Faces of Culture: Food Fusion

Written by Grace Debora C. Ongkowidjojo (016201200028)

Talking about cultural diversity, we cannot deny it from our present reality, especially with the presence of the globalization. Globalization and the rapid advancement of technology have made the contact among people from all over the world easier and higher in frequency. Because of the frequent and easier contact, people are becoming more tolerant and open to the cultures of others. That is why people often call our society now as a global community, living in a global village. Though the statement is moot, it is a fact that we learn about each other, try to understand others, even sometimes adopt each other’s culture and try on new things.

One of the best examples of this is the development in culinary world, which is called food fusion. Food fusion is taking the best out of unique traditional food into a union that creates another food. Food fusion is raging everywhere. Unlike adapting a type of food into local style, food fusion tries to maintain the original uniqueness as well.

In the example below, we have these cute sushi donuts. They keep the palm-sized sushi to form sweet donuts.

Next, is a ramen burger, making the ramen and the beef filling still the highlight point of the food itself.

Then, there is this taco with Korean fried chicken.

There are many other example of food fusion; and maybe you can try to make one yourself, too! Through food fusion rage we can see how people are trying to make the best out of their own culture and introduce it to others. Instead of fighting over our differences, we should celebrate our uniqueness and rich culture. And if you are creative enough like these people, you can also enrich our culture as a global community.

Pictures are taken from Pinterest.