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With all the competition in the restaurant business, it’s no surprise that some institutions want to stand out from the crowd. A great way to do that is through interesting food presentation and unique dishware. However, some chefs go too far with their creativity and, at times, start to inconvenience their customers, making them exclaim, “We want plates!”
In this article, we collected the best-of-all-time instances where diners were served some of the most bizarre-looking dishes. From magnetic pillows to tires, scroll down to find the weirdest vessels people had to eat food out of.
While you're at it, don't forget to check out a conversation with professional chef and food blogger Alina Eisenhauer, who kindly agreed to give these cooks some pointers on how to achieve a balanced and appetizing food presentation.
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#1
“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.”
Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago
Looks like they ran out of plates, so they used the lid of the crate everything was delivered in.
Ace 1 year ago
TBF they're actually repurposing the polystyrene and making a point about it. Still terrible, but they are at least being consistent.
DefinitelyNotTheDuolingoOwl 1 year ago
Maybe it's an artistic statement, or a comment on the current sustainability movement. Or maybe that's too meta of an interpretation.
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Sergy Yeltsen 1 year ago
Irony can be pretty ironic. Someone tell Alanis Morisette about this!
Ace 1 year ago
Just like her song, the real irony is that all those listed things were not ironic at all. (i.e. She was using the word to mean something other than its normally accepted usage).
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#2
“Here’s Your Beef Wellington Starter. Is There Anything Else I Can Get You?”“Tetanus Shot, Please”
Kylie 1 year ago (edited)
That's beyond ridiculous and what's on there doesn't even LOOK like any beef wellington I've ever seen.
HTakeover 1 year ago
Rather than a slice from a larger one, they're individuals. Take a medallion piece and do the same work. I'd actually eat it if served without the Jigsaw trap.
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Giraffy Window 1 year ago
Ew. Unless that's some chocolate wizardry(WHY?!) ou can't clean even NEW barbed wire well enough to eat off it.
#3
My Bread Served Inside Roadkill
Sergy Yeltsen 1 year ago
That is disgusting. You can't know what the hygiene on that is like. I'd be asking the waiter to take the damn ugly thing back and to bring the bill.
Giraffy Window 1 year ago (edited)
There is absolutely no way to wash that thing well enough to comply with health and safety standards. You're basically dipping into an open bag of chips at a kid's birthday party.
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Cecilia Herrera 1 year ago
Grannie Clampett had a more appetizing presentation than this. (A character in The Beverly Hillbillies,)
Tim Gearing 1 year ago
“Come listen to my story ‘bout a man named Jed…..” Lol.
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Amanda Moore 1 year ago
Omg... I'm not the only one who thought that...thank god,lol😝
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Giraffy Window 1 year ago
Waiter, I'm going to need to be re-seated... By a different restaurant. Good luck, I hope your day goes well.
Most seasoned cooks know that eating is more than just the taste. Professional chef and food blogger Alina Eisenhauer seconds this by saying, “Food presentation is very important, as the old saying goes, "people eat with their eyes first." When someone sees an amazing-looking plate go through the dining room or on a social media post, they are more likely to ask what it is and want to try it.”
It has already been proven that people, in fact, do eat with their eyes.
A team at Oxford University tested this by observing the reactions of diners to food presented in different ways. A chef and one of the authors of the study designed a salad resembling the abstract artwork "Painting Number 201" by Wassily Kandinsky to find out how plating dishes affects the dining experience.
#4
“Don’t Eat The Rocks” - Waiter Upon Serving
PanPan124 1 year ago
The fact that he said that probably means that someone has done it before..
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
Generally speaking, you usually expect to be able to eat everything that's been served in a bowl to you.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Top five answers are on our board.
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 1 year ago
"No, I asked for the strawberries on a crepe and the BRANDY on the rocks.""
Kali Chaos 1 year ago
Don't use rocks to make plates look like you're getting more food for your money.
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
People are getting really batty with their fillers these days, eh?
Load More Replies... TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
Just to be clear, the fried looking things are not rocks correct? *waiter smiles and walks away* CORRECT??
Shayne Randlett 1 year ago
To be fair, not eating rocks is good advice. Shouldn't be necessary, but still, good call there...
#5
Caesar Salad Or Charlie Brown Christmas Tree?
Karma Black 1 year ago
Fun fact: Unless there leaves are removed and separated, romaine lettuce can't be fully washed. Probably other varieties as well, but that's the only one I know for certain. Thanks for that tip, Gordon Ramsay.
Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago
Two entire lettuces and three bits of chicken do not make a Caesar salad.
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
It's not even chicken! It two bits of toasted bread lol
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Giraffy Window 1 year ago (edited)
I don't want to work that hard to eat a salad. Someone better take away this jewelry rack and come back with a properly plated salad. Guaranteed they did not thoroughly wash that whole head of lettuce, because you simply CAN'T. Lysteria on a hat stand.
#6
It’s Getting Out Of Hand
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
If the chef thinks that’s acceptable, goodness knows what they’re doing out of sight in the kitchen
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Looks like it may be a stolen VHS tape of "The Bodyguard." I mean, looks like a VHS tape that someone had forgotten to return, to a now nonexistent movie rental store. Best case scenario, this was borrowed from the local library and never returned. They have been racking up fees for the last 34 years.
Nikole 1 year ago
Rental stores and libraries never provided the actual “case”, just their own plastic one.
