The whole hipster concept has become so popular these days, even restaurants are trying to do it. Unfortunately, being hipster isn't that easy and just one thing gone wrong can make you easily go from hipster to complete disaster.
Below, Bored Panda has put together a list of hipster restaurants that went way too far with food serving. From serving food in a shoe to serving coffee in a carrot - some of these "hipster" ideas are so ridiculous, it's hilarious! Keep on scrolling to take a look and don't forget to vote for your favorites.
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Afternoon Tea In A Bookcase
sanitation? I really wonder about passing health codes. At least put parchment papers under the food. it is cute, but omg, a tray would be better.
As the total bookworm I am, I'd just sit there admiring the contraption.
Let me "thumb through" a few of these sandwiches to see if there is one that I like! (Just plain nasty)
Gotta admit that is pretty cool - though those sandwiches are made out of doorsteps, way too much bread.
This just looks like disaster to me. I'm so clumsy, one bump and there goes my lunch.
It's a great idea (nerds united) but I think it could have been done much better. The sandwiches are very uneven, the scones just lay there... it looks unhygienic to me and not appetizing. I'd add some nice washable dishes to serve it in.
No way it's made of wood there is absolutely no way to disinfectant wood.bacteria bacteria
I think I prefer this to the traditional multi tiered serving tray for high tea.
It's no even meant to look like a bookcase, is just a more modern tea cake holder-very common in afternoon teas in England...
I have that exact jar set, got it at one those restaurant sites with my credits. https://www.webstaurantstore.com/anchor-hocking-98906-7-oz-mini-heremes-jar-12-case/55098906.html
This is quirky yet still pretty cool idea when all the others so far have been pretty dire.
Cake Cups
The Guy At The Table Next To Me Has Just Been Served The Most Sensational Scotch Egg. It Comes In A Trophy
I'm not even mad, that's amazing. It's a trofy for the food thingie. Legit.
I'm Speechless
The Final Boss Of This Sub
Meat Served On A Barbie Doll
Fish And Chips On A Ferris Wheel. This Is Not A Drill. We Repeat, This Is Not A Drill
We Recall The Time A Customer Ordered An Orange Juice And Was Presented With This
Breakfast Shovel
All That For A Strawberry Cut In Half
More That Moment When Everyone Else Gets Plates And Your Dessert Arrives On A Porcelain Horse Head
Terrible Bun: Meat Ratio And Precariously Tall Burger On A Skillet On A Board With A Sword Through It
I Only Like My Olives To Be Served On A Silver Spoon And Placed Beneath A Miniature Olive Tree
Coffee In A Carrot
This Salad
Some poor bus boy has to fill hundreds of rubber gloves with water then put in the freezer every day, he's pondering his life now.
This Is Not What I Expected When I Ordered A Caesar Salad
Chicken Tikka Staircase And Chutney Cupboard At The Tourist Janpath Hotel, New Delhi
The Food Is Somewhere In There
Drink Served In A Lightbulb On A Flamingo Inner Tube
Stairway To Sushi
Chips On A Washing Line
Please Serve My Mushrooms In A Small Garden That You Bring To My Table
We Take A Solemn Moment To Recall The Mini Ones Served On Barbed Wire
Seems like to much of a liability to have barbed wire in front of customers
Iced Drink In A Bag With A Straw
Waiter: Sir, now we're out of god damn glasses... Chef: Well...see those bags?
Small Town Restaurant In Thailand. I Don't Even Know What To Put Here
Shawarma On A Bicycle
"How Was Your Meal?" "Chips Were Rubbish."
What The Hell Is This
I Went To The Craziest Restaurant In The World
That's disgusting. Nobody knows what chemicals are in those pads. Like "fresh-smell" stuff.
Grilled Cheese Suspended On Metal Hook Above Bowl Of Soup
First Course Of A Tasting Menu: Citrus In Sugar. The Waiter Said, "Hold Out Your Hand"
When you're out of plates and you improvise, but end up making your restaurant look hipster as fu*k.
A Dog Bowl. How Trendy
Fritters Served In A Gelatin Shoe
My Sister Blocked Me On Instagram For Commenting "Wtf Is That Plating"
Waiter: Sir, we have 10 plates and 20 customers,..what do we do? Chef: I have an idea.
