FUSION CUISINE: BLENDING CULINARY TRADITIONS FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES STUDYING THE IMPACT AND POPULARITY OF FUSION CUISINE IN MODERN GASTRONOMY

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In today’s fast developed century chefs need some imagination and innovation to attract and catch customers. For this of course fusion cuisine can be the best approach by mixing some different cooking methods of various nations. Key words: Nutritional aspects, globalization, recent cooking trends, dietary diversity, culinary traditions, multiculturalism. Introduction: As we know that gastronomy brings a huge amount of money in terms of tourism industry. Because every tourists eat some food during their trip. Which means it is the best way to show the host country’s national food and beverages. It will definitely give a positive impression and emotions to tourists about host country is they satisfied with their food and services. Food industry is such a global network of various industries that provides food and beverage consumed by population. Today highly diversified food industry is wondering people with cool technological progresses, labour intensivity, creativity. Now we could not consider it as a just industry, it is also form of art. Because some developments and innovations in food industry attracting many customers not only locally but also internationally. Gastronomy tourism bringing more profit to the economy as comparing to other sectors of tourism. Why is that? Of course with new changes, innovations and mixtures of different cultural cooking methods. To be more exact fusion cuisines are the greatest innovations of fast-paced world. At first what is fusion cuisines? “A style of cookery which blends ingredients and methods of preparation from different countries, regions, or ethnic groups; food cooked in this style.”1 Main body Fusion cuisine is combination of different cultures food and flavors to create a new type of cuisine. It is a product of globalization and cultural exchange. As travel and integration have become more attainable, the world has become as small as globus, and this fusion of cultures is a demand of today. People from different backgrounds bring their unique culinary traditions with them, as a result a new tastes 1 Oxford English dictionary 7.1 84 2 10 food may be created. Many chefs may interested to this of course. Because blending different culinary traditions, ingredients, and cooking techniques can attract many customers. [1]. The history of fusion cuisine’s emergency is also interesting. Starting from the seemingly instinctive discovery of eating more than one food source at a time—thus creating the old protein, staple and fibre combo—fusing and combining things on the plate has played a significant role in humanity’s culinary evolution. One of the pioneers of fusion cuisine was the renowned chef, Wolfgang Puck, who seamlessly combined French and Asian culinary techniques at his iconic restaurant, Spago, in the 1980s. Puck's innovative approach introduced dishes like his famous "Chinois Chicken Salad," which blended Asian flavors with classic French ingredients. This marked the beginning of a new era in gastronomy, where chefs started experimenting with unconventional flavor combinations and cross-cultural techniques.2 After establishing the roots of fusion cuisine are probably ancient, however several French chefs began to offer foods that combined traditional French food with Asian cuisine, especially foods from Vietnam and China. It fastly spread to other major European cities, along with the American coasts. Since this experience modern gastronomy has been underwenting shocking news and innovations in terms of fusion cuisine. Below I will give some examples of fusion cuisines but we already accept as an traditional dishes. For example other cooks concentrate on simply combining the culinary traditions of two or more Asian nations. It is natural that when people migrate or travel, they will also promote their culture, traditions and also food. Thus it is natural that combination of different cooking methods can be the result of exchanging or migration. Pan-Asian fusion cuisine tends to be more forgiving and easy to execute, since many Asian countries share common similarities in terms of culture, as well as ingredients and seasonings used in their culinary heritage. Below I will give some more examples for fusion cuisines in different nation’s cuisine. They have long history but they are also combinations of ancient country’s cooking methods. 1. Korean taco – we know that nothing poisonous about the combination of kimchi and hot sauce. If anything, the Korean taco represents a creative moment in foodie culture, the blending of two seemingly disparate taste profiles into a surprisingly tasty – and palatably coherent – meal. 2. Ramen-the fluorescent-orange, plump white or clear broth of ramen noodles is a distinctive element of the Japanese culinary scene. The real dish, 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_cuisine 7.1 85 2 10 however, remains one dish that claims roots in Japan’s imperialist history and their interaction with the then enemy, China. In the late 1800s