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40 Times People Would’ve Rather Got Plates And Glasses Instead Of These Disasters (New Pics)
Dear bars and restaurants, we do genuinely appreciate how hard you try to impress us. After the pandemic hit, it has been a continuous struggle to save your business and attract both workers and clients. So it's only normal to put that extra bit of effort into everything, from the thoughtful playlist to premium Marseille soap in the bathroom.
Some restaurant owners and chefs take the dining experience up to the next level and come up with very ingenious ways to serve their food. Think of starters served straight on the table, croquettes served in an iron mask and no, I am not kidding.
Thanks to the internet's beloved We Want Plates project founded by Ross McGinnes back in 2015, we now have a crazy collection of absurd food servings to scroll through. “It’s the global crusade against serving food on bits of wood and roof slates, chips in mugs and drinks in jam jars,” says its description and hey, thanks for the public service, you guys.
Psst! More hilarious food servings from We Want Plates can be found in our previous posts here, here and here.
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#1
Quality Postmodernism
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Contradictory to common belief a urine report has never been in contact with urine. It's just as sanitary as any other piece of paper handled by dozens of people with a few of them not washing their hands after a restroom visit.
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#2
The Juices Dripped Onto My Legs Through That Nice Crack In The Board
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
Of course, because, during a pandemic, you want to maximize cross contamination. I would have sent this back, and asked for a new one, served on a plate. If they refuse, adios amigo.
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Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Either they're wasteful by making these single use, or you're eating off a dirty piece of wood, because there's no way they're getting that clean in between customers.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
The food looks absolutely delicious--- the plating, not so much.
Julia Jules Whitelegg 4 years ago
Yucky way to serve food, might as well put it on a toilet seat!!
LiuLiu 4 years ago
It would probably be cleaner, at least a toilet seat is a smooth surface
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#3
This Rose Flavored Chocolate Dessert That You Have To Lick Off Your Hands! (Miami)
yeciye 4 years ago
I guess they inform you about it. Beforehand. So I think this one is on the customer. For more than one reason.
Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago
Nothing adds that special something to a dish like the subtle flavor of hand.
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
"Can you just pour that on my date so I can lick it off?" and this kids, is how I met your mother
Previously Bored Panda spoke with Ross McGinnes, the founder of the ‘We Want Plates’ community. Ross started the campaign in 2015 after a friend posted a picture of an average-sized steak on Facebook, which had been served to him on a large chopping board.
“It was captioned, unironically, 'That is a big meal!' It wasn't a big meal—he'd fallen for all this style-over-content hipster gastropub nonsense,” he recounted. Then, Ross searched Twitter for an account which would allow him to vent his spleen with like-minded people, but he found nothing. That’s how We Want Plates was created. Today, the project has 900,000 followers across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Reddit.
#4
Reject Modernity, Embrace Tradition
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
There is not a single culinary school in the world who teaches dickhead stuff like this. there can't be.
California Jones 4 years ago
How about an in-between? Food that hasn't been sitting in a tray getting sneezed on all day, but also isn't "artsy". How about food, on a plate, served by a waiter, from a chef, in a kitchen. That's food.
Gaby Almodovar 4 years ago
I'm for something in between. The first one is a relatively new, "splashing" method, met in fancy or we-are-supposed-to-be-fancy restaurants. The second one is just a buffet. There are so many serving-styles in between!
Marcellus II 4 years ago
"False dichotomy" is what that picture's choice is called. "Do you love your food undercooked or burned?" would be another example.
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#5
Multi-Flavor Pizza Served In A Tire
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
That's what I was thinking. But there are people who like the smell of burning rubber. as Lewis Hamilton said to his girlfriend when he put his condom on.
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BaconBenchPress616 4 years ago
What the hell is in the middle? Is that dessert pizza with sprinkles?
OG 3 years ago
NO.
Pizzaria Bate Papo, Guarujá, Brasil.
Dos Santos [pizzaiolo] put a whole roasted chicken, a whole lobster, a bunch of bananas, a watermelon, birthday cake, giant donut, sushi, fries, burgers, a six-pack of beer, and more... in the middle of a pizza.
By the way, it's not served in tires, perhaps it was a one-time action or just photoshop. DElY9s9XoA...cd3e08.jpg 
#6
You Could Order Barbie Meat At A Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant My Sis-In-Law Went To Last Night
Otter 4 years ago
It's Pagan Priestess Barbie! (Sacrificial sickle sold seperstely.)
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Amina Hays 4 years ago
Nobody's "pretending Lady Gaga created this". I'm not at all a fan of hers but way more people know who Lady Gaga is, than Jana Sterbak. If anything, she's created a conversation which could lead people looking into the dress, discovering it's actually the work of a certain artist and researching and learning about that artist. I really abhor this term so I don't mean it lightly when I say, stop gate keeping art. Be it in the form of music, sculpture etc. It's a really pretentious and gross thing to do. Yeah yeah, we get it. You know who a particular obscure artist is, well done, have a cookie.
Amina Hays 4 years ago
Oh bum, I meant that as a reply to Abhinc who's below this.
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Hilary Mol 4 years ago
Never thought I'd see a Barbie doll used for anything worse than a toilet cozy. I stand corrected.