This Caged Cocktail
"Would You Like Your Egg Boiled, Poached Or Scrambled?" "Boiled And Balanced On A 15mm Isolating Ball Valve, Please."
Gotta Love Tiny Pixar Lamps With Your Dinner
Carrot Cake Served On Round Mirrors
Mini Beef Wellington Served On A Guillotine
How do they get away with safety? After all my years in the industry, I know people aren't smart enough to handle sharp objects in restaurants.
Sweets Served On An Oversized Piece Of Lego
*Dies Of Embarrassment Looking At This Hipster Food*
Mini Picnic Table. Where Is My Plate?
The End Of The World Is Nigh
Spaghetti Held Up On A Platform To Make It Cold And Hard To Eat
Lot of thought put into this one then...how to put your customers off eating there.
Wimbledon.... Sigh
This look like an easy way to overthrow all the meal by accidentally kicking the racket handle.
He *Does* Have A Plate. Small Victories
Bacon Washing-Line At Trump Hotel In Washington Dc
Yall Would Love Alinea. Here's There Signature Dessert, Served On The Table
Deconstructed Spaghetti Bowl
Frozen Beet And Strawberry. In A Tube Of Lipstick
Because When I Think Panna Cotta, I Think "Giant Piece Of A Tree Trunk"
Confirmation Of The Bread Slippers Of Switzerland. You're Welcome
Nachos, Served In A Nachos Packet. I Need A Lie Down
In Mexico it's very common, they call it Dorilocos and it has things like peanuts, lime, many sauces, cucumber, carrots, corn, salt...
Chefs Who Serve Pancakes And Syrup On A Board With No Gutter Have Clearly Never Waited Tables
Call Us Cynical, But We Don't Believe This Skateboard Will See The Inside Of A Dishwasher
Wasabi Spongecake With A 'Wow' Factor. As In: "Wow, Some Tool Has Served My Dessert On A Tree."
Spaghetti Directly Off The Table
So the waiter just came with the whole pot of pasta and dumped it on the table or he brought a table with pasta on it from the kitchen?
Canapes In A Desk Tidy From Amazon
A Cocktail Served In A Mini-Bathtub?
Bubble Tea In A Lightbulb
Asked For A Jug Of Water And Got This. Guess What, Tasted Like Water From A F*****g Watering Can
Bread In A Flat Cap, Yorkshire
Waiter: Sir, we're out of plates again... Chef: hmm...what's that thing you're wearing on your head?
I Told The Waitress, Ripping The Piss, That She Forgot To Give Me The Brush. Ripping The Piss, She Brought Me One
Ever Eaten Three Variants Of Foie Gras From An iPad?
Yep, It's Rusty And It's Real
More Because Why Wouldn't You Want Onion Rings Hanging On Salvage From The Restaurant's Bathroom Refit?
My Mate Ordered A Strong Black Coffee And I've Never Been So Angry In All My Life Wtf Even Is This?
Yoghurt Ice Cream "Brush", Mint-Eucalyptus Crème "Paste" And A G&T At German 2-Star Restaurant
Half-Eaten Cheese And Grapes At Noa Restaurant
The moment your mom's words "Don't play with your food!" get a real meaning.
The 'American Breakfast', Served In A Kitchen Sink
Pickles Inside A Russian Doll On A Chopping Board. Of Course
Next They Come For Our Cups
What's The Messiest And Least Convenient Way To Eat A Slice Of Cake?
Fresh French Bread Served In The Finest Danish Toy Blocks
"Chef, We're Out Of Bread Baskets." "Don't Suppose You Brought A Handbag To Work, Did You?"
This just looks like someone put their bread in their handbag (gross) and took a photo of it.
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Tiny Starter On Volcanic Rock
They Took "Farm To Plate" Litetally
When The Chef's Late For Work And Nobody's Emptied The Dishwasher
Pizza Slice On A Bloody Mary Jar
Avolatte
You go to pick it up and FLARP, the skin folds and your $10 latte is on the tablecloth
A Jaw Mold
More Prawn Cocktail Served In A Glass Is Fine. Prawn Cocktail Served In A Glass On Top Of A Live Goldfish Is Not
"...And For Dessert We Have Apple Pie, Cheesecake Or The Chef's Special, 'Shit The Bed'."