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Irish Lassie 1 year ago
Is this an English dish called pudding, or is it 2 cookies stuffed with raw hamburger??
Upstaged75 1 year ago (edited)
I was sure someone was going to ask this question. Pudding means dessert. I'm American BTW.
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They were even ready to pay twice as much for the meal as for the other options. After finishing their portion, participants also rated the artwork salad higher for taste.
#7
Bread Chips On A Comb
#8
Turns Out The Best Plates Are At Arm's Reach
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
Fake wealth and supposed status, presumably.
Load More Replies... Sergy Yeltsen 1 year ago
If I wanted to eat like a pig, I'd go to a farm and do it. or go back in time to before cutlery was invented. This is absolutely gross.
Karen Krause 1 year ago
Nope. Don't like to have messy hands where I can't clean them right after.
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
She probably should have tied her hair back, before whatever that is, was served.
#9
Why?????
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
Hopefully this is somewhere where the method of egg storage means that the eggs are safe to consume raw? Mught be too much hope, though.
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ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Omg, what is that?!? I totally didn't see that until I read this.
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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago
Agree not the way I would want it served to me but it is clever.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
No. It's the chicken's actual, real head. The beak has been removed. You can see the chicken's comb (it looks like iguana horns).
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
It's the chicken's actual, real head. The beak has been removed. You can see the chicken's comb (it looks like horns).
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FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago (edited)
Wtaf? The turtle head, which looks very real, btw, is too much. I could probably deal with the posing of the chicken and I might be okay with the eggs if they weren't just raw yolk, in a shell. One thing this restaurant definitely nailed, is causing this patron salmonella poisoning. Legit everything "edible" in this picture are known to carry salmonella.
However, a unique presentation can quickly turn into something that detracts from the eating experience. Chef Alina shares some signs that the creative dish display has gone too far. “Food that I call "Instagram food,” food that is over the top piled high with too many components just made to look outrageous for social media.
Usually, these dishes are impractical to eat, and all of the extra components add nothing to the actual finesse of the dish. The crazy milkshakes and bloody marys are a good example of this…Who needs an entire meal piled on top of their bloody mary?”
#10
Saw This On A Friend’s Instagram. The Horror
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
Surely people would feel like toddlers playing with their food, right? And could you imagine making eye contact with the waiter as they have to dump all this good food onto your table, that is presumably already in a pot or plate?
Elli Gra 1 year ago
No it's Just strewn about the restaurant no pots no plates
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Knox Warner 1 year ago
Just dumping the food on the table is the worst trend I've ever seen. I won't go anywhere that does it.
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
There is nowhere on planet earth where this should be acceptable.
Ariadne Toms 1 year ago
Fairly similar to the table after one of our family meals. Lol
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Sushi For M’lady?
Sergy Yeltsen 1 year ago
Thing is, while they are serving on/in rubbish like this, your eye is taken away from the minuscule serving portion. Like the rock with just 2 chips in it above.
megasmacky 1 year ago
A good example of why there's always a pizza place or fast food restaurant near these insufferably pretentious fine dining restaurants.
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago
All done with 'mirrors or similar' to the size of the actual sized serving
#12
The Jello Tasted Alright, Nothing Special
Irish Lassie 1 year ago
Now THAT’S funny!! What’s even funnier is how perfectly your name fits in with the subject 😝😝
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FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
As if the sanitary napkin wasn't bad enough, let's place them in bed pans and kidney dishes/emesis basins. 🤦♀️
cerinamroth 1 year ago
I have a feeling it was a midwife on a break having a laugh, rather than a restaurant.
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Asking himself a similar question, the creator of the “We Want Plates" project, Ross McGinnes, even started requesting a simple plate when he was given a meal that came straight from National Geographic. After sharing this with his followers, they followed suit, posting photos of before and after photos of their meals and dishware. And just like that, a simple internet joke turned into a real-life protest.
#13
Lamb Chops On A Baroque Framed Mirror. When Is The Cocaine Course Served?
Daniel Atkins 1 year ago
And then you discover you have a double chin just by ordering this dish.
Shayne Randlett 1 year ago
I ordered a vampire steak once. They brought it out on a mirror like this so I couldn't find it.
StretcherBearer 1 year ago
I miss going to the fair in the 80s and you could win a cocaine mirror with Iron Maiden's Eddie on it. Oh and spiked pleather bracelets. Small town dirtbag life ✊
#14
Here's My Cocktail. With Ducks. In A Bath
Lexi 1 year ago
That is, so far the only serving format that I would consume. The rest would have me walking out and going elsewhere to eat
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
I would totally order this and take the duckies home with me. They can keep the tub.
#15
Welcome To Hell
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 1 year ago
Duh! I'd have bibs on with food on the table, too. I actually use bibs when eating spaghetti on a normal day, anyway, and certainly with clothes that don't need to be washed yet ;-)
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ThisIsMyDisplayName 1 year ago
I really can't imagine anyone without VERY niche kinks or fetishes paying money to wear a bib and eat food served on a tablecloth.
MacintoshID 1 year ago
Is there a discount on the meal when you don't use any dishes? Another really bad idea.
In order to avoid requests for chinaware, Chef Alina recommends making use of fresh ingredients that contribute to the dish with an artistic yet clean presentation. “Use the naturally occurring colors, shapes, and textures of the ingredients to create a beautiful plate.
