Bowls on plates

Porcelain on porcelain is WRONG. mainly seen in pubs.

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white-on-white crime

hot porcelain-on-porcelain action.

it must be tough

getting through life as the OP

On the same level as wearing white before Easter.

My favorite restaurant serves french fries in a pint glass balanced on the plate. Drives me crazy.

http://s3-media4.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/IHJELMso3tycY1Q3nsKrww/o.jpg

Maybe not a pint glass. Still. Why.

wtf

at pint glass obv, pie dish on plate is fine.

XP actually thats....ok?

not great but ok

I'd hazard a guess that the chips-in-a-glass approach was designed by the restaurateur to avoid having to use a larger plate to accommodate the amount of food being served with that order, especially when much of the plate is being hogged by that square dish of sauce and the pickle spear. Possibly the next size larger plate was too big. You are supposed to react with 'how clever and artistic' rather than 'wtf is going on with these French fries in a glass'.

what about soup

I always immediately dump the fries out so it's not that big of a deal, but it still seems weird. Maybe I am having sympathy for the servers, since in my days as a waitress, I would have spilled SO MANY GLASSES OF FRIES trying to get those dumb plates to my tables (I was a terrible waitress).

Regardless, those fries are amazing. And that little dish of goo is malt vinegar aoli, and the pickles are made in-house and are the best pickles I've ever had, and the burger is so good and you do not need to put an egg on it it is perfect just as a burger.

annoying chip vehicles you have recently encountered

http://i.picresize.com/images/2015/03/09/juyel.jpg

Aimless I bet you are correct! Well, okay, I will give them clever, because I would be loathe to not get as many fries. Not artistic, though.

It's better than the weird trend of restaurants serving their meals on boards, which I could also do without.

xp lololol also, is that served on a board yn

Dude that's not enough fries, gtfo.

w what the

of course it's served on a board

enjoy fries, tip dishwasher 35%, chuck chair through window

Man, stop serving food on boards. Things roll off. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the board.

Reminds me of this, although this one seems designed to be set on the tabletop, rather than another plate.

http://www.savorysimple.net/v1/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/buttermilk-ranch-fries_collage.jpg

I totally welcome new innovations in fry/plate chaos management.

uh, that was xposted to carls pint-glass thingy. Not sure if I'm on board with the grocery cart tbh.

seriously none of you have ever eaten soup

out of a shopping trolley?

Little shopping trolley full of chips is incredibly nonsensical, I think I am a fan.

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the board.

― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha)

shameless attempt at bonus points utterly successful imo

lols on yeats

Frankly speaking, porcelain on porcelain makes me throw up. A lot.

but I thought you were a man of prandial tradition

seriously none of you have ever eaten soup

― vacuum head tree disease (imago), Monday, March 9, 2015 12:51 PM (26 minutes ago)

listen to the man

seriously none of you have ever eaten soup

― vacuum head tree disease (imago), Monday, March 9, 2015 12:51 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

out of a shopping trolley?

― Number None, Monday, March 9, 2015 12:53 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://www.kurzweilai.net/images/You-Will-orange-259x230.png

http://foodservedonstupidthings.tumblr.com/

those little pub pie/lasagne dishes are annoying as fuck but more because they're a totally inaccessible shape. having said that, i'm inclined to agree with "double crockery is stupid and bad"

Ceramic on ceramic: no.
Plastic on ceramic: ehhh.
Ceramic on plastic: yes.
Metal on rubber: maybe.
Plastic on brillo: absolutely.
Eggshell on turqouise: on occasion.
Flesh on flesh: why not.
Duplo on Lego: never.

Do you not put teacups on saucers?

i don't drink tea and everybody else in our office uses a mug

omg the shopping cart

here is one rib and a french fry tapas enjoy

LOL Ive seen minature fry baskets before for chip delivery (stupid enough) but that shopping trolley is next level.

Also, food on boards is a Bad Idea not just cos it falls off, but because GERMS OMG.

Bread in slippers
http://t.co/cH5CEHSDOc

wooden boards is just stupid and inelegant. chips in bowls is best - those white enamel bowls with the blue rims that are everywhere are actually quite a nice design.

Old Lunch gets it.

How am I supposed to eat this without it clinking around and worrying about accidentally chipping the crockery? what is the point of the plate? just give me the damn bowl, or even better, put the lasagne nicely on a plate so I can eat in a civilised fashion.

http://a3.urbancdn.com/w/s/i4/Z8lgEFdf6XGEj8-640m.jpg

also fuck eating chips out of shoes, even if they are indoor shoes.

omg that twitter feed

if i had a restaurant, i think i would serve food upon incredibly large spoons, but you'd have to eat using miniature china plates as utensils

I would divide the dish up into mushed-up spherical bites hanging from the ceiling by silk threads then give each customer a map to follow to get each bite of their chosen dish. Gravy/custard etc could be dripped down the appropriate threads

Peas would be served in a ball pit at the end

🗻

Maybe not a pint glass. Still. Why.

The greatest crime against humanity on that plate is the egg on the burger.

Gilding the lily for sure.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/22/42/19/2242196bd844f96c61c44dd535760356.jpg

The board that makes me rage. I've started asking for a real plate.

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The reason for this being on a plate is that that dish was just under the BROILER to melt the top, and it should be sizzling hot. The plate is so your server doesn't lose a hand.

