Modernized Comfort Food
Comfort food as we know it is changing. Where once we saw comfort food as dishes that were familiar and safe, we’re making way for new recipes that reflect the heritage of the chef and the restaurant’s locale. Through rich culinary storytelling and the chef’s genuine emotional connection to the dish, diners are presented with new and fresh food experiences that feel and taste special. Think classic and rustic ancestral recipes to be shared and enjoyed to create the new comfort food.
Walking taco with a puffed corn stick, which also tapped into another of this year's trends, experiential (more on that later). Photo courtesy Ambercita
White sweet potato hash brown served alongside a quince ketchup (and topped with Ossetra caviar). Photo courtesy LEM Expressions
Little Mac (wagyu short rib, brioche, and special sauce). Photo courtesy LEM Expressions
For this take on Modernized Comfort Food, the chef harkened back to his family dinners in Cuba with a Lechon en Clay (pork shoulder), mojo, beans, and rice. Photo courtesy Ambercita