We should always be thinking about taste and flavor first, the functionality of being able to enjoy the dish with all components working together as we take a bite, not some big crazy art project that needs to be dismantled before we can enjoy it.”
#16
A Meringue Served On A Magnetically Levitated Pillow
BWC 1 year ago
Not if they're washed as often as bead spreads are at hourly motels.
Load More Replies... sbj 1 year ago
I'd be tempted to add items from the table onto the pillow to test how strong the magnetic field is
Rebecca Broscombe-Adams 1 year ago
I think this is The fat Duck, Heston Blumenthal's restaurant. It is sublime, theatre & food, a really exciting menu too.
Rachael green 1 year ago
This is at Heston Blumenthals 3 Michelin star restaurant in the UK. Coolest meal of my life
#17
Most Expensive Restaurant I've Ever Been. Chef Literally Made The Starter In Our Hand
Cecilia Herrera 1 year ago
It looks like a large bird flew by you. People pay for these items?
David 1 year ago
Bird poop was my first thought. It's like two chefs are having a contest in the back. "I can make a starter that looks like bird poop and they will still eat it" "That's nothing, I'll make your bird poop starter AND I will serve it in their hand!"
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Bols 1 year ago
And people go to super fancy restaurants and pay big money just to be put in situation when they have to lick themselves in public..? I would smear this into chef's apron
Kylie 1 year ago
I'd slap that on the table and walk out. And don't even THINK about trying to charge me for it.
Giraffy Window 1 year ago (edited)
"So very sorry expensive restaurant, but my medically documented sensory struggles preclude me from participating in this pretentious bullshittery. Please remove this particular dish from my portion of the cheque, or provide me with a dish and appropriate cutlery for my portion."
Load More Replies... sbj 1 year ago
This is a very messy way to eat food, it'll either end up all round your mouth or run down your arm
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
The good news is, that's not food.
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Moosy Girl 1 year ago
Serious question: what do they do if you refuse? Do they bring out a plate? Make you into a real life s’more and burn you alive in revenge? Has anyone tried?
#18
Please Take A Charcuterie And Have A Seat
Marie Lane 1 year ago
If it’s not identified as “chart-cutrie” on the menu, someone should be fired.
Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago
This one is actually clever and practical, unlike the other pretentious BS here.
Peter Trudell Jr 1 year ago
of all of these, this is the most sane. It's on parchment paper and may be presented oddly, but is still sane. I've seen this pic before
Peter Trudell Jr 1 year ago
the moisture of the items gives enough friction to hold them. The bread is actually held by the clip.
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One of the top chefs, Jim Solomon, further advises, “Choose a dish vessel that makes it easy for your guest to eat.” In addition, he recommends matching the way a restaurant presents food to its theme.
Small ethnic restaurants with grandma-style cooking shouldn’t serve plates with architectural compositions. In this type of institution, guests would expect a simple and welcoming presentation served with an unfussy and rustic edge. Meanwhile, in more expensive and hip restaurants, diners would already anticipate a higher degree of artistry.
#19
Quality Postmodernism
K. LNU 1 year ago
Back in the late 90s, the South Korean Street vendors gave us fried veggies wrapped in people's military orders (not sure how they got them). Of course, we didn't have computers that would connect to the dark web back then, but it was when we used our social security numbers for EVERYTHING!!
#20
This Restaurant Is Rated 4.7/5 Stars
Mark 1 year ago
The brick is actually a LEGO branded storage bin, pretty big
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MalibuClassicMan 1 year ago
surely this is free and no one pays for this pitiful serving on the kids toy
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
They could have at least included the frozen waffle. (Lego my Eggo?)
#21
This? Oh, It's Just An Orthodontic Mould Of The Restaurant-Owner's Mouth From Barcelona
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
I hated those moulds (I had braces and still have those plasticky ones that you have to wear every night to keep your teeth from going back). They stick a putty-like substance in your mouth and let it set a bit before taking it out; in no way is that ‘plate’ sanitary.
day light 1 year ago
oh yeah those moulds are a different kind of gag worthy. but this looks like a ceramic replica of the original plaster casting
Load More Replies... Occam's Chainsaw 1 year ago
This isn't the original mold. It looks like a porcelain model made using the actual mold. Real molds aren't smooth and shiny like this. It's weird, but these actually could be cleaned adequately.
Load More Replies... Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
Ah, I was wondering what to do with the cast of my teeth that the dentist gave me after I had a crown done….
When it comes to garnishes or decorations, anything that is used needs to be edible. Everything on the plate should be placed with the intention of elevating taste first and the way it looks second. The waiter warning guests that rocks or uncooked potatoes on the platter can’t be eaten is not at all adding to an enjoyable experience.
#22
Multi-Flavor Pizza Served In A Tire
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
Call me picky, but I’d rather not let dinner and dessert touch. Or add a wheel to the mix.
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Looks like chocolate something... maybe a brownie? With coloured candies in it.
Load More Replies... ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Is that a frozen pizza? Looks like a frozen pizza box in the background. So frozen pIzza classed up...with a tire...
Cat Chat 1 year ago
The pizza looks bigger. Probably just an ad for the dish. They do that in the US.
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Carolina de Araújo Reis 1 year ago
It's from Pizzaria Batepapo (Brazil). They middle part is chocolate pizza with candy
#23
So I Went To Alinea This Weekend
Croissanterang 1 year ago
They appear to have forgotten to wipe the table down after the last sitting.
