We went out for Sunday lunch today. Food was very nice etc but when my desert arrived (Banoffee pie with ice cream, chantily cream and some berries) it was served on a bloody slate! A slate for christs sake! Now aside from the obvious hygiene issues, as you can imagine the ice cream was melting and starting to run all over the slate dribbling onto the table. All of which could have been avoided had it been served on a plate or in a dish!
It's not the first time either. Before Christmas I went to a fancy gastro pub type place, ordered a massive burger and chips. Yes you guessed it, it came on a wooden board, the chips were in a silver bucket and the there was a blob of coleslaw running off the board onto the table. Then as the burger was too big to shove into my mouth I had it cut it, and the wooden board was sliding all over the place!
Why do food place do this? I can only assume it's because it looks good, but I find it pretentious and wanky. I don't care what it looks like as long as what it tastes like.
AIBU to think that's it's not practical? Slates and wooden boards were not designed to eat off, but plates were!