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Fusion Cuisine: An Orientation

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19950106
Author:Eve Zibart

RUDYARD KIPLING would be amazed if he went out to dinner these days. East may be East, and West may be West, but the twain have definitely met over the menu. The only thing is, they seem to have messed up the directions. "Pan-Asian," "Pacific Rim," "fusion" - these culinary descriptions are meant to be enticing, but to the novice diner, they can be disorienting. And they're not so straightforward to the chefs, either.

" `Pan-Asian' to me suggests authentic food from various countries; you'd have a true Thai dish and a true Northern Chinese and a Vietnamese dish, sticking to the original ...

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