McGinnes also noted that some restaurants put food on strange things because they want to try to impress their customers. Sometimes, that turns against them. “My local pub used to do a great Sunday roast: twelve quid, piled high, tasted great and yes, it came on a plate. One weekend they added a quirky offering to the menu: little sandwiches, pies, dainty cakes and mini milkshakes served on a miniature picnic bench. The benches, painted bright pink and yellow, sat on top of tables seating actual grown adults. And what was the first thing these infantilized diners did? It wasn't to try the food—it was to whip out their phones and take a picture.”
#7
So I Went To Alinea This Weekend
Yuki Li 4 years ago
That's just pretentious. Am I supposed to lean over the table and risk getting my arms all dirty just for more blueberries lol.
A B C 4 years ago
Just imagine someone with wide or puffed sleeves. Yeah, no thank you.
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Julie C Rose 4 years ago
I’m a non-American who can’t afford to buy even a tiny apartment and even I know that Alinea is a super-expensive status symbol restaurant. So anyone who can afford to go there automatically loses my sympathy when they complain about it.
AzKhaleesi 4 years ago
I'm American and I've never heard of this place ever.
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Ann Coffman 4 years ago
Or maybe the "other end"? But with a Rainbow! 🌈! And tinkles, I mean Sprinkles!
Load More Replies... Chyppa Homer 4 years ago
Just admit it. The waiter slipped, and dumped everything on the table :D
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
This is what Alinea is known for so why complain about it if you still willingly went?
#8
Pasta, Sauce, Bread. In A Wire Cone
Layla Corman 4 years ago (edited)
I thought the same thing! Looks like they fold and *fill the cone. Could do without that napkin on the plate though, but then it would be super slippery.
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#9
Breakfast In A Egg Carton
Wouter 4 years ago
I'm hoping these are brand new ones, otherwise it *IS* gross.
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Natalia A 4 years ago
This can actually give people salmonella. There was a case of some people getting salmonella after putting fruit (plums I think) in an egg box.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
You can get unused egg-cartons. Never been in contact with an egg. Still, this is just absurd. I'm all for eco-friendly, but this is just terrible.
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Vicky Z 4 years ago
Despite the obvious everyone already mentioned, what is this one miserable cherry doing there with the other staff ?
littlesaresare 4 years ago (edited)
It's the cherry on top of all the bullshit, duh!
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Susan Widomski 3 years ago
Egg cartons are not sanitary and receiving your food this way is disgusting.
“Over the following months the picnic benches became increasingly popular, coinciding with the specials board becoming progressively smaller, before it eventually disappeared altogether,” Ross told us. He remembered sitting there one Sunday, watching bench after garish bench emerge from the kitchen like a technicolor carnival of idiocy, before his usual roast arrived.
#10
Dinner With A Side Of Tetanus Anyone?
Layla Corman 4 years ago
The poor servers in that restaurant! They must cringe when people order this.
criminalgirl 4 years ago
So how is this barbed wire cleaned? Who risks their hands cleaning this? Dishwashers can clean well enough, but some food would stick regardless, poor show of pretentious crap.
lazy panda 4 years ago
If they're serving food with barbed wire, I'm gonna bet they aren't cleaning it lol
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A Friend Ordered Tiramisu In Scotland. Why Sugar The Lid?
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
Yupp. You can even see the writing on the side. I don't mind THAT. It's the sugar on top of the lid
Load More Replies... criminalgirl 4 years ago
As a Scottish person, living in Scotland, I apologise. Deeply. This is offensive.
Got Myself 4 Dwarves 4 years ago
Same dude. If I walked into a restaurant here that did this s**t I'd be back out again pronto. I'll go as far as tolerating the mini deep fryer basket they put chips in but that's it
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Ann Coffman 4 years ago
I'd be afraid what they might serve that in!! A rusty used green bean can maybe?
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#12
Friend Of Mine Went To A Restaurant And Their Starter Came In A Book
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
I have heard of devouring a book-this is pushing the envelope a bit don't you think?
“The meat was cold and the potatoes were burnt. It was once their main Sunday trade, but the traditional roast had died an unpalatable death. But that’s OK because they were doing a roaring trade with the benches, right? Sure, until the pub down the road started doing them too. Then the one around the corner.”
Ross recounted that before you know it, everyone’s doing the same ‘quirky’ thing. “Except it’s not ‘quirky’ anymore because you can’t move for mini picnic benches and now all their roast dinners are rubbish to boot,” he told us.
#13
Plates Shouldn’t Fall Over When You Stab Them With A Fork
yeciye 4 years ago
When asked for food served in a stable way, this restaurant would bring straw and horses instead of plates.
Donkey boi 4 years ago
I recently learned that Americans and Europeans (generally) use a knife and fork differently. When you see it in action it's mind-blowing!
Eric Forster 4 years ago
They stabbed it with their steely knives, yet they still can't kill the beast.
#14
Uhm.. How Do I Drink It..?
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
You wait until it slowly oozes onto the table and just lap it up?
Thomas Sweda 4 years ago
It looks frozen, just turn it over and wait 40 minutes. At least they won’t be pushing drinks.
Lorali Srygley 4 years ago
You take a drill and drill a hole big enough to fit a straw through
Thomas E S Thomas 4 years ago
It's a straw flute glass. You probably slip a straw through the hollow stem.