Who Knows What Went Into The Decision To Substitute A Leather Briefcase For A Plate
From My Friend's Instagram Page. Horrifying
Was Just Served This At Joe's Crab Shack
Fruit Salad Served On A Plastic Tree
The More You Pay, The Less Chef Bothers To Do For You. Doughnuts With - Sigh, Not Again - Syringes
Would You Like A Bagel With Your Screwdriver?
Ok So There Are Plates But Look At This Metal Creation Designed To Fit Just 5 Strawberries
When Uri Geller Wants A Fryup But He's On A Diet
"A Boot, Chef?" "Looks Good." "Really?" "tastes Better." "Err..." "Ok, We Can Charge More."
Pizza Served On A Tire In Kitty's Roadhouse, Hastings, NE
The Table Next To Us Got Their Tempura In A Handbag
I Assumed That If I Paid For A Hot Chocolate, They Would At Least Make It For Me
British Afternoon Tea, Delicately Served On A Miniature Picnic Table
Purple Yam Fritters. In A "Traditional Cast Iron"
"Is The Ice Cream Locally Produced?" "No, But The Jam Jar And Bit Of Skirting Board Are From A Skip Down The Road."
Battered Prawns, On Sticks, In Grass...
Shit Milkshake In A Sealable Bag In A Tiny Shopping Trolley
A Tree For Serving Bacon Etc
Capriole Cheese With Blueberries In Dried Clay On Top Of A Bed Of Hay
I remember a time when the waiter would have been beaten to within an inch of his life if he dared serve this kind of thing to anyone. I am not that old.
Meal Served On A Hubcap, From Empire State South In Atlanta
My Burger In Haiti Was Served On A Shingle. Bonus Fries In A Glass
Hechose To Eat His Desert Out Of A Bath Regrets It
Beware: Infantilisation Of Bar Food Carries A Hipster Tax Of Around 18%.
Chorizo And Crackers In A Rock, For Diners Who Love Meat Served In Germ-Riddled Crevices
Where's the chorizo? That's not chorizo. That's bleu cheese looking poo.
"What's The Soup Of The Day?" "Cream Of Wild Mushroom, With A Hint Of Insole And Corn Plaster."
Pork Medallions I Had In Havana Recently, Served In A Novelty Urinal
Ordered A Salad At Yard House... Not Mixed - Yet In A Mixing Bowl
Breakfast In The Coffee Cup
*Dials 999* "Hello, What's Your Emergency?" "I Ordered A Sandwich And It's Been Served In A Phone Box."
Got A Plate But Ended Up Having A Drink Out Of A Watering Can And A Bucket For A Glass
At Lautrec, Five Star Five Diamond Restaurant, Our Cheese Course Was Served In An Ashtray. No... Just No
I Don't Know Where To Start
Edible Beef Fat Candle. Dip Your Bread!
sir, do you like some of our cholesterol's special? Yes, please.
Beef Curry In A Toilet Bowl, Anyone?
Mango Dumpling Served On A Soda Can
Yes I know is says "33 cl" and is the can volume and just is upside down. But.
My Friend Got His Dinner Served On Bricks
Mixed Grill. In A Dustbin Lid. Enuogh Said
More I'd Give The Ice Cream A Miss
Yes, Just What I Wanted, Soup In A Bucket
Nacho Wagon Anyone?
is that mine?....no...nacho wagon..............I'll just see my self out >_<
Squid In A Clog
My Smoked Mackerel Pate Arrived In A Bucket And Spade
Cookie Batter Served On The Mixer Blade With A Cocktail Served In A Hip Flask
Mmmmh that' regressive. Just like when i was a little girl and l lick the beater... yeah, last week that's it. No way I'm paying X$ in any restaurant in the world for that.
My Salad Came In A Colander So My Vinegar Fell Straight Through
Breakfast Flatbread On A... Rubber Car Floor Mat?
Sausage Gallows On A Board Stained With Pork Fat. Lovely
One From Last Night. Bread... In A Sack. Yay Or Nay?
Restaurant Owners! Bought Too Many Stone Candle Holders? Serve Amuse-Bouche In Them!
Perfect For Launching Back To The Kitchen
Who the f**k do they hire to carry this heap of s**t out to the tables? Thor?
