FOOD SPECIAL...................... CRAZY CULINARY CREATIONS

CRAZY CULINARY CREATIONS  FOOD MASH-UPS ARE DOUBLE TREATS  What do you get when you combine two of your favourite foods? A delicious new dish! Food hybrids have become the latest gastronomic craze across the world      Call it the ‘cronut effect’ – with the popularity of the croissantdoughnut hybrid pastry, chefs across the world are coming up with mouth-watering and innovative fusions of our favourite foods. Food enthusiasts are making bold culinary pairings, often mixing breakfast and dinner dishes for creations that are both savoury and sweet. We bring you some of the most interesting food mash-ups that are making waves in the culinary world. Take a bite! CHOCOLATE ECLAIR HOTDOG If you think that mixing sweet with savoury is not a good idea, you might change your mind after trying the Chocolate Eclair Hotdog, a sweet and salty combo which originated in Canada. It is a regular meat sausage, wedged between a sliced-open chocolate eclair instead of a hotdog bun and topped with whipped cream and sprinkles. BIRIZZA Introduced by a fast food giant in Sri Lanka, the Birizza is the flavoursome fusion of a pizza and the fragrant chicken rice dish, biryani! Biryani rice is covered with dough and baked to perfection, which makes it look more like a calzone than a regular pizza. The vegetarian version of this dish contains paneer. MACARON ICE-CREAM SANDWICH For those with a sweet tooth, the combination of two delicious desserts — macarons and ice-creams — is a delectable treat. Visually appealing macarons in different colours are filled with a variety of ice-cream flavours to form a sweet and gooey sandwich. RAMEN BURGER The Ramen Burger is the mastermind of Japanese chef and blogger Keizo Shimamoto. It is made up of a meat patty, scallions and other burger essentials, which are stuffed between two fried ramen (noodle) buns, instead of regular bread buns. The secret ingredient of this dish is the shoyu (soy) sauce, which gives it a sweet and tangy taste. THE BURGERDOG Two popular fast food staples, the hamburger and the hotdog form this grilled dish. The tastiness of a hamburger in the shape of an old-fashioned hotdog gives the Burgerdog the best of both worlds. WAFFLE TACO Breakfast just got exciting with the arrival of the Waffle Taco. A thin waffle is shaped to form a taco shell, and comes with two fillings: one includes a boneless fried chicken strip and the other is filled with whipped cream and fruits like strawberries and blueberries.

Purvaja Sawant TL  8DEC13