30 People Who Got Some Of The Most Ridiculous Food Servings In The Restaurant Business (New Pics)
We Want Plates is a community of both regular people and dedicated foodies who are joining their forces to make restaurants serve food on actual plates, not on bits of wood and roof tiles. To do so, they are shaming all the ridiculous food presentations they are receiving online, and their crusade has made them quite famous.
Founded in 2015 by Ross McGinnes, We Want Plates already has 157K followers on Twitter, 100K on Facebook, and 30K on Instagram. However, the biggest unit of their army is located on Reddit — over 650K troops. I think it's safe to say that the growth of the project is a pretty good indication that restaurants should think twice before serving cured meat on a bone or pouring a cocktail into a baby bottle. At least I hope so.
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“Our Environmentally Friendly Tempura Is Made With Sustainable Seafood And Vegetables, Harvested In Ways That Consider The Long-Term Well-Being Of Our Precious Land And Oceans.”“Wonderful! How’s It Served?”“On A Large Polystyrene Block.”
“Here’s Your Beef Wellington Starter. Is There Anything Else I Can Get You?”“Tetanus Shot, Please.”
Caesar Salad Or Charlie Brown Christmas Tree?
So a caesar salad is lettuce, 2 crusty pieces of bread and sauce.
"Waiter, I Prefer My Pie To Be At Least 9 Inches Off The Table"
The Chips Come In A Rock
Coz nothing says fancy like 2 chips randomly placed on a rock.
Japan...
This Is A Take Out Dish - Diners Were Instructed To Plate Like This At Home. Part Of A $115 Tasting Menu
Turns Out The Best Plates Are At Arm's Reach
Espresso... To Go
Please Take A Charcuterie And Have A Seat
That's not even too bad with the paper. Weird yes, but looks hygienic.
Yes, I Would Like Your "Mini Corn Dogs On A Ceramic Decorative Pillow" Please
Looks like someone has ripped open the poor pillow, showing its bowel...
Venison Cubes On A Deer Antler (Was Actually Incredible)
Gravy In A Urinal
This? Oh, It's Just An Orthodontic Mould Of The Restaurant-Owner's Mouth From Barcelona
Why
Repeat After Me, Hub Caps Are Not Plates
Chocolate "Horse Turd" Truffles On A Manure Fork. Just No
My Cocktail Was Caged Because What If It Flies Away
Ah yes, my cocktail flies away pretty often too. I should get a cage like that 9_9
Found On Yelp & Now I Don’t Want To Stay At This Hotel Anymore
What A Time To Be Alive
My Cocktail Came In A Box
This is the traditional way to drink Sake. Maybe they're going for a fusion thing. It is a silly thing to do for many drinks, but if woodiness is part of the flavour, it's a great option.
This Is Not How I Want My Biriyani To Be Served!
Note: this post originally had 67 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
If any restaurant owner / chef is here, I have an idea to serve food. Off the floor. Hear me out. There's no need for tables and chairs, people will be sitting on the floor, maybe on a cushion. It's cozy and homey. Then you take the food and throw it on the floor and people will eat it using their hands (the 5 sec rule obviously doesn't apply - you can take your sweet time). So no need for plates and cutlery, which means no need for dishwashing!! For liquids, you just make your hands like a cup and the waiter serves your beverage there. Awesome and progressive, right? Right??
Sarcasm is really underrated! I laughed a lot with your comment!
Chef here. I love it but my restaurant owner would never go for it, too unsanitary. I'm thinking we could throw all the food at the ceiling so it sticks, and the let it drip down so you could catch it in your mouth?
Another perk: the floor comes pre-seasoned with whatever the previous folks had.
You want ants? 'cause this is how we get ants. ^^
Just add the ants to the menu, problem solved
Pure protein… no fat on ants😜
Have you ever been that close to the floor in a restaurant?
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please tell me your being sarcastic. That would be so incredibly unsanitary....
Of course I'm being sarcastic 😜
My main concern with this pretentious presentations is the hygiene. Pretty sure that certain objects are not as easily washable as normal dishes.
I believe in most cases, they are ALL single-use. Our urban elites pay indulgences to their phony environmentalist gods, but live like disgusting, planet-killing slobs.
As a chef, I can honestly say some of these are standard plating in a lot of places, but most are just pretentious and ridiculous hipster trends that serve no purpose to the food nor to the client. There's a fine line between being creative and being stupid.
100% agree.
If any restaurant owner / chef is here, I have an idea to serve food. Off the floor. Hear me out. There's no need for tables and chairs, people will be sitting on the floor, maybe on a cushion. It's cozy and homey. Then you take the food and throw it on the floor and people will eat it using their hands (the 5 sec rule obviously doesn't apply - you can take your sweet time). So no need for plates and cutlery, which means no need for dishwashing!! For liquids, you just make your hands like a cup and the waiter serves your beverage there. Awesome and progressive, right? Right??
Sarcasm is really underrated! I laughed a lot with your comment!
Chef here. I love it but my restaurant owner would never go for it, too unsanitary. I'm thinking we could throw all the food at the ceiling so it sticks, and the let it drip down so you could catch it in your mouth?
Another perk: the floor comes pre-seasoned with whatever the previous folks had.
You want ants? 'cause this is how we get ants. ^^
Just add the ants to the menu, problem solved
Pure protein… no fat on ants😜
Have you ever been that close to the floor in a restaurant?
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
please tell me your being sarcastic. That would be so incredibly unsanitary....
Of course I'm being sarcastic 😜
My main concern with this pretentious presentations is the hygiene. Pretty sure that certain objects are not as easily washable as normal dishes.
I believe in most cases, they are ALL single-use. Our urban elites pay indulgences to their phony environmentalist gods, but live like disgusting, planet-killing slobs.
As a chef, I can honestly say some of these are standard plating in a lot of places, but most are just pretentious and ridiculous hipster trends that serve no purpose to the food nor to the client. There's a fine line between being creative and being stupid.
100% agree.