It Was Difficult To Get A Slice Of This Butter Without The Whole Thing Falling Off The Piece Of Rock
The Most Hipster Beans On Toast I've Ever Seen
Ping Pong Paddle? - Why Not
Technically This Scampi Is On A Plate, But It's Also In A Miniature Bath So I Think That Counts
When you own a restaurant and an elderly relative dies and leaves you 75 years of knick knacks. What else can you do?
Mushrooms Served On A F*****g Trowel
Whoa! Hold everything! Is that a *plate* I see? Holy c**p - they might be onto something here!
I Guess It's A Form Of Recycling At Least
Fries Served On A Weight And Salad In A Grillpan
Apparently They Don't Have Pitchers
They Heard Our Demand For Plates!! I Guess We Should Have Been More Specific About Wanting The Full Plate Though
Literal Bucket Of Chips
at least it's a new bucket, still has the tag. Which also means it wasn't washed
Now For Some Garnish! Grabs Rake And Heads For Backyard Prickle Patch!
Ordered A "living Salad"- Did Not Expect This.
See if you're still hungry after having to kill your own salad, you vegetable-eating monster! xD
Ironing Instructions Cotton: Iron On High Heat Silk: Iron On Medium Heat Nylon: Iron On Low Heat Prawns: Iron On Manky Board
Shut It Down. Shut It Down Forever. Centimeter In MQ, Vienna
Croquettes Served In A Sneaker At A Resort In Las Vegas
"And How Would You Like Your Steak?" - "On A Large Lump Of Concrete, Please."
This Is Soup Served In Something You'd Find In The Crystal Maze
Deconstructed Bbq In A Crate
Cheesecake, Apparently
I will eat it no matter what container it comes in, this is what paradise is made of.yum.
No Tasting Menu Is Complete Without Some Meat On A Clipboard
That Time Everything Came In Enamel Wear And The Corn On The Cob Impaled With A Nail
Make It Stop
This "Statue Head" From Astrid Y Gaston (Lima, Peru)
is that Lincoln? that's kinda gross if you ask me. Is the chef John Wilkes Booth?
3-Michelin-Starred Restaurant Serving Food On Ipads
"Can I Get You Any Sauces?" "A Tiny Amount Of Ketchup On A Spoon And Some Vinegar In A Cup, Please."
My Pizza Came On A Floor Tile
Bulgogi In A Measuring Cup
Yup. All out of plates again. Someone hire these people a dishwasher!
Hey, Tell You What Would Be A Great Idea, Let's Put The Coleslaw In A Shopping Trolley
I Ordered A Cocktail And Received A Leaky Box, And Was Told, "just Drink From One Of The Corners."
Bread In A Chair And Salad In A Strainer
At least they put a metal bowl inside the strainer so you don't get dressing everywhere.
Why?
Dessert In An Ash Tray
My Dessert Came In A Bain Marie Pan
These restaurants just don't get the "respect your customers" thing at all. Seriously, they simply do not understand what it must feel like as say, a middle aged man or woman, sitting down and having a big stainless steel tub put in front of them. It just is so disrespectful and just plain s****y,
Branching Out
"Tonight's Special Is The Fish." "What Sort Of Fish?" "A Gold One. And We'll Need It Back."
Pretzel On A Banana Stand On A Plank Of Wood
Why do you need a special stand for bananas? Is the fruit bowl not good enough for them?
Laundry Charcuterie @ The Laundry Sf
Small Caged Dumplings
Tater Tots Served In A (Wait For It...) Shoe!? At A Spanish Tapas Place In DC
Coconut Drink In Mini Pail
Design Went Bit Too Far
Traditional Empanadas (meat Pies) Served In Jars In A Trendy Restaurant In Argentina Caused Social Media Outrage And Tons Of Memes
This Is In Shell Out Restaurant, Malaysia... Seafood Is Served Direct On The Table Without Plates
There's A Reason Why This Restaurant Is Called "modern Toilet"
So wait... if you go to the bathroom do you have to pee on a plate?
Nothing Like Dentures To Spice Up A Drink.
Drink In A Baby Bottle
Iv Drink
Alright, stop this has GOT to be a Halloween or Horror themed restaurant.