#15
Our Corn Chips Came In A Rusty Bucket
Amina Hays 4 years ago
That's surely illegal. I hope it's been reported to the relevant people, like health inspectors.
Veronica Popescu 4 years ago
Instead of covid testing they should ask when you got your tetanus shot.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Now, it’s kitschy in a rusty bucket BUT make damn sure there’s a layer of clear sealant on it that’s safe to eat off of. I don’t mind seeing the rust. I do mind having rust come in contact with my food—-and I don’t want to hear any feeble jokes about needing more iron in my diet.
#16
The Croquette In The Iron Mask
Binx 4 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, would be fun if every time you pick one up, the tongue goes in to retrieve one more
Layla Corman 4 years ago
Not the worst "non plate" I've seen. At least it is on an edible and protected surface.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
and the green goo underneath it adds to that ambiance.
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I have questions... how many of these do you suppose this place has? Are there dozens of these waiting for people to order croquettes? Do they serve other things this way? What else do they have back there, helmets for soup? Spears for steaks? And who gets the job of washing and drying this lovely thing?
#17
Lunch Served On A Heavy Stone? I Felt Bad For My Server Who Had To Carry It
Al Cook 4 years ago
I was going to say a prison meal tray from the flintstones! I actually don't mind it though.
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Lusie Carter 4 years ago
That looks like a type of tray that would be served at school lunch that Pebbles and Bam Bam would eat off of.
#18
Crepes Served As Babushka Barbe
Ann Coffman 4 years ago
Unless she remembered to wear the hairnet this time!
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#19
My Meal Was Served In A Folded License Plate. I Mean I Guess It Is A Plate In A Way
Mike Loux 4 years ago
Now if only they'd change the oil in their fryer...
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Softsquatch 4 years ago
this one's not so bad, reusing the trash that would go to landfill otherwise
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
This is clever recycling, and I'm all for that. It can be cleaned, and it's lined, and makes a practical serving tray.
A B C 4 years ago
This. And it's lined with wax paper, I don't see a problem at all.
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#20
Friend's Mother Went To A Restaurant And Got A Glass Of Pasta! Upside Down!
Red rockin lobster 4 years ago
Non creative people trying to be creative. Happens in all spheres of life
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
Someone apparently missed the day in the culinary institute where they explained how important it is for the food to look appetizing.
#21
A Bottle Of Fish
#22
On A Cleaver...
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Not only sitting on a cleaver, but also stabbed through the heart with a pretty formidable-looking knife. Does the chef have anger issues?
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
That looks like it would be messy to eat (plates have a lip for a reason) but at least it looks clean, except for the wooden handle.
#23
My Boyfriends Ice-Cream Came In A Little Metal Tub, But Mine Came In A Little Plastic Wheelbarrow
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
With two of the most ridiculous pieces of 'cutlery' I've ever seen. I'll trade you my...whatever this thing is, for your tiny shovel.
Jess-a-men 4 years ago
Now there's a contrast. That doesn't even look like it came from the same restaurant.
#24
Twigs And Moss
Vorknkx 4 years ago
Our best scientists are still struggling to answer this :P
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criminalgirl 4 years ago
I would need a power point presentation beforehand, to tell me what I should or shouldn't eat.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
Hah hah, I saw the photo and had a feeling it was going to be the Gannet. I wonder if they serve deconstructed sausage rolls nestled on a bed of peat moss with a Irn Bru reduction.
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Strawberry Hellcat 4 years ago
I wouldn't eat anything served in a nest at a restaurant called "The Gannet". They wet their nests (Monty Python). 🤣
#25
I’d Send This Back. This Replaced An Amazing Restaurant In My Town That Was Killed By Covid
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
I hope you at least get to keep the cool little sculpture, so you can put it in the garden or on a bookshelf where it belongs.
SelkieBlackfysh 3 years ago
Hopefully that place dies too when no one wants to pay for overpriced, unfulfilling pretentious nonsense.
#26
Spaghetti-No
Otter 4 years ago
Agreed. I like spagetti, and the chef seems to think that only meatballs matter.
Load More Replies... Vicky Z 4 years ago
I agree! This wouldn't be comfortable to eat in any room of my house
Load More Replies... GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I believe that the very second you try to stab that first meatball you'll be wearing this.
#27
Pasta Flight, Ended Up Everywhere
Gaby Almodovar 4 years ago
Ridiculously unnecessary, not practical for guests and too much idiotic work for the kitchen. The chef here is a jerk.
Susan Widomski 3 years ago
I don't want any of the bits that are touching the table. I should think the menu described the way it was served and THAT should have been warning enough.
#28
My “Flying“ Noodles. They Where Cold Within A Minute
Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago
There are a reasonable number of things I want from my food. Flying isn't one of them.
JenZu 3 years ago
Also it arriving to me in time to actually eat it warm would be one of those things.
Load More Replies... GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I guess it pays to look around at other diners' plates before ordering... see if something like this is coming
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Also it's always safe to ask your waiter:are you a normal restaurant? Do you have plates?
Load More Replies... Marco Conti 4 years ago
"Tonight our special is crucified noodles guaranteed to get cold before they get to your table, mystery black pot and a carrot personally shot with a .50 BMG by our chef.
