I tend to judge food not based on my personal preference but on established cooking norms and flavor combinations/balance. Even a simple dish prepared properly earns high praise from me compared to a dish that uses shortcuts or improper techniques, even if it has better ingredients or more complex flavors.

That said, I also like fusion dishes, but only when it still follows cooking logic, instead of just being "new" and gimmicky. For example, using a different kind of vinegar in a sweet and sour dish, or adding fruits from a different area to balance the richness of meat stews, make sense. Using tofu for dishes that are fundamentally meat centric (not for health reasons) or frying the meat in a traditional stew to make it crispy is just absurd. Simply adding a random ingredient from a different cuisine also irks me if it serves no real purpose outside of making the dish "fusion."