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Traymore by Michael Schwartz Como Metropolitan MIAMI BEACH
Words: Matt Turner Photography: © Ken Hayden
IN A BITE Covers: 90 Owner / Operator: Como Hotels & Resorts Interior Design: Marcela Lombana F&B Consultant: The Genuine Hospitality Group Graphic Design: Hotcakes Head Chef: Michael Schwartz Executive Chef: Jorge Negron F&B Director: Raul Duran Head Bartender: Heriberto Oliva Head Sommelier: Alexis Sanchez www.comohotels.com
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ichael Schwartz is a doyen of the Miami
At the raw bar, seafood dishes such as royal
culinary scene, best known for his
red shrimp marinated in coconut milk and
flagship restaurant, Michael’s Genuine
lime, or king crab with miso mustard sauce
Food and Drink. So when Como Hotels & Resorts
are showcased. And plant-based dishes take
sought to reinvigorate the dining offer at its
centre stage on the market table: broccolini
Miami Beach property, it brought in the James
is given texture with Thai peanut sauce, while
Beard Award-winning chef, not just for the
cucumbers are smashed and enhanced with
hotel’s main restaurant, but also to oversee
Japanese flavours of shichimi togarashi and
room service, poolside dining and the bar.
nori. Elsewhere, the fusion of local and oriental
Traymore by Michael Schwartz combines
influences continues apace: steamed snapper
fresh, clean Floridian flavours with South-
comes with a shiitake and ginger broth; beef
East Asian influences, reflecting Como’s roots.
carpaccio sits alongside a salad of palm heart,
Seasonal, local ingredients with a healthy twist
kohlrabi, peanut, and burnt lime vinaigrette;
are at the heart of a menu celebrating the
and wok-charred wild salmon is adorned with
eastern philosophy of balance, in which “the
sprouts, toasted pumpkin seeds and soy.
dishes are light, yet grounded by the earthier tastes of umami”.
Breakfast and in-room dining menus both take their lead from Como’s signature Shambhala
The restaurant occupies a 1930s building
Cuisine concept, where organic, local produce
by architect Albert Anis in the heart of the
is sourced from land and sea, working with
city’s Art Deco district. Interiors – originally
ingredients rich in living enzymes, vitamins and
completed by Paola Navone when the hotel was
minerals. Even the cocktail list, by mixologist
first launched – have been refreshed by designer
Maria Pottage, has a health-conscious and
Marcela Lombana, working with Como’s in-
exotic twist, with libations that promise to
house team.
‘Align My Chakras’ or ‘Hail to the Sun’.