Scotty and Elise jam pack this episode with a recount of Scotty’s recent expeditions in Melbourne before diving into an examination of what constitutes ‘modern cuisine’.

Alvin Quah, of Masterchef AU Season 14, joins the conversation to discuss the controversies surrounding the word ‘fusion’ and alludes to a future career as a pub reviewer!

Elise proposes a successful fusion of Italian and Sri Lankan cuisines and Scotty’s special share makes a case for how weird can be done well…

REFERENCES:

Matt Preston 2016, Why I love fusion (it's not daggy!), Delicious, viewed 26 May 2022,

https://www.delicious.com.au/food-files/article/praise-fusio ...