Katie Morris 4 years ago
Omg these are two minute noodles !! Seriously these are like .50 cents a packet
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Mmmmmmmm cold flying noodles - what the hells in the black pot? I know !stuff the flying noodles in there and let it fly back to the kitchen!
#29
Steak Pie In A Jar…
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Honey, you gonna need that hand gel if you even attempt to eat whatever they claim this is!
Hugh Walter 4 years ago
And that antique salt celler is looking very sophisticated next to the hand-gel!
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
This is another one that I would have sent back immediately, to be transferred to an actual plate (Oh! The Horror!) and returned. With a different puff pastry ...
#30
Kids Food On Dvd-Case (Photo From Restaurants Own Page)
Requiem 4 years ago
haha this generation has never seen a VHS, like mine was on the tail end of 8tracks
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Pixie 4 years ago
So after eating you have crying kids who wants to see the film they got served?
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I don't know what that 'food' is, but I can't see a kid snapping that up
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
So then the kid starts thinking they get to take their “plate” home to watch the movie. Let me guess, the owner came up with this boneheaded idea, and no one was brave enough to tell him it was s**t.
#31
Soup In A Burnt Cabbage
Cip IESAN 4 years ago
They don't! They will use the same cabbage for 100+ clients and, after a week, they'll cook the cabbage and serve it in a pumpkin, for example. They will use the same pumpkin for 100+ clients and, after a week, they'll cook the pumpkin and serve it in a pineapple, for example. They will use the same pineapple for...
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Chyppa Homer 4 years ago
And after you're finished, they feed the plates to whatever is unfortunate enough to end up in tomorrow's soup, and so on...
#32
Removing Splinters With Greasy Fingers
Marsha Sturgill 4 years ago
Now that is one good-looking piece of fish no matter what it is served in.
Jo Ellen Washburn 4 years ago
This sh*t isn't cleanable either! And I know they use it more than once.
Maple Chan 4 years ago
why is there a piece of black cardboard sticking out at the top there???
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
You can't clean that stuff, do they throw it away or just hope their guests have a good immune system?
#33
We Want Tables?
Marcellus II 4 years ago
I actually was planning to do my garden table somewhat like this, with left over 'green roof' materials. I hate mowing and grass, so it would be Sedums; the problem it it's either boring or very uneven.
Burs 4 years ago
Maybe you can make a glass lid with a frame so you can open it to water them but still have a flat surface?
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criminalgirl 4 years ago
So who does all the picking up of spilled veg, fries,crumbs etc? Is that left to the birds? So who cleans up their poop? I could go on, but I'm not going to.
#34
I Swear, It's A Chocolate Mousse And Pop-Corn On A Wooden Board....
Rose the Cook 4 years ago
Is there a conspiracy against chocolate mousse I haven't heard about?
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
To take a dessert as scrumptious as chocolate mousse and make it look like oily loose diarrhea is sacrilege. The chef who did this must be excommunicated and forbidden to work with food ever again.
Candia Lee 4 years ago
There's parchment paper on the board. Way less gross than directly on wood. And it's not drizzled all over. Second least terrible, after fish in a bottle.
#35
Flattened Chips Due To The Weight
#36
I Guess We Are Serving Fish On Fish Bones?!
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
It looks to me like they are serving more bones than fish! Death on Death!
Kelly Hartle 4 years ago
That’s an insult to the fish—we’re going to clean your skeleton then put your cooked body back on it.
#37
Aah Yes, I Finally Experienced The Classic Shovel Plate
Hugh Walter 4 years ago
Oooooffffff, that chicken looks half-cooked, salmonella with you grave-spade, anyone?
Edison Michael 4 years ago
I will tell you what, that chicken looks so freaking ugly that I didn't even notice the shovel before reading the title. A ceramic plate shaped like a shovel is nothing compared to that.
Author SJ Baily 4 years ago
Why don't I recognize what kind of food that is? I'm too old to be this clueless but that looks so gross. I would shovel it all right into the trash.
#38
An Actual Non Stick Pan, Instead Of A Plate
Horatio Jay 4 years ago
Well, that's bowel cancer waiting to happen. Never use metal on non-stick cookware, kids.
A B C 4 years ago
Ugh. That's blatant BULLSH*T. PTFE is INERT to your body, it goes out exactly as it goes in. The cancer risk ONLY happens if you overheat the pan severely: fluorocarbonates start forming at 202°C, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment states that a relevant toxicity only even starts to show up at temperatures above 360°C (that's 680 degrees in freedom units).
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Hello it Smee 4 years ago
Remind me of being a broke college student, no need for a plate just eat out of the pan.😆
Nothanks L. Walk 4 years ago
"the OLD Monica would remind you to scrub that pan with a PLASTIC brush"
#39
This Would Be Embarrassing
Big Blue Cat 4 years ago
At least it's easy to keep safety distance to customers. Jk, ridiculous
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Are you supposed to open your mouth and the guy opposite is supposed to "spoon" it in - gag - yummy!
#40
So This Is Supposed To Be The Best Way To Eat Caviar...
I’m A Black Cat 4 years ago
No sorry, it's bullshit. The right way is to eat it with a spoon and a side of white bread at most. No eating it off the hand. Every Russian would laugh in your face if you told them to eat the caviar off the side of their hand. Trust me
Load More Replies... Scagsy 4 years ago
Caviar is the greatest trick ever pulled on the rich and stupid. Tastes like gunk. Delicacy, my shiny white a$$.
