Fusion Cuisine Quotes

You don't see very many Irish-Cypriot pop-up restaurants kicking about!

I have my mother who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African.

We began building this incredible new foundation in this restaurant, and that's what began giving me the left-hand side of tradition and the right-hand side, my new palate.

If you ask what people say what American cuisine is, they cannot really do it. I don't know what it is.

I love Italian, Mexican, Thai. Something spicy.

At wd~50, we have carried on, I think, a very honest, legitimate European tradition of messing with foie gras.

My favourite types of cuisine are Asian and Caribbean, and I love cooking new recipes for my family.

Honolulu is a melting pot.

I'm more comfortable weaving Indian flavors into American classics.

My dad lives in Sicily, so I'm half Italian and half Irish - it's a fiery combination.

I love eating in San Francisco, Chiang Dao, China, Tokyo, Hanoi.

I love my heritage! I have my mother, who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African.

Never eat at a Chinese restaurant named Mama Teresa's Trattoria.

My mother was born in Burma, but my grandfather on her side was Indian-Spanish. So I have this quite exotic mix, which is reflected in my earliest memories, in our Wiltshire country kitchen, of gran, and aunts, cooking spicy stewy, casseroley curries, a version of Indian food with a Burmese twist.

My recipes aren't classic recipes; they're all fusion recipes inspired by all the places I've been to.

People keep saying I'm westernizing Chinese food. No I'm not. McDonald's, KFC, Starbucks, have done it big time, way before me.

Sushi is taking over the world. It's like pizza: you can get it everywhere.

I don't know exactly what a black Chinese restaurant would be, but I would sure love to see one.

I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.

America is the only place in the world where you can work in an Arab home in a Scandinavian neighborhood and find a Puerto Rican baby eating matzo balls with chopsticks.

I can make chicken curry, rice, kheema... I am a foodie and enjoy varied cuisines. My favourites are Korean and Japanese.

Europe's the mayonnaise, but America supplies the good old lobster.

I am half Bengali and half Marathi.

I like Taiwanese food, of course. I like baguettes, especially the ones that my dad buys. Vancouver has a lot of variety, with pizza, hot dogs, Italian, Indian, seafood - a great combination of culture.

If there were only one place to eat, I would pick anywhere in Northern Vietnam where you get the French and Vietnamese culinary fusion.