Drink In A Head. (these Are All From The Alcatraz E.r. Bar In Shibuya)
Idiots In Georgia
Ok, so little reminder for any restaurant owner that wants to be creative: Shoes are not plates, stones are not plates, sticks are not plates, toilets bowl(!!!!!) are not plates, customers hands are not plates either and if it's not sanitary, than you can't put food on it!
Everything in here makes me angry. These lame attempts at innovative cuisine are beyond ridiculous.
I feel sorry for people working there.... Customers are shocked once, but the workers deal with this cr*p every day. They assemble it, wash it, and take complaints to the things they're too shy to serve from the start. u_u
Indeed. Many pics made me wonder who carries around the heavy brick/stone/marble "bridges" and flee market stuff used to appear "authentic".
Load More Replies...I'd be sending 99,8% of them back and get me a real meal or a effing plate. Wtf?
And, yes, let's serve food on any old plastic. Especially hot and greasy food that'll absorb the softeners and other chemicals.
Motto of these restaurants: we want to be hip so we serve your food in the most ridiculous way and we absolutely don't give a sh*t how you eat it in a decent and non-spilling matter... here's your shocking check!
Most of the restaurant just got out of plates and glasses so they started to use anything else as serving boards.
For f**k's sake, cant people just serve food on a plate? I get they're trying to be creative and all, but if someone served me food like that I would send it back and ask for a proper plate. No way I'm eating out of a urinal. Or off of bricks. Or a shovel. Or having a drink out of a plastic bag or out of a watering can. I wasn't raised in a f*****g barn.
i enjoy anyone being creative outside the box but we are dealing with food here. no one i know wants to be served food out of a shoe or someones hand! can't they use recycled things that aren't related to gross smelly things like an altoids canister for minty deserts or a picture frame with cool images related to the food as a plate. come on people!
You just came up with 2 good ideas which are 1,000 times better the ones on this list.
Load More Replies...#19 is my absolute favourite for ironic content. The drinks are supposed to be zany and fun, yet every single soul in the picture looks utterly suicidal!!! Happyfunba...0e900b.jpg
"Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at."
Load More Replies...Some ideas were clever, and some others you want to scream, "How is any of this sanitary!?!?!" Lots of health code violations on here.
Well, some of them are really ridiculous. To be fair though, a few are actually from specially themed restaurants, so customers go there in order to experience something like that. And the drink in the wooden box is in fact an old traditional way to drink Japanese sake. Nothing fancy about that. And they don't leak. I have some of them at home, and the wood gives a nice aroma to the alcohol. Anyways. I agree though that food is for eating and savouring flavour-wise, not to play with.
"Below, Bored Panda has put together a list..." Aka, they went to WeWantPlates subreddit and stole pictures from the posts there. Such journalism, such integrity, such hard work, wow. Im sure it took a lot of effort to copy the images from there to here lmao
#151 is basically proof in the title already. Such a good job Viktorija G. lolol
Load More Replies...some of them where inspired but executed badly. If you want to serve your food in what looks like garden tools, get a ceramic company to create you ceramic looking garden tools. The novelty would still carry over. Food intake is all about the senses, and the first is visual. What they did there was just rude in many cases...and the live fish stuff...was horrendous, if they can serve seafood on a life fish, what is to say next time a baby pig won't have bacon strapped to its back holding a baguette in its mouth as it is walked by leash to your table. I am not vegetarian etc, but there is respect and that lacked it.
Some restaurants should send their workers back to school to learn "How to cook, how to serve and how to respect your clients". Most of what I've seen is just insulting for any average read person.
it's the restaurants telling them to do this, don't blame the workers for doing what they are told
Load More Replies...Some of these look hard to clean or designed to make your food go cold either because it's so hard to eat.
What would they do if you sent the food back asking for a plate. And a whole one at that.
Dear bored panda and Facebook. F**k you. F**k you for constantly telling me people are commenting on my comment, but making it so I can't find my comment to read the responses.
i think its cool how inventive they are but do they all have to be recycled gross stuff like shoes n crates etc? who wants to eat out of someones hand or an old sack or dirty legos or trash cans? can't they serve food in unique containers or plates that aren't associated with yuck like an altoids canister for minty deserts or picture frames with cool images in them? come on! its food for goodness sake!