StopLightLoosejawOnTheGo 1 year ago
What is this? One of those fingerpainting projects we had in preschool? On a table someone failed to wipe down after snack time?
burncreek 1 year ago
I hate the idea. Here I thought we were slightly more civilized than cavemen. 🙄
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#24
Gravy In A Urinal
Vic 1 year ago
Oh no, don't worry.. we washed it after we purchased it from the hospital..
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Brian Droste 1 year ago
This is someone's house. Not at a restaurant. I really don't see a problem here. Because the container is shape differently doesn't mean it is wrong. It at least can be clean and sterilized.
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
Ummm.... good point; it certainly does NOT.
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Trisec Tebeakesse 1 year ago
It's only the visual. Since it's medical equipment, that's designed to be sterilized, although urinals are usually single use.
Dilly Millandry 1 year ago
The ones my husband recently had to use (hospitalised with pneumonia/empyema) were a bound form of cardboard. Definitely single use!!!
Load More Replies... Tim Gearing 1 year ago
It looks like a pee bottle that hospitals use for bed bound patients.
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Chef Michael Welch recommends, when in doubt - keeping it simple. “Overcrowding the plate with unnecessary oils or spices or microgreens just takes away from the food you worked so hard to make,” he says. “Subtraction is your best ingredient. A properly seared steak with some fresh watercress and perfectly roasted baby potatoes will look better than the fanciest of plates with subpar cookery,” Welch explains.
#25
Blood Pancakes In A Mask
General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
For the rest of the day I'll be thinking, "don't leave me hanging here, á la what for Pete's sake?"
Saphyre Fyre 1 year ago
a la parasitic worm? Does that work for you? What the hell is on top of them??
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TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
I was gonna say someone had an upper respiratory infection 🤢
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 1 year ago
You know the old movie trope that someone is going to die when there is blood in their mask, right?
Lulu John 1 year ago (edited)
Such a waste. “made of whipped blood (typically reindeer blood), water or pilsner, flour and eggs. It is similar to black pudding, but is thinner”. Dude wtelf?!?
Ducki (She/Her) 明明 1 year ago
My poor masks after a heavy nosebleed: (noodle things are blood vessels)
#26
With A Side Of Blindness
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
I guess you have to hold it upside down… so Spiderman’s severed hand is awkwardly holding your chin.
Angrykitten 1 year ago
Not sure which would be worse, reusable (can't be properly cleaned) or single use take out.
#27
A Friend Of Mine Showed Me This Photo Today, Served In A Restaurant In Las Vegas
Sergy Yeltsen 1 year ago
These sorts of things are just... ugh. There is no way they can be sterilised or washed to be germ free, and I doubt the restaurant has a never-ending supply of clean shoes.
laura lee 1 year ago
Ahh thus the paper which makes everything it touches magically clean.
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calvin and hobbes 1 year ago
correct me if i am wrong, but wouldn´t this be fine as long as the paper is clean?
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I'm putting on my walking shoes and walking right out.
#28
Espresso... To Go
lakitha tolbert 1 year ago
Everybody's got a gimmick but how is the actual food?
Load More Replies... L.V 1 year ago
I don't know, it's kind of funny... At least the cup was made for this purpose.
I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 1 year ago
I mean it's more hygienic than a lot of the stuff on here!
Irish Lassie 1 year ago
WOW! Why did I get down-voted???? Is it the poop emoji??
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BookFanatic 1 year ago
Ok...I'm weird enough to enjoy this. (slurrrrrps and makes awkward amounts of eye contact)
#29
Saw This On Twitter
Mrs Irish Mom 1 year ago
Old folks home closed and donated all the bedpans to local restaurant 🤢
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
That's it. I'm telling your Dada. These people are the douche champs of the world. Seriously, somewhere in the bowels of Hell, Satan is forcing du Champs watch the stupidity he unleashed on the world.
#30
Carrot Served On A Telephone
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
Do you then use the phone to order more food?
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The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)
Carrot Top gave his life for one last prop pun... (I'm on the phone right now...)
BoredPossum 1 year ago
Seriously, I wanna change species, permanently. This is what homo sapiens can come up with if left unchecked?
#31
You Could Order Barbie Meat At A Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant My Sis-In-Law Went To Last Night
Karen Krause 1 year ago
They used to make birthday cakes like this. The cake was her dress and Frosting took care of the details. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G-GaKSvbsaU/U_t5EQpk2lI/AAAAAAAADR8/cc4x-ao7DaI/s1600/IMGP1383.JPG
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Jayeff Vee 1 year ago
As the meal progresses, Barbie does a strip. I guess she's not so modest.
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago
Asian cuisine decor can be quite inspiring, but, it is the fact they kill cook and eat anything with eyes and mouth that concerns me.
#32
A Full English Served By A Hipster
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
I can’t figure out what the browny lump is bottom right. The end of a black pudding or something they dug up?
Ducki (She/Her) 明明 1 year ago
Ducki has just now realized the spade is not, in fact, bloody. She has been stupid
Bread the Duck 1 year ago
I JUST REALIZRD ITS LIKE BRITISH SLANG OR SMTH HELLPPP
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Uncle Schmickle 1 year ago
In the days of steam locomotives, this is how the crew cooked their food. Put the shovel in the firebox until it was cooked .... fabulous. However I won't tell you what the shovel could also be used for when on a long trip without stops.