A B C 4 years ago
Same with oysters in my opinion. Slimy, salty piece of (still living) snot. Disgusting af.
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
No. Small bowl, on ice, toast points or unsalted crackers, crème fraîche, small plates or cloth napkins, proper caviar spoons. Take a toast point or cracker, spread a bit of crème fraîche on it, then take a spoonful (NOT a heaping one!) of caviar and put it on top of the crème fraîche. Enjoy the taste of salty little bubbles! (Even as a child, I liked caviar served like this.)
Lyone Fein 4 years ago
YES! When I was in Russia as an eight year old child this is exactly how we were taught to eat it! This is the right way . Absolutely. Not with a spoon. Not off your skin. But on a soda cracker with the merest amount of the creme......heaven!
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Natalie Seaton 4 years ago
As a Russian - my nation produces this, and we have never been this drunk.
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Why not cut out the middleman and suck it straight out of the fish?
Strawberry Hellcat 4 years ago
Native Alaskan Inupiac Agnes Hailstone did it in an episode of "Life Below Zero", so I guess it's possible!
Load More Replies... Layla Corman 4 years ago
For anyone who is curious as to why this is the correct way- when you eat caviar off a spoon, you will pick up hints of flavor from that spoon (even mother of pearl). Eating it off your hand allows you to experience the temperature, texture and taste, dimension, smell and shape (No, I do not eat caviar).
littlesaresare 4 years ago
If the caviar is so affected by flavour of spoon, wouldn't it also be affected by flavor of skin oils and sweat?
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Ahhh! I LOVE blinis, with a dollop of sour cream!!!
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#41
"How Do You Want Your Chocolate Mousse? Clean Or Dirty?" Paris, France
Gaby Almodovar 4 years ago
There are 2 ways of serving choco-mousse not looking as a piece of diarrhea s**t: in dessert-glass, or formed with two spoons.
Rosesinmyhair 4 years ago
He's touched that sauce bottle that everyone in the kitchen has touched and flattened the mousse with the same hand. BLEH
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Looks like something a chocolate mouse regurgitated! (not a spelling error)
#42
I Guess The Chicken Wings Are… Flying?
Horatio Jay 4 years ago
So, what, I'm guessing they paid 12-20 USD for four wings because it's "quirky".
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Sure they're chicken wings looks looks something that just popped up form a long stint in the ocean!
Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago
Or made made examples of to keep the other chicken wings in line.
#43
So I Heard You Guys Like Seepage
#44
Jelly And Cream In A Straw
MrOwlAteMyMetalWorm. 4 years ago
Dies,family sues wins a couple million dollars.Buys 3 cute pups.Lol.Sorry.
Load More Replies... Tarryn Louise 4 years ago
This one is kinda cool tbh. At least it is CLEAN unlike the majority on here.
LittleMissLotus 4 years ago
I don't think this is that bad, it's not unsanitary, and you can easily get the dessert out by sucking on it. Is it just me?
#45
In An Ad For A New Greek Place In Town. Yummy, I Love My Hand-Torn Bread Served To Me On A Round Stone Covered In Paste
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
seriously, they will say anything in order for them to sound more "craft".
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$12 Gin & Tonic
StrawberryParfait 4 years ago
You're gonna do a classic cocktail like this, really? Gin deserves better than this.
#47
Not One, But Two Pans And A Cutting Board
Horatio Jay 4 years ago
Pans as serving tops? I worked in a restaurant for years, I shudder to think about the crazy amount of wasted space storing those things, and running them through the dishwasher. Just stupid. Instead of making quirky settings your thing, just make good food, and maybe supplement it with unique decor.
A B C 4 years ago
Some people just like some fanciness and are willing to pay extra for that because it makes their night out a little more special. So what?
Load More Replies... Hugh Walter 4 years ago
Not much wrong with the servers (handles are away from the diner) but the food looks good, so good I'm getting take-out chicken and chips tonight . . . and I was going to have a mini-quiche with beans! Is it a rolled steak or a partridge or . . . ?
#48
2 Scallops On Seashells Placed On Top Of Fake Grass, Real Rocks And All On Top Of A Log
Gaby Almodovar 4 years ago
Scallops on shells are okay.... the other stuff is just there for you to pay 20% more, as normal.
A B C 4 years ago
So either you want a little extra fancy and you're willing to pay 20% more for that, or you don't want it, then you don't visit this restaurant. I'm pretty sure there are other places serving scallops in a more traditional way. Get off your high horse.
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Brian Bennett 4 years ago
This is a meal? Are you sure the scallops are what they're supposed to be?
#49
We Want Cups. Mai Tai In A Spam Can. Sea-Tac Airport
Gaby Almodovar 4 years ago
I would call the health-inspectors on that place! No way, a can produced for containing meat-product can be sterilized enough -in a normal restaurant/bar's conditions- to be safe enough for anything else serving in it.
Rachel Ratty 4 years ago
not appealing, but on the re-cycling (make do and mend) aspect, cannot be faulted
Deborah B 4 years ago
if it is an actual spam can, and not a 'restaurant quality replica ideal for searving individual portions'.
