Sometimes you have to just do something different. In this case, we opted to serve cock’s combs to a discerning crowd of food and wine enthusiasts. We received many responses to the cock’s combs, from “Really, it’s that?” to the sound of fingers being licked as patrons came back four and five times. We met guests who were used to eating cock’s combs as street food in Bali to others who needed us to put our hands over our heads and wiggle our fingers to signify what exactly a cock’s comb is. In all cases, the cock’s combs sparked conversations about food, its history, and many ideas about what is possible with ingredients. At the end of the day, different was actually familiar. We served fried chicken with ranch dressing on a paper plate set in a field of grass on a stone table with the scents of flowers and bees all around. We just modified a few things.
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