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago
But you also have a bucket of baked beans.. I kind of like this concept it is clean..
#33
Awesome At Being Autistic 1 year ago
Chicken feet and testicles served on feathers? That's a hard pass from me.
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Pretty sure those feet, balls and feathers, all belonged to a quail.
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#34
The Juices Dripped Onto My Legs Through That Nice Crack In The Board
Karen Krause 1 year ago
Looks good, just not on a board. What's wrong with plates, people?
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Heidi Noll 1 year ago
Guy to friend: "Got another splinter today from a surf board." Friend: "I didn't know you were a surfer." "I'm not, I work as a dishwasher at one of those high end restaurants they serve food on stupid things. Just got a tetanus shot because of the rusty chip bucket. But I do get first chance at selling my used shoes to them. So it works out."
Upstaged75 1 year ago
I used to work in a hotel and helped with all kinds of random events. There was one time I was passing a "dish" to the audience during a cooking class, except it wasn't a dish - it was a slab of stone. With some sort of dark sauce on it. Why would you put something runny on a surface without edges??? Anyway, I ended up having to get a dry cleaning voucher for this poor woman after I accidentally dripped the damn sauce on her pants.
Giraffy Window 1 year ago (edited)
That board should have been tossed long ago. Excuse me waiter, there's a hole in my plate and table and a meal in my lap.
Phil 1 year ago (edited)
My sister once insisted that we have brunch at this uppity place that, as it turned out, served their food on things like this. I asked for the manager (assuring the server that there was nothing wrong with them) and said the following: "Approximately 20,000 years humans began making kiln-fired pottery. A few thousand years later along comes the pottery wheel, thus assuring that humans no longer had to eat their food off of things like this. Please take this back and put it on a plate. Thanks!" I admit it was a bit of a snarky thing to do, but I didn't want to be there anyway.
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago
Duck the drippings and send the drycleaning bill to them with this photo
#35
Friend Of Mine Went To A Restaurant And Their Starter Came In A Book
BookFanatic 1 year ago
I once found a slice of cheese in a returned library book, being used as a bookmark. Blurgh.
Load More Replies... Angrykitten 1 year ago
Books are prone to be easily contaminated with mold, mildew and bugs. Huge nope! Got to wonder if the menu mentions the unique serving plates for all of these.
#36
Our Corn Chips Came In A Rusty Bucket
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago (edited)
Are you sure it was not gravy/ cocoa powder to look like rust? Looks like ..rust! The plates are definitely chipped enamel.
#37
Japan
Lyone Fein 1 year ago
A "bento box" is the typical container that Japanese workers use to carry their lunch in. This is just an upcycle version. The contents are exactly identical.
Sand Ers 1 year ago
As long as it’s actually a washable dish and not a cardboard box…
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Courtney Christelle 1 year ago
This is far less disgusting than the other ones I’ve seen on here.
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago
Recycling is a great idea.. use it twice only, one for the original content and another like this. Looks so tasty better than burgers and chips to me..
#38
Onion Ring Tower At Red Robin, Comes With Complimentary Paint Chips
#39
Plates Shouldn’t Fall Over When You Stab Them With A Fork
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
CLEARLY you were just supposed to pick it up and eat it with your hands. The cutlery was just a display set for high-minded, low-logic commentary.
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago
Looks ,like this one did although it looks great just not suited to stabbing actions.
#40
Ravioli On A Clothesline, As You Do
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Love how the guy sitting there with his arms crossed, contemplating all his life choices, that ultimately brought him to this very moment. 😂
Ariadne Toms 1 year ago
Of all the things to put up on this new clothesline trend thing.....ravioli is not the best one
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago
Um...if you pinch a peg the single ravioli will end up on the table won't it? Nice fresh parsley
#41
Chickenfingered
Barbara Wilcock 1 year ago
Boarding on beastiealaty. Sorry for spelling, never had to type that word
#42
I Think It's Necessary To Add That The Glasses Are Filled With Hot Pork Broth To Wash Down Those Hog Nipples
Dd P 1 year ago
and to think that the person who did this is allowed to vote. No wonder the world is such a mess!
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Shayne Randlett 1 year ago
"Where would you like to go for dinner?" "Oh, I don't know. Somewhere where I can stare at a pig's a*****e whole I eat, I guess." "I've got just the place..."
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
I've heard of people eating pigs feet but never heard of people eating pigs nipples.. Just why? 🤮
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago (edited)
Disgusting in every way.. some chefs need a pitchfork poked at their backsides
#43
My Friend Was Served A Single Potato On A Tiny Chair
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
Somebody should tell them that it's COUCH potato and not chair potato
SilverSkyCloud 1 year ago
at the price they probably charged for that, id be taking the mini chair home with me
Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago
If that potato was holding a phone, it would look a lot like me right now.
Bubs (he/they) 1 year ago
this is cute, but the portion size??? pathetic. probably way too expensive for how tiny it is.
Ducki (She/Her) 明明 1 year ago
All hail Lord Poate, King and Savior of the potatokind. Upvote to join potatism
#44
Got Sandy Feet As A Dessert
Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago
I'm intrigued by the apparent rollerballs that have come from a 1990's computer mouse.