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Brian Bennett 4 years ago
A Mai Tai with the delicate flavor of SPAM - served I hope with a bottle of 100 proof rum to be consumed first!
#50
This Is Aggravating
Donny 4 years ago
Neither, you send it back to the kitchen and request an actual plate.
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Karasi Mills 4 years ago
Those are uncooked corn tortillas.... Why do people serve them like that ... Such a bad texture and flavor until they're sauteed in a pan
Gaby Almodovar 4 years ago
I bet, the dishwasher hates this, because you need in plus plates for this thing.
#51
Not Even The Same Size Of Skillet
#52
Soup In A Laboratory Flask
Tarryn Louise 4 years ago
It would be fine if you enjoy cold soup.... what % of people enjoy cold soup!!!!!! 55% apparently.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
that is a test tube - that may be soup but the Idea of something being tested in my soup bowl makes me cringe just a little!
Monday 4 years ago
This seems like it would be fun for shots. The soup would just get cold too quickly.
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#53
Medusa Calamari?
J. F. 4 years ago (edited)
Roasting more face huggers with her flamethrower for this establishment
Load More Replies... Hugh Walter 4 years ago
I was going to say "I hope they served it with secateurs", then I saw the heavy-duty scissors, that's actually quite cool!
#54
Shoe Boba (Not Mine, Found It On Twitter)
Stoopham McFernybabes 4 years ago
People, relax - these aren’t real shoes. And given that the Con’s behind are also scrubbing brushes, I’m assuming this is some sort of artwork rather than drinks being served at a restaurant.
#55
I Was Reading A Review Of A Spanish Restaurant And This Come Up....
Hugh Walter 4 years ago
I can see a love story for children in this somewhere . . . the crochet yearned to get closer to the roe-nest, but that pesky jumper-fluff-ball resolutely prevented them from getting to know each-other . . . he was a meanie.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Looks very much like a Spanish shipwreck, with all the underwater critters still attached!
#56
Not What I Meant When I Said 'A Pallet Of Food'
Al Cook 4 years ago
I don't think there's a hygiene issue with this one. The pallets are so small they'd have to be custom made, and don't look like ordinary ply. Plus I'd say they probably change the paper for every serve.
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#57
Pot Of Yoghurt And Some Bread In A Box Of Inedible Rocks
Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago
It would have been much better if they included edible rocks.
JustAnother Soul 4 years ago
Some, means any, unspecified, amount. Not necessarily plural. It’s the opposite of none.
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#58
Tonka Truck Full Of Wings
KJ 4 years ago
I had that truck as a kid (but with clear plastic windows), never ate my food out of it though for obvious reasons.
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
My sister had the exact same truck! Strangely enough, we never ate anything out of it either. I guess we were just boring that way.
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#59
Everyday We Stray Further From God’s Light
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
You could get an eye injury with that meal. You need to sign a waiver before they'll serve you.
#60
Just Put It On A Plate, This Presentation Adds Nothing
Amina Hays 4 years ago
I can only quote Colonel Kurtz at times like this "The horror... the horror".
#61
The Kid's Meal At The Big Texan Served In A Hat. The 7 Year Old Recipient States, "Yeah, This Is Kinda Weird, Dad...."
Gaby Almodovar 4 years ago
And kinda not safe... that hat can't be washed in a machine. Do you really want your food being in touch with stains from previous servings?
Cold Contagious 4 years ago
His poor burger looks dried out like SpongeBob and Patrick in the first SpongeBob movie
John Baker 4 years ago
For what that probably cost, you should get the whole outfit. ;-)
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 4 years ago
And what Texans head has occupied the hat before my burger and fries Daddy!
#62
The Meat Juice Fell Off The Side And Stained My Jeans
Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago
It looks fabulous, but the chef didn't get the memo that food is meant to be eaten.
#63
Hot Dogs In A Dog Bowl
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Looks a bit too spicy for my dog! Hope it's served with a bowl of water!
#64
Giving New Meaning To The "Onion Dip"
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
You supposed to dip the onion skin in the onion holding the dip - guess I'm dumber than everyone says I am!
#65
Fries Served In A Small Trash Bin
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
I have one of those mini garbage bins on my desk at work! I keep pencils in it.
Scagsy 4 years ago
You can get special catering 'newspaper' ever since they banned the use of real newspaper for your fish and chips in England. I think this may fall into that category.
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We Thought That They Allowed Dogs Here Until We Realized That The Bowls Are For Us!
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Doesn't everyone serve up burger & fries - well maybe "hot dogs"! And a bowl of water of course!
#67
This Isn’t What We Mea-
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Damnit somebody stole that off my Avenger - and that's the way I feel!
#68
Two, Put Your Beef In That Box
Al Cook 4 years ago
Steak looks nicely cooked, but the effort with the box is misplaced, it just looks boring, and where are the sides/garnishes?
Gaby Almodovar 4 years ago
This is safe enough, but totally just for you paying min. 10% more as for the same steak in a normal place.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Well that's so rare it looks like it could, would, and should run away! YUCK!!!
#69
Nearly Bought This Watering Can For My Daughters Mini Cacti Until I Read The Label
IlovemydogShilo 4 years ago
I would have bought it for your daughter's cacti anyway. Your idea for it's use is way better.
