Top 10 restaurant business trends 2012

New York-based consulting company for the restaurant business Baum + Whiteman has published its forecasts for the major trends in the field of gastronomy in 2012.

1. Restaurant business trends 2012: Fusion
	A mix of culinary traditions and ingredients from Asia and Europe, America and Africa in one dish will continue to be popular in 2012. Especially in “fast food” industry which includes sandwiches, pizzas, hot dogs and tacos. A mix of such incongruous ingredients like hummus and wasabi in one sandwich will be a common thing in 2012.
2. Restaurant business trends 2012: No bread
	The most fashionable sandwich in 2012 – a sandwich without bread. Instead of bread chefs around the world will use such foundations as pita, tortilla, sliced vegetables, waffles, rice cakes – anything but the actual bread from wheat flour.
3. Restaurant business trends 2012: By-products
	Tongues, ears, tripe, liver, kidneys and heart will appear in the menu of most expensive restaurants on all continents.
4. Restaurant business trends 2012: Homemade Pickles
	Cucumbers, tomatoes and jams will be prepared directly on the restaurants’ kitchens. Salted and pickled vegetables are a great addition to the by-products.
5. Restaurant business trends 2012: Korean cuisine
	South Korea began active promotion of its cuisine abroad. It is expected that soon Korean restaurants will be as much or even more popular then Chinese.
6. Restaurant trends 2012: Willingness to experiment
	During the world economic crisis restaurant clients were mostly looking for simple food without any frills. It was easily explained by the mood of depression and uncertainty that ruled in the world. For the past year situation began to slowly change and now people are once again ready for unusual tastes and experiments.
7. Restaurant business trends 2012: Pubs
	Unpretentious bars with good, but cheap beer and simple food will begin to open on every corner.
8. Restaurant trends 2012: Restaurants “on wheels”
	In 2012 such restaurant will become very popular. Street food is a goldmine of restaurant business for next year.
9. Restaurant business trends 2012: At the edges
	The individual ingredients of dishes will be spread along the edges of the plates, but do not mix in the center. This is already how restaurants serve tartar, sushi and sashimi, but in 2012 this way of serving will also be popular for salads.
10. Restaurant business trends 2012: Burgers in haute cuisine
	Burgers were the subject of experiments for chefs in different countries for some few years already, but in 2012 this simple American dish will be even more fashionable and more exquisite.