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago
If it is a china thong as I suspect due to the shiny straps ( Aussies call these things)and not a wearable one it could be fun .
Maria Maria 1 year ago
No way this is real. No rest runt works back people eat from flip flops.
#45
Upscale Restaurant - Serves Cocktail In An Old Soup Can. Why?
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
This one can’t be safe, yes? Wouldn’t the metal start degrading or leeching out over time?
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Not if it's got a nice coating of BPA on it.
Load More Replies... Ariadne Toms 1 year ago
Trying too hard to be hip and trendy... ur I think that pretty much covers all of the pictures!
#46
Cheese Foam That Is Spooned Onto The Back Of Your Hand By The Waiter And Then You Have To Lick It Off
Corvus 1 year ago
I think it's the "no need to wash dishes later, LOL" trend.
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michael reid 1 year ago
Forget the hand food, "cheese foam" sounds about the most disgusting thing I could imagine
Mrs Irish Mom 1 year ago
Saves on them washing dishes but its touching the watch and who washes there watch often if ever 🤢
Bored something 1 year ago
Mine gets wiped over every other day. Please clean your watches, think of the person who has to change the battery in it if not for your own comfort.
Load More Replies... Awesome At Being Autistic 1 year ago
No. And "cheese foam"?! You're paying for Cheez Whiz to be sprayed on you in a restaurant?! You can do that shït at home, ffs.
Ducki (She/Her) 明明 1 year ago (edited)
what is cheese foam? i can try it on a sensible plate as i love cheese 🧍 ♥️ 🧀 EDIT: typo
#47
Fish Sticks In A Croc
#48
Whole Ass Meal On A Cup
Seanette Blaylock 1 year ago
Good point. The various food doesn't look all that balanced, nutritionally or physically.
Load More Replies... Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
After much thought, I've come to the conclusion that I would, all else being equal, prefer my pizza served horizontally.
Biofish23 1 year ago
That pizza must be completely cold, otherwise the cheese would slide right off.
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Jesha 1 year ago
Pretty much. A local place named Sobelman's did one with fried chicken as a kind of Challenge/joke and now everywhere has to one-up it.
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#49
Yes That Is A Bagel Filled With Cheese Mounted Like A Deer Over A Bowel Of Tomato Soup
Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago (edited)
A bowel of soup eh? A bowel. BOWEL. Reminds me of the girl who loves the smell of her boyfriends colon 😅
Vvee Work 1 year ago
"When a guy walks by and you can smell....his colon"
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M O'Connell 1 year ago
Regardless of the presentation, we're looking at cheese-drenched bread and tomato soup. Sign me up.
Shayne Randlett 1 year ago
I don't like the presentation, but as known glutton and cheese whore, I'll have two, please...
#50
Yes, I Would Like Your "Mini Corn Dogs On A Ceramic Decorative Pillow" Please
Ana Klekijeva 1 year ago
At least it is a clean glazed ceramic pillow-shaped sculpture, specially made for this purpose. That's funny, clever and safe to consume. Others would just serve food on a real dirty thrift store pillow and charge you extra for it.
laura lee 1 year ago (edited)
I guarantee that baked on glaze is not food safe
Load More Replies... Ariadne Toms 1 year ago
Yes! A contrasting colour would have made it really pop
Load More Replies... Shayne Randlett 1 year ago
This is a scene from Aladdin part 4. Not as magical as the original movie...
While many restaurants try to differentiate themselves with unique presentation styles, some methods may actually detract from the dining experience. This topic brings to mind another unique approach to standing out in the culinary world – the unusual pricing strategies found in certain establishments.
For a curious take on how unusual pricing could provide as much intrigue as a unique dish presentation, consider this bizarre chicken wing pricing story.
#51
Why!!??
Weasel Wise 1 year ago
Remind me which movie it was where he worked at a miki mart or wherever...cuz I recall him just being a dinosaur.
Load More Replies... Mrs Irish Mom 1 year ago
Might be ok for a kid with onion rings around the neck and chicken dippers but for an adult that looks nasty
#52
I Guess I'm Not Supposed To Eat My Soup?
Random Jackass 1 year ago
The soup is more of a suggestion than an actual course in this restaurant, apparently.
Ducki (She/Her) 明明 1 year ago
YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DRINK IT COWARD CHUG IT NOW *loud, frantic bubbling noises*
#53
Chocolate "Horse Turd" Truffles On A Manure Fork. Just No
Xenia Harley 1 year ago
Having horses, and using a pitchfork for manure, this is totally disgusting!
Ducki (She/Her) 明明 1 year ago
I mean, if nobody wants them, I’ll take the chocolate *Looks around nervously*
#54
Little Bite Size Appetizer Served On A Box Of Uncooked Potatoes
Ducki (She/Her) 明明 1 year ago
These are Lord Potate’s subjects, about to be upgraded to BAKEDPOTATE
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
Stick them in your pockets and say "pretty good, but the potatoes were a little underdone" when the waiter comes back around.
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Guys... Sushi On A Tree
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
Another unwashable thing. Mmmm. This is the type of sushi place that also offers chow mein with a side of fries. Don't miss out on chicken wings Wednesday!
Karen Krause 1 year ago
Those plastic trees are dust collectors. I would also wonder if that Spanish moss has spores spilling everywhere.