#70
Chicharrones.. Served On Animal Skull They Even Have A Plate Right There..
Rachel Ratty 4 years ago
Well I don't like eating meat off the bone - so this one is a big no no for me
Sunshine Sunshine 4 years ago
Of there is ever a way of convincing someone to become a devout vegetarian.
Florencia Renedo 4 years ago
At least you are reminded that an innocent animal died for you to eat.
#71
It's Like They Heard People Like Ribs But Didn't Really Grasp It
Dynein 4 years ago
I mean, the only edible stuff I recognize on this are the grapes!
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It's Called El Ultimo Baño (The Last Bath). Roasted Whole Quail In Foamy Broth And A Piece Of Spongy Bread. It Was Pretty Meh-Tasting. Once Won The City's Weekly Tapas Award. (Bar Is Called Depikofino)
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
Why are restaurants trying too hard? The food should speak for itself.
Davis the Un-Greatest 4 years ago
The presentation is cute, but there’s soap all over your food now…
#73
Cocktail In A Takeout Box. Only A Little Leaky
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago (edited)
Only if that place had anything made of glass that they can use for drinks they could have solved that leak problem.
#74
Saw This In An Ad On Facebook - Who Doesn't Like Their Sashimi In A Tipped Over Wine Glass
#75
I Ordered A Cocktail, I Got A Salad
Gaby Almodovar 4 years ago
If it's not a cocktail which contains bell peppers, than it's a very poor choice, besides being ugly. The aromas disolving from pepper will screw up your cocktail.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Can't imagine what kind of cocktail could be served in a pepper! you gonna hve trouble suckin that pepper through a straw!
#76
Yeah I'll Have Some Brisket On The Rocks Please
Hugh Walter 4 years ago
Impossible to cut-up . . . impractical, a meal out is supposed to be a rest not a challenge!
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
The meat looks REALLY good, too, which just makes it even more depressing.
#77
Apple Pie And Whip Cream In Pots
Mahagony74 Red 4 years ago
This is actually kinda cute IF they would have made them suitable to eat out of which should have been common sense.....i know its "cheaper" in the garden section at home depot but come on people!!!!
#78
We Got Appetizers Served On A Tray Full Of Stones
#79
The Menu Specifically Called It A Charcuterie Plate
#80
I Just Thought You Guys Were No Fun, But I Get It Now….
#81
Went To A Fancy Cocktailbar Just To Get My Bloody Mary In An Old Tomato Can. Also Spotted Someone Getting A Whole Pineapple Instead Of A Glass
#82
My Friend Sent Me This Picture
Julia Jules Whitelegg 4 years ago
All those lovely meat juices and oils running into your cocktail, lovely!
#83
Fiancée Said "Do You Think I'm Allowed To Put Ketchup Directly On The Cutting Board?"
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Anyone in my estimation who eats off a cutting board is risking their life!
Giles McArdell 4 years ago
Well, if your cutting board isn't clean enough to eat off of then it's not clean enough to cut food on either.
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Onion Rings And Gravy On A Stone Slab!
LH25 4 years ago
We have a local place that serves some food on stones, but they are heated first.
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#85
Fish Tacos For Two, On A Cutting Board…
#86
Deep Fried Mushroom On A Ceramic Log
#87
Berries Straight From The Tree
Anna Snorrepot 4 years ago
ok well this one is ok, as long as it's only the berries we're eating.
V33333P 4 years ago
Gorgeous as a table display but not as an ordered dessert
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#88
From An Instagram Ad. Just...wow
Analyn Lahr 4 years ago
The American Times? Is/was that a real newspaper? The date date says 1989 and I don't think newspapers cost $1.50 back then. So, it's gotta be a fake replica of an old newspaper? I don't know why I'm hung up on this.
LH25 4 years ago
That's what I thought at first, but looking more I think it's a turkey leg. Not better.
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Emergency Room Margarita
#90
My Breakfast Came On A Shovel... What’s Next?
#91
Onion Rings Served On An Oil Funnel
#92
A Pizza On A Board That's Too Small. Cutting It Was A Challenge
#93
I'm A Cow Now
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
The astroturf or grass touches the food. How do they sterilize it for the next customer?
#94
Some Cutlery Would Be Nice Aswell..
#95
What The Hell Is This Crap?
#96
Calamari In A Box, Pasta In A Pan. The North End In Boston
#97
They Call This A “Sushi Cupcake Ferris Wheel”
#98
I Was So Hungry For Cake That I Didn't Realize Until Mid-Way Through That I Got Served In A F*cking Tile
#99
Decent In Comparison To Some Of The Sh*t I've Seen But Damn Just Give Me A Damn Plate!
#100
Literally
indiecognition 4 years ago
The Reddit link says that the server took his plate while he was holding the food. Sounds plausible.
Load More Replies... Kevin Camp 4 years ago
All of these are the answer how to make "average to poor tasting food seem pretentious and get dumb people to pay a premium for it." If any of you do business with these places or even paid for that. you deserve to get what you got.
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Kayla J 4 years ago
I just feel like if you're going to serve me in a mini wheelbarrow, hat, trash bin, or throw a skeleton model on my food, that I should be able to keep it as a prize.
Sawdust 4 years ago
Like a souvenir ice cream baseball helmet at a stadium.
