Old ingredients in a new light.
"Same old ingredients: fan, shadow, furnishings.
They lean on old ingredients but use them well.
"And then we had to work to achieve the same taste and texture we had with the old ingredients," Ms. Falsetto said.
That can include anything from diluting the sauce to using precooked pasta to substituting lower grade or even day-old ingredients for the appropriate ones.
To recap then: I get day-old ingredients for a needlessly unusual cheese sandwich designed by two blokes, and at a much higher price than I'd normally pay.
Another tastemaker, Craig Paterson, the chef at onewaterfront, a modern restaurant with harbor views (West Quay, V & A Waterfront, 27-21-410-7100), has turned his kitchen into a kind of Cape Malay laboratory, coaxing new flavors out of old ingredients.
The lessons from Mr Koizumi, that electoral success requires charisma, a clear message and the promotion of change rather than the old ingredients of money, a family name and a party machine will not be lost on the younger generation in the opposition.
Two of the oldest ingredients in the Asian world, turmeric and matcha, mostly found in drinks and drink mixes had a significance presence in the show this year.