#56
From A Friends Ig Story. I Have No Words, Only Questions
Colt Winkler 1 year ago (edited)
dont jinx it... oh no that sounded pervy
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Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
Looks like how they'd serve an appetizer at the milk bar in "A Clockwork Orange"
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Jack Smith 1 year ago
it has nipples! unacceptable! where is the censor to protect my precious eyeballs?!
#57
They Gave Me A Mirror So I Can Look At My Lonely Ass Self Lmao
Green Machine 1 year ago
I feel like a lot of these presentations are trying to be some kind of social statement. Like they're trying to mock their own patrons.
#58
Raw King Crab On A Fence
#59
This Is The Most Awful Thing Ever. Broccoli Impaled On A Metal... Thing?
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
Metal? https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chopping+broccoli+dana+carvey+skit
#60
The Cream Sauce Is Already Running Off The Sides, Can't Wait For The Gravy To Go Everywhere As Well!
Herringbone 1 year ago
If only someone could invent some sort of device with an edge to stop things running off.
Brian Droste 1 year ago
That wouldn't be enough gravy for me. I would need at least twice as much gravy.
#61
I Have A Sinking Feeling About This Quesadilla
Jennifer Johnson 1 year ago
at least there r separate condiment containers and some paper under the food
#62
Caged Chicken Buns In Hong Kong
#63
Though This Really Is The Stairway To Heaven
#64
Not Shown: The Sauce Proceeding To Spill Onto My Lap
Jazz 1 year ago
The Spot!! It has good food, it just looks like they put too much sauce on it; it looks like they were training the day you ate there. If you are visiting Galveston, TX, I would suggest giving them a chance. And they do sterilize the tables afterwards.
Jazz 1 year ago
Im pretty sure my dad has met the owner, or at least talked to him online, he is a nice guy
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Brian Droste 1 year ago
I just thought of something. Just think the server that has to clean something like this after you get done eating. The table probably won't get sterilized afterwards.
#65
Why
Giraffy Window 1 year ago (edited)
This one somehow makes more sense to me than the spready spaghetti or the fruit coulis catastrophe.
Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago
I'd lift this, tilt it, and shovel it all into my gob like Nibbles in Futurama.
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
You want coronavirus? Because this is how we got coronavirus. (No seriously, this is literally how we got coronavirus. After the outbreak was known of, but only to the Chinese -- and keep in mind, we now know they knew exactly what they we dealing with because they were coincidentally (?) developing coronaviruses in a lab in "gain of function" experiments, Wuhan served thousands of students a going-away party where food was served like this, before sending them to Europe and America.)
#66
Friend Of A Friend's "Curry On A Tile"
Ace 1 year ago
Not at all, the curry looks really good, and at least it's not liquid enough to spill off the edges. Still stupid though.
Load More Replies... Giraffy Window 1 year ago (edited)
I can smell this. I REALLY want curry now. Can I have some in a bowl with a side of basmati please??? Someone left this bathroom tile on my table, so I'll need a fresh table and a new order of curry please.
#67
Fried Green Beans Served In A Shoe
Brian Droste 1 year ago
At least they are served in a metal container. But still not to sure about that either.
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
I'm wondering why the shoe? Like is there something wrong with just the metal container? Maybe it's wobbly/top heavy and the shoe is the stabilizer? Probably just overthinking.
#68
There Was An Attempt To Include A Plate... Sort Of
Dee Rutherford 1 year ago
Seen this sort of thing before…real plate pieces.
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Spaghetti Bolognese In A Bread Cone
Fart Barfunkle 1 year ago
Ok I don’t feel bad about this one. There’s no way it was misrepresented on the menu to a point where you didn’t know you were getting spaghetti in a bread cone🤣 That being said, it’s the least pretentious thing on the list so far.
CooperDooper81 1 year ago
It looks like it downed a kebab while staggering home at 3am then vomitted on itself.
#70
Our Sharing Starter Came In A Sink
Vvee Work 1 year ago
They could at least make the faucet and handles useful like....turn one handle and ketchup gently comes out,turn the other handle and some ranch
Lillian Hartley 1 year ago
Now I want to go to a restaurant where the food is served in a sink exactly as you described
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I'm Glad To See They Be Serving Ramen The Traditional Way
Caroline Nagel 1 year ago
Using an entire watermelon for one dish is a disgusting waste of food. Unless they use the watermelon over and over again till it rots.
ShellsBells 1 year ago
I'm glad to see that she's holding her chop sticks the traditional way.
#72
The Chips Come In A Rock
Ge Po 1 year ago
okay, at least the rock can be cleaned, unlike many of these other serving varieties.
Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
So, do you only get 2 chips? Or is the table full of chipped rocks? So many questions!!!
#73
Friend's Mother Went To A Restaurant And Got A Glass Of Pasta! Upside Down!
#74
From A Local Resturaunt. A Massive Breakfast Challenge On A Garbage Can Lid
Brian Droste 1 year ago
Again, at least they have wax paper down instead of putting it directly on the garbage lid,
#75
Pancakes In Michigan. The Syrup Dripped Onto My Pants And Shoes While They Were Carrying It To The Table
Caroline Nagel 1 year ago
In that case I'd refuse to pay unless they pay for the cleaning costs.
#76
My Boyfriend Was Just Served A Bloody Mary In A Fry Basket
#77
This Was A Tiramisù, The Top Layer Was Crushed Oreos. Delicious, But How Did They Come Up With This?
