Here's an after thought on exotic twists on white trash food. This is from The New York Post Magazine:

THE PLACE: wd-50, 50 Clinton St., 212-477-2900
THE CHEF: Wylie Dufresne
THE DISH: Beef tongue with fried mayonnaise and onion streusel
WHAT IT IS: This isn't your father's steak sammy. The beef-tongue sandwich is a veritable symphony for the taste buds, with tomato molasses, romaine leaf triangles and cubes of deep-fried mayonnaise.
THE INSPIRATION: A simple dish made innovative. "I wanted to modernize a tongue sandwich - which was my father's favorite, so this was my homage to him."

Hello? Deep fried mayonnaise? Even I couldn't go there.