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Post by penguinopolipitese on Jan 3, 2009 3:04:53 GMT -5
does this expression piss anyone else off? Because you never hear of pan-European cuisine do you? no roast beef and linguine restaurants that I've ever seen out there. (maybe in japan)  |
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Post by betahat on Jan 7, 2009 19:06:40 GMT -5
The thing I've been trying to figure out is why there are no "Asian fusion" restaurants in the Bay Area that combine Asian flavors with Latin American ones, given that these are the two biggest immigrant populations. It seems like there should be some natural synergies given the fondness for spice, but I have yet to find a Mexican-Indian or a Japanese-El Salvadoran restaurant. The closest things I've seen are "Asian-Cuban food" (which seems horrible to me, if only because having been to Cuba I find local cuisine there really subpar) and the occasional Japanese-Brazilian steakhouse (now that makes more sense due to some historic immigration ties). What about a Peruvian-Japanese restaurant - after all, they had a Japanese President right?
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Post by betahat on Jan 8, 2009 1:55:23 GMT -5
It's interesting that those type of "fusion" dishes tend to reside on the low end of the culinary spectrum. I tend to think of "fusion" as high end cuisine, but you make a good point that there is a lot of cross-cultural pollination among poor immigration cuisines, to the extent that those dishes wouldn't be considered "fusion" by the local populace due to their now standard nature.
My remark about Chinese-Cuban food is largely based on my experiences in Cuba - crappy cuban food, and the worst Chinese food I've ever experienced (despite the fact that the restaurant was run by people with some obvious chinese ancestry). I imagine the stuff you get in Miami or New York could be quite good, but as I've yet to really experience great Cuban food I can't quite envision the dishes.
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