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
I loved getting those jello pudding flower pots.
Load More Replies... M O'Connell 1 year ago
The pot doesn't look quite right for terra cotta, I think it might be made of gingerbread.
Load More Replies... OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
If the pot was edible, I wouldn’t mind too much. There’s some people who can make very good realistic cakes; I can’t remember the channel name, but there’s a YouTuber who uses green buttercream and makes wonderful realistic cakes that look like bags, other food, a pug, a human hand…
#78
Venison Cubes On A Deer Antler (Was Actually Incredible)
#79
Curry On A Chopping Board
Giraffy Window 1 year ago (edited)
Would suck as a chopping board though. Also why the heck are they sticking salad toppings in my rice?
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Firstname Lastname 1 year ago
Sure, it's a weird plate, but I'm more fixated on the tissues. Is it that hot that my nose will run, or are napkins not a thing?
Karen Krause 1 year ago
Curry should not be served flat on anything but a plate. I love curry, but this looks like the dog threw up.
Giraffy Window 1 year ago (edited)
But we all know the best curry comes in a bowl, or a Styrofoam/plastic takeout container.
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So Close, Yet So Far
The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)
If you ask me, steak tartare was always meant as "stunt" food. There's no way I will ever believe anyone ever sincerely said, "This raw hamburger meat is pretty good, but it lacks a little something. Oh, you know what would be perfect? A raw egg!"
Šimon Špaček 1 year ago
It is absolutely delicious when prepared correctly.
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#81
My Cocktail Came In A Box
Ban-One 1 year ago
Came here to say the same thing. Definitely is...but just not well manufactured.
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What do you think ?
A. HAM 1 year ago
A lot of these are wasteful, unsanitary, and/or being served on items that were not meant to touch food for safety reasons. Many of the paints, plastics, materials, etc. shown in these pictures contain lead (among other chemicals) that should never come in contact with food. I will never support restaurants that do this nonsense.
PurpurLapsa 1 year ago
Yea, I could not touch food that came from shoe, sink or almost any of these items they used to serve food. And rubber ducks in drink - not cute, not cute at all.
Load More Replies... Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
Just goes to show there are a lot of pretentious wankers in the food industry. Give me decent sized meal on traditional crockery or I will just shove that log, antlers, shovel, urinal etc right up your ar*e
Paul C. 1 year ago
Went to a pub that had delusions of grandeur, who served my burger on a slate, with about five chips in a tiny supermarket trolley. Politely asked for it to go back to the kitchen and be put on a plate. Chips must have looked pathetic because they had miraculously trebled in number.
Jill Rhodry 1 year ago
the pizza stairs - ok, fair enough - everything else, I'm outta there - not staying, not eating, not paying.
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
I’d probably stay only for the chicken buns in the bird cage.
Load More Replies... Brian Droste 1 year ago
I was wondering when these people order there meal, on the menu what the description of the meal was. Did it descrbe what it was coming on or in?
Islandchild 1 year ago
A friend and I treated ourselves to lunch in a nicer restaurant one day. Everything was great until the shared dessert. S'mores, so we'd presumed there was a DIY aspect. We did not expect things to be hanging off a miniature wrought iron rack. I laughed, couldn't help myself. I laughed until I had tears. I have absolutely no idea how it tasted but I remember laughing
Living Example 1 year ago
If a restaurant has to do this kind of "presentation", you're going to gat ripped off.
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
I guarantee the same people who eat like this love to lecture regular Americans about using plastic straws.
A. HAM 1 year ago
A lot of these are wasteful, unsanitary, and/or being served on items that were not meant to touch food for safety reasons. Many of the paints, plastics, materials, etc. shown in these pictures contain lead (among other chemicals) that should never come in contact with food. I will never support restaurants that do this nonsense.
PurpurLapsa 1 year ago
Yea, I could not touch food that came from shoe, sink or almost any of these items they used to serve food. And rubber ducks in drink - not cute, not cute at all.
Load More Replies... Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
Just goes to show there are a lot of pretentious wankers in the food industry. Give me decent sized meal on traditional crockery or I will just shove that log, antlers, shovel, urinal etc right up your ar*e
Paul C. 1 year ago
Went to a pub that had delusions of grandeur, who served my burger on a slate, with about five chips in a tiny supermarket trolley. Politely asked for it to go back to the kitchen and be put on a plate. Chips must have looked pathetic because they had miraculously trebled in number.
Jill Rhodry 1 year ago
the pizza stairs - ok, fair enough - everything else, I'm outta there - not staying, not eating, not paying.
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
I’d probably stay only for the chicken buns in the bird cage.
Load More Replies... Brian Droste 1 year ago
I was wondering when these people order there meal, on the menu what the description of the meal was. Did it descrbe what it was coming on or in?
Islandchild 1 year ago
A friend and I treated ourselves to lunch in a nicer restaurant one day. Everything was great until the shared dessert. S'mores, so we'd presumed there was a DIY aspect. We did not expect things to be hanging off a miniature wrought iron rack. I laughed, couldn't help myself. I laughed until I had tears. I have absolutely no idea how it tasted but I remember laughing
Living Example 1 year ago
If a restaurant has to do this kind of "presentation", you're going to gat ripped off.
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
I guarantee the same people who eat like this love to lecture regular Americans about using plastic straws.
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