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simpsons nutella glasses :D

yesssss

In the USA some jelly jars used to be like that.

http://modernkiddo.com/images/jellyjar_peanuts.png

oh MAN I had two drinking mugs with handles that were originally honey jars, loved those so much

orange juice from concentrate, dunk the butternut snap from a pack of family assorted in the top

"but a jar (bought new, from a cook shop) costs more than a drinking glass! perhaps it does not in America"

not the case at all, you can get a 12-pack of 16oz ball mason jars (with lids too!) for like $8 at the hardware store and they are sturdy as fuck and they are multipurpose if you make jam, pickles, ferments, or use them as food storage. regular drinking glasses are like $1-$10 per glass depending on what you're buying, and ime are much more fragile regardless of whether you are buying cheap or fancy glasses

that said i do see single mason jars for sale at boutique food and cooking shops, there is definitely a "artisan rustic chic" thing going on that people will shell out $5 for a single mason jar, but if they look down the street at the hardware store they could buy them for very cheap

tbh the last mason jar I had shattered the moment I tried to sterilize it with hot water but that's Kmart shit for you I guess.

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/we_want_plates_heroic_citizens_take_a_stand

I refuse to eat anywhere that appears to value flash over utility, and apparently I am not alone in just wanting my fucking food served on a fucking plate. This is nowhere close to being “too much to ask for.” A plate???

just pills and IV drips then

http://i.imgur.com/Q37OLO4.jpg

https://twitter.com/WeWantPlates

YESSSSS

I do love that twitter

Powls on blates

Treat it like an ice cream cone.

opening line to Tool's "The Grudge" iirc

what the fuck is this

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CD9KQtYW0AAwkvH.jpg

No.

any day now people will be paying to kneel in rows and feed from galvanised pig troughs.

there was a Man v Food episode where Adam Richman had to eat something like 5 litres of icecream from a sink, quite possibly that very one

imagine that metal tube in the middle impaling the windpipe of a frantic glutton

a flat cap full of bread; a thousand chocolate mice in a wellington boot; an egg poached in a condom; searching the face of a customer for traces of the delight which has long faded from your heart

Haha

http://i.imgur.com/cE0wQqN.png

That ice cream kitchen sink thing actually is amazing and deserves respect, I feel.

I'm sure the menu says something along the lines of Everything INCLUDING the Kitchen Sink!

It had better.

That little wheelbarrow looks pretty dirty.

Kinda thought "Human Garbage Disposal" was supposed to just be some sort of unflattering metaphor...

At first glance I thought the apple sauce wheelbarrow was made of chocolate but now I realise it is made of rust.

i saw somebody yesterday doing that #hipstercop meme that went around twitter, and they said "#hipstercop on a stakeout, takes his sandwich out and puts it on a wooden slate before eating it"

so wooden slates are omnipresent, gauche and also hipster all at once.

derogatory use of the word hipster seems so widespread now that it can p much apply to 'anything not already part of my cultural sensibilities'. tho some of that is a subsense where hipster = fogeyism or artificial rusticism, which is maybe where the wooden slate thing comes from. regardless, i tend to feel more in sympathy with their derided hipster than that sort of stagnant reactionary self-congratulation.

yes

this thread continues to be fucking stupid

http://laughingsquid.com/san-francisco-restaurant-serves-truffles-plated-on-ipads-playing-a-video-about-truffle-hunting-dogs/

We Want Plates crusades against serving food on bits of wood and roof tiles, chips in mugs and drinks in jam jars.

Enough now pic.twitter.com/XbdbA5ku6y

— The MICHELIN Guide (@MichelinGuideUK) July 12, 2017

god yeah they posted a collage last week and I was like there needs to be some kind of local govt intervention bcz this is terrifying

what is even happening there? i need someone to label all of the parts

#AwfullyBritishEatingProblems

Wooden boards.

Roof slates.

Breakfast on shovels.

Chips in plantpots.

Bread in hats.#WeWantPlates pic.twitter.com/TKB1l3gG7O

— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) August 6, 2017

Netanyahu puts wrong foot forward by serving Japan’s Abe dessert in a shoe

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https://i.imgur.com/4i8ou4U.jpg

shoe-ish tradition

scrambled egg, with a comb, from a shoe

sorry all i am entirely pro this (it's in the montage a few posts about but it needs to be see EN CLAIR) :
http://kengarex.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/crazy-food-serving-5.jpg

where's the bacon ffs

i feel sorry for the person sitting diagonally opposite.

they'll be ok, theirs was served with a strimmer

But that's a shovel.

People don't eat food off of a shovel.

How are they cleaning the shovels?

dig a flowerbed with them

a quick dunk in swarfega and they'll be fine

In a restaurant in canada last night I was served pudding on, and I wish I was joking, an ancient VHS copy of The Bodyguard pic.twitter.com/53oQfXDlNw

— P.S.Burton (@PSBurton) August 8, 2019

Restaurant in question is a fun joint full of board games, lined with stuff from Dr Who, Minecraft, D&D etc popular with kids of all ages. The menu features lots of pop culture gimmicks.

So this is a bit like saying "I went to a restaurant in the USA and couldn't believe the waiter was dressed as Pinocchio" without mentioning that the restaurant was at Disneyland.