What is fusion?
Sometimes I use Japanese seasonings to make Ugandan dishes.
Or I cook Ugandan ingredients using Japanese cooking method.
Or I use Japanese seasonings with Ugandan ingredients.
So the possibilities are endless.
Welcome to the documentary in the studio from the BBC World Service.
I am Eric Mogage and this is a series that gives you a front row seat in the theatre where the world's most inventive artists are at work.
Today, that theatre is at Yamasin Restaurant, where creativity meets culture in unexpected ways.
It is a combination of Uganda and Japan.
From Uganda, we get the black eye beans.
Then from Japan, we get miso.
You eat two at a go.
Yamazin is located in a place I know well.
Although I now live in London, I grew up right here.
In this part of town called Miyengatankyo.
One of the seven hills that make up Uganda's capital, Kampala.
Now, on a trip back home, just 10 minutes from where I grew up,
I saw something that made me stop in my tracks.
A unique structure, clean lines, sharp angles, and openness that invited admiration.
This was Tankiopak.