What is "changa"

Changa may refer to:

• Changa (restaurant)
• Changa, Anand, a village in Gujarat, India
• Changa, Leh, a village in Jammu and Kashmir, India
• Changa, Pakistan, a town in Pakistan
• Changa tuki a life-style including clothing, music and dance originated in Venezuela
• ChaNGa, a code to perform collisionless N-body simulations
• John Harrison Clark (c. 1860–1927), also called Changa-Changa, a settler of today's Zambia
• Changdev Maharaj, an Indian mystic
• Changa (drug), a smokable form of ayahuasca, containing DMT
• Chance Bateman, AFL Footballer, Nickname: Changa
• Changa, a Bantu kingdom

Changa is a restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey, established in 1999 and located close to Taksim Square. It is owned by restaurateurs Tarık Bayazıt and Savaş Ertunç, and operated under the consultancy and supervision of the renowned Kiwi chef Peter Gordon. In 2002, Changa was chosen 39th of the world's 50 top restaurants by the Restaurant magazine.

Named after the Swahili language word for "mix", Changa is situated in a restored house of Art Nouveau style built in 1903, occupying its all four floors. The interior is a combination of classic style with modern elements. The restaurant can host 90 people at a time and the bar can handle up to 40. For private occasions, the dining room on the fourth floor can accommodate between twelve and thirty persons.

The kitchen presents Turkish cuisine blended in line with modern style dishes of Pacific Rim utilizing fusion-method cookery that allows natural ingredients with international flavors to be marinated, cooked and served all in harmony on the same plate. Fusion food is cooking without borders, melting two or more ingredients from two different cuisines to create a new single dish that compliments the individual flavors and ingredients. The fusion technique is centuries-old and was born when the Chinese people moved to America, the Americans adopted the Mexican food, the Africans came to Europe and the French discovered the Indo-Chinese cuisine. However, this type of food was criticized by some gastronomers for having no rules and no defined techniques without respecting the traditional recipes.

In addition to its ranking at the "Top 50", the venue was honored in 2002 with "Overall Excellence Award" by the Time Out magazine.

Changa is a DMT-infused smoking blend. Typically, extracts from native Australian Acacia trees or other DMT containing plants are combined with herbs and typically ayahuasca vine and/or leaf to create a mix that is 20-50% DMT, akin to a smokeable ayahuasca. Invented in Australia in the early 2000s, Changa has been rapidly building in popularity as a more accessible alternative to crystal DMT.