Fusion cuisine combines elements of various culinary traditions without fitting into any single tradition. The document lists several fusion restaurants in New York City, including Koo Japanese Fusion, Samba Sushi, Mooncake Foods Vietnamese Fusion, Wild Ginger vegan cuisine, and Nyonya Malaysian Fusion. It also provides examples of dishes from a hypothetical American-European-Japanese restaurant combining sake cocktails, nori-topped salads, shrimp dumplings, eel sushi, and poached tofu.

1. Fusion CuisineCombines elements of various culinary traditions without fitting into any specific category.Usually refers to culinary innovations in contemporary restaurants since the 1970sFlor de Mayo, Spanish/Basque/Asian (Manhattan Valley)2651 BroadwayCendrillon, Filipino Fusion (SoHo)45 Mercer StFranchia Teahouse and Restaurant, Korean Vegan (Murray Hill)12 Park Ave, Between 34th & 35thMAZE By Chef Gordon Ramsay, French/Asian (Theater District)The London NYC, 151 W 54th StKoo Japanese Fusion 142 W Houston StSamba Sushi (West Village)87 7th Ave SMooncake Foods,Vietnamese Fusion(SoHo)28 Watts StWild Ginger, Vegan (Little Italy)380 Broome StNyonya, Malaysian Fusion (Little Italy)194 Grand St

2. Background“In my mind, it's a combination of cuisines coming together with straightforward cooking, with the very freshest regional produce, seafood and beef available in California. It could only happen here. It would be hard to have that raw material in Iowa, where I come from. Availability generated this new cuisine.'' -David Beckwith, chef and part owner of the Rio Grill in Carmel, CaliforniaA sampling from the menu of an American-European-Japanese restaurant in California might include the following items:

3. Sake cocktails