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Horatio Jay 4 years ago
I've almost never seen well-executed "quirky" serving ideas. If you want to stand out, let the quality of your cuisine speak for itself.
NsG 4 years ago
Exactly. The king of quirky cuisine is Heston Blumenthal - he does things like make apple purée in the shape of a pork chop and makes the pork chop look like potato wedges or whatever, and other random taste combinations and "feasts for the eyes", but from what I've seen on the internet, his restaurant serves quirky food on actual *plates*. There are some things served on breadboards, but they appear to have been specifically designed for this use and able to be properly cleaned after, and not some random driftwood. (He did do some weird serving stuff for his TV programs, but that was kinda the point - they were usually experiments and definitely one-offs as part of the wider experience)
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Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
Half of this isn't even quirky or cute, it's just pretentious. AND unhygienic.
Marnie 4 years ago
I didn't see even one that was quirky or cute, let alone half. The ice cream in the wheelbarrow was borderline cute. The rest were all terrible.
Load More Replies... Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
I wonder if these people knew what they were getting into. If they served me these, I’d send them back and leave. It’s ridiculous and unhygienic.
Caro Caro 4 years ago
I would not go to one of these joints and if it did happen I would send it back too! I stopped reading after a few posts.
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Pungent Sauce 4 years ago
As what l’m now guessing is a “boomer” cook (50, don’t do it professionally anymore) every single one of these irritated me immensely, and honestly I quit around #12. I made very good food, presented quite well, served on nice plates. Plates are about the best thing ever for food to be put on, imho.
Candia Lee 4 years ago
As a boomer, I say you are too young to be a boomer. We are in our 70s. Baby boom after WWII, 1945-1950.
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it's me again 4 years ago
I would send every one of these back & leave the restaurant. This is stupid.
Jill Bussey 4 years ago
Two comments: One - if you pay for the meal after you have finished eating, I would send it back (before eating) and ask for a proper portion, properly served; two - why do people go to these places? It is pure pretentiousness.
Shadow 4 years ago (edited)
Most of these are so unhygienic that if I was served them I would leave the restaurant and I wouldn't pay. Most of those "plates" can't be cleaned properly and would be hiding bacteria, fungus/mold and uneaten food from previous uses. The rusty bucket, the nest, the untreated wood, the barbies, the f***ing tire!! All are extremely unsanitary and would be enough for me nope right out of there!
François Bouzigues 4 years ago
Come on Bored Panda, please remove the picture of the caviar. That is the classic way to have it.
Kayla J 4 years ago
I just feel like if you're going to serve me in a mini wheelbarrow, hat, trash bin, or throw a skeleton model on my food, that I should be able to keep it as a prize.
Sawdust 4 years ago
Like a souvenir ice cream baseball helmet at a stadium.
Load More Replies... Horatio Jay 4 years ago
I've almost never seen well-executed "quirky" serving ideas. If you want to stand out, let the quality of your cuisine speak for itself.
NsG 4 years ago
Exactly. The king of quirky cuisine is Heston Blumenthal - he does things like make apple purée in the shape of a pork chop and makes the pork chop look like potato wedges or whatever, and other random taste combinations and "feasts for the eyes", but from what I've seen on the internet, his restaurant serves quirky food on actual *plates*. There are some things served on breadboards, but they appear to have been specifically designed for this use and able to be properly cleaned after, and not some random driftwood. (He did do some weird serving stuff for his TV programs, but that was kinda the point - they were usually experiments and definitely one-offs as part of the wider experience)
Load More Replies... Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
Half of this isn't even quirky or cute, it's just pretentious. AND unhygienic.
Marnie 4 years ago
I didn't see even one that was quirky or cute, let alone half. The ice cream in the wheelbarrow was borderline cute. The rest were all terrible.
Load More Replies... Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
I wonder if these people knew what they were getting into. If they served me these, I’d send them back and leave. It’s ridiculous and unhygienic.
Caro Caro 4 years ago
I would not go to one of these joints and if it did happen I would send it back too! I stopped reading after a few posts.
Load More Replies... Pungent Sauce 4 years ago
As what l’m now guessing is a “boomer” cook (50, don’t do it professionally anymore) every single one of these irritated me immensely, and honestly I quit around #12. I made very good food, presented quite well, served on nice plates. Plates are about the best thing ever for food to be put on, imho.
Candia Lee 4 years ago
As a boomer, I say you are too young to be a boomer. We are in our 70s. Baby boom after WWII, 1945-1950.
Load More Replies... it's me again 4 years ago
I would send every one of these back & leave the restaurant. This is stupid.
Jill Bussey 4 years ago
Two comments: One - if you pay for the meal after you have finished eating, I would send it back (before eating) and ask for a proper portion, properly served; two - why do people go to these places? It is pure pretentiousness.
Shadow 4 years ago (edited)
Most of these are so unhygienic that if I was served them I would leave the restaurant and I wouldn't pay. Most of those "plates" can't be cleaned properly and would be hiding bacteria, fungus/mold and uneaten food from previous uses. The rusty bucket, the nest, the untreated wood, the barbies, the f***ing tire!! All are extremely unsanitary and would be enough for me nope right out of there!
François Bouzigues 4 years ago
Come on Bored Panda, please remove the picture of the caviar. That is the classic way to have it.
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