To want to eat my food off a plate. Not a slate, wooden board, out of a bucket or anything else equally as pretentious?

[Cheeseoncrumpets]

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!

[dementedma]

In Jamie's Italian the platter of anti pasta was propped on two bog standard tins of tomatoes. Haven't been back as meal was overpriced anyway.

[Cheeseoncrumpets]

Jesus Christ. Just looked at We Want Plates and im staggered.

Bread served in an old mans flat cap. Tapas in a tea cup. A pie and a side of bread served on a rat trap, a rat trap?! How unapparetising can you get?!

My personal favourite though is the gherkins served in a Russian doll? WTAF! Was it a Russian themed restaurant? Otherwise I cant see the point in the slightest.

[PiperIsTerrysChoclateOrange]

Is this suitable 😂😂😂😂

[nokidshere]

emotionsecho they have always just changed it - no one has ever commented on my request to be fair.

[Vanderwaals]

Yanbu!!!
I hate the buckets of chips! I always tip them out onto the plate anyway.
And the wooden planks must be soooo unhygienic 😷 disgusting.

[expatinscotland]

Buckets of chips do my nut. They are trying to stint on chips. Fuck that.

[knobblyknee]

We Want Plates - Pigeon in a birds nest

[BoGrainger]

We want plates is a scream. I can't believe some of those pics

[Icklepickle101]

I've had food served on a bin lid before

I sent it back and asked for a plate, no one else on my table seemed bothered?

[expatinscotland]

Wasn't