Okay I feel the need to defend the shovel one here as I live close by. The place that serves these English breakfasts on a shovel is actually a Railway Station for a completely authentic and well looked after heritage steam railway. So really, this actually makes sense, it is not some sort of weird Michelin Star restaurant gimmick...
lets be honest, if that pad with jello on it were realistic, then the jello would be everywhere.
This is all ridiculous. I couldn't even make it through the list it was so annoying.
Only one of them is half excusable, the wooden box cup for the cocktail is an actual cup for sake in Japan. It's called a masu. Only half excusable because it shouldn't be used for anything other than sake and it should be well made enough to NOT be leaking!
Meaning that restaurant really skimped on the quality of their drinkware.
Load More Replies...Nr 25: Did I just see cheddar on something that was supposed to be sushi?
Most of them are beyond ridiculous and/or unhygienic - kinda liked #4, though ... ;-)
And pics like this make me hate hipsters and their hipster doings even more
Nope! Not going to further infuriate myself by going past the first page!
Am I the only one that appreciates the uniqueness and creativity of these food displays ?
This is sooooo 1990's, we are over it folks. Respect your customers and stop insulting their intelligence.
The thing missing here is context. While most are lame attempts to substitute for non-existent creativity, some are pretty cool, and others might be very appropriate in the right restaurant theme. Serving french fries in a Nike tennis shoe might be a great idea for a sports bar. Having a "everything-but-the-kitchen-sink" Bloody Mary is actually quite a thing- some include whole fried chickens , mondo burgers, and whole pizzas. It's like the 72-oz steak in Amarillo or any number of eating challenges offering a five pound burger or a ten gallon margarita. It's a shill- a PR piece. You people have obviously never run (or probably worked in) a restaurant. The only thing that really caught my eye in a negative way were the bricks, fish bowls and other heavy objects. That would be brutal on the servers. As for everything else- if you don't like elaborate or quirky presentations, KEEP GOING THROUGH THE DRIVE THRU!! You're Dollar Menu people anyway.
A lot of people here find this stuff unsanitary and pretentious. That doesn't mean we're "Dollar Menu people." Check your condescending attitude.
Load More Replies...Ok, so little reminder for any restaurant owner that wants to be creative: Shoes are not plates, stones are not plates, sticks are not plates, toilets bowl(!!!!!) are not plates, customers hands are not plates either and if it's not sanitary, than you can't put food on it!
Everything in here makes me angry. These lame attempts at innovative cuisine are beyond ridiculous.
I feel sorry for people working there.... Customers are shocked once, but the workers deal with this cr*p every day. They assemble it, wash it, and take complaints to the things they're too shy to serve from the start. u_u
Indeed. Many pics made me wonder who carries around the heavy brick/stone/marble "bridges" and flee market stuff used to appear "authentic".
Load More Replies...I'd be sending 99,8% of them back and get me a real meal or a effing plate. Wtf?
And, yes, let's serve food on any old plastic. Especially hot and greasy food that'll absorb the softeners and other chemicals.
Motto of these restaurants: we want to be hip so we serve your food in the most ridiculous way and we absolutely don't give a sh*t how you eat it in a decent and non-spilling matter... here's your shocking check!
Most of the restaurant just got out of plates and glasses so they started to use anything else as serving boards.
For f**k's sake, cant people just serve food on a plate? I get they're trying to be creative and all, but if someone served me food like that I would send it back and ask for a proper plate. No way I'm eating out of a urinal. Or off of bricks. Or a shovel. Or having a drink out of a plastic bag or out of a watering can. I wasn't raised in a f*****g barn.
i enjoy anyone being creative outside the box but we are dealing with food here. no one i know wants to be served food out of a shoe or someones hand! can't they use recycled things that aren't related to gross smelly things like an altoids canister for minty deserts or a picture frame with cool images related to the food as a plate. come on people!
You just came up with 2 good ideas which are 1,000 times better the ones on this list.
Load More Replies...#19 is my absolute favourite for ironic content. The drinks are supposed to be zany and fun, yet every single soul in the picture looks utterly suicidal!!! Happyfunba...0e900b.jpg
"Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at."
Load More Replies...Some ideas were clever, and some others you want to scream, "How is any of this sanitary!?!?!" Lots of health code violations on here.
Well, some of them are really ridiculous. To be fair though, a few are actually from specially themed restaurants, so customers go there in order to experience something like that. And the drink in the wooden box is in fact an old traditional way to drink Japanese sake. Nothing fancy about that. And they don't leak. I have some of them at home, and the wood gives a nice aroma to the alcohol. Anyways. I agree though that food is for eating and savouring flavour-wise, not to play with.
"Below, Bored Panda has put together a list..." Aka, they went to WeWantPlates subreddit and stole pictures from the posts there. Such journalism, such integrity, such hard work, wow. Im sure it took a lot of effort to copy the images from there to here lmao
#151 is basically proof in the title already. Such a good job Viktorija G. lolol
Load More Replies...some of them where inspired but executed badly. If you want to serve your food in what looks like garden tools, get a ceramic company to create you ceramic looking garden tools. The novelty would still carry over. Food intake is all about the senses, and the first is visual. What they did there was just rude in many cases...and the live fish stuff...was horrendous, if they can serve seafood on a life fish, what is to say next time a baby pig won't have bacon strapped to its back holding a baguette in its mouth as it is walked by leash to your table. I am not vegetarian etc, but there is respect and that lacked it.
Some restaurants should send their workers back to school to learn "How to cook, how to serve and how to respect your clients". Most of what I've seen is just insulting for any average read person.
it's the restaurants telling them to do this, don't blame the workers for doing what they are told
Load More Replies...Some of these look hard to clean or designed to make your food go cold either because it's so hard to eat.
What would they do if you sent the food back asking for a plate. And a whole one at that.
Dear bored panda and Facebook. F**k you. F**k you for constantly telling me people are commenting on my comment, but making it so I can't find my comment to read the responses.
i think its cool how inventive they are but do they all have to be recycled gross stuff like shoes n crates etc? who wants to eat out of someones hand or an old sack or dirty legos or trash cans? can't they serve food in unique containers or plates that aren't associated with yuck like an altoids canister for minty deserts or picture frames with cool images in them? come on! its food for goodness sake!
Okay I feel the need to defend the shovel one here as I live close by. The place that serves these English breakfasts on a shovel is actually a Railway Station for a completely authentic and well looked after heritage steam railway. So really, this actually makes sense, it is not some sort of weird Michelin Star restaurant gimmick...
lets be honest, if that pad with jello on it were realistic, then the jello would be everywhere.
This is all ridiculous. I couldn't even make it through the list it was so annoying.
Only one of them is half excusable, the wooden box cup for the cocktail is an actual cup for sake in Japan. It's called a masu. Only half excusable because it shouldn't be used for anything other than sake and it should be well made enough to NOT be leaking!
Meaning that restaurant really skimped on the quality of their drinkware.
Load More Replies...Nr 25: Did I just see cheddar on something that was supposed to be sushi?
Most of them are beyond ridiculous and/or unhygienic - kinda liked #4, though ... ;-)
And pics like this make me hate hipsters and their hipster doings even more
Nope! Not going to further infuriate myself by going past the first page!
Am I the only one that appreciates the uniqueness and creativity of these food displays ?
This is sooooo 1990's, we are over it folks. Respect your customers and stop insulting their intelligence.
The thing missing here is context. While most are lame attempts to substitute for non-existent creativity, some are pretty cool, and others might be very appropriate in the right restaurant theme. Serving french fries in a Nike tennis shoe might be a great idea for a sports bar. Having a "everything-but-the-kitchen-sink" Bloody Mary is actually quite a thing- some include whole fried chickens , mondo burgers, and whole pizzas. It's like the 72-oz steak in Amarillo or any number of eating challenges offering a five pound burger or a ten gallon margarita. It's a shill- a PR piece. You people have obviously never run (or probably worked in) a restaurant. The only thing that really caught my eye in a negative way were the bricks, fish bowls and other heavy objects. That would be brutal on the servers. As for everything else- if you don't like elaborate or quirky presentations, KEEP GOING THROUGH THE DRIVE THRU!! You're Dollar Menu people anyway.
A lot of people here find this stuff unsanitary and pretentious. That doesn't mean we're "Dollar Menu people." Check your condescending attitude.
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