If you want to have your Supper Club dinner party menu to be on trend you might want to check out what is hot with your local food trucks.
Research has told us for years that there is a cycle in how trends develop and come to market. Food Trucks are an early indicator of what is to come. The cycle of food trend sources include:
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Food Trucks
Food Trucks are at the forefront of what is trendy. Quite often, trucks are run by young and creative chefs, that bring imaginative food to the market. And if it isn’t good, the food truck won’t be in business long.
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White Tablecloth Restaurants
High end restaurants are next in line. They take what is trendy and often what was “peasant food”, add a little panache to delight their upscale clientele. And yes, they are proud of their product and charge accordingly for it.
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Fast Casual Restaurants
This segment takes what has been tried and tested to serve to their customers. Trends have been proven and modified for the mainstream.
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Retail Markets
At the end of the development cycle is what is being sold at your supermarket. Major food manufacturers watch each segment of the development cycle and pick only what has been fully developed to bring to market.
My friend and culinary muse, Lucien Vendôme, recently went to a so called “Food Truck Rodeo” in Poland. They had over 40 trucks from all over Poland staged outside the football stadium. It had all type of cuisines from Arizona Pastrami (I have no idea how they came up with the name) to Balkan burgers and Vietnamese steamed buns.
One thing that struck me from the pictures is how “Americanized” items were. My guess is that foodies in Poland are watching a lot of the Food Chanel’s “Diners, Dives and Drive-Ins”.
If you want trendy food and great ideas for your Supper Club Menu, Check out your local food Trucks.
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Author’s Note: The featured image is of my niece’s Sage Vegan food truck. She runs a chain of vegan restaurants in Los Angeles California area and has a fantastic offering on her Food Trucks