/2015

For instance, pizza made with cheddar and pepper jack cheese, salsa, refried beans or other common taco ingredients is often marketed as "Taco Pizza". This particular dish is a fusion of Italian and Mexican cuisines.

02/18/2015

Foods based on one culture, but prepared using ingredients and flavors inherent to another culture, are also considered forms of fusion cuisine.

02/17/2015

Another incarnation of fusion cuisine implements a more eclectic approach, which generally features original dishes that combine varieties of ingredients from various cuisines and regions. Such a restaurant might feature a wide variety of dishes inspired by a combination of various regional cuisines with new ideas.

02/17/2015

In Australia, due to the increasing influx of migrants, fusion cuisine is being reinvented and is becoming increasingly the norm at numerous cafes and restaurants; with Melbourne and Sydney now being considered as some of the best cities in the world with regard to the quality and creativity of Asian-fusion restaurants.

02/16/2015

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304610404579404951993253512

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Cross-cultural culinary mash-ups have come a long way from the sesame-crusted tuna and wasabi mashed potatoes of decades past. So why is the "F" word such a taboo in today's kitchens?

02/16/2015

If you didn't know:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/299412

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Page 1 of What does fusion mean? - Can anyone help me with some cuisine terms. A website, book, etc. might help. For example, I've been seeing the term "fusion" a lot as in Latin Fusion

02/16/2015

For those of you who are confused :) :

http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-fusion-cuisine.htm

Fusion cuisine is a blending of two or more cuisines. Though some criticize fusion cuisine for relying on novelty, it can have...

02/11/2015

Other examples of this style include Tex-Mex, which combines Southwestern United States cuisine and Mexican cuisines, and Pacific rim cuisine, which combines the different cuisines of the various island nations.

02/11/2015

California cuisine is considered a fusion culture, taking inspiration particularly from Italy, France, Mexico, the idea of the European delicatessen, and eastern Asia, and then creating traditional dishes from these cultures with non-traditional ingredients - such as California pizza.

02/11/2015

Often featured are East Asian, South-East Asian, and South Asian dishes alongside one another and offering dishes that are inspired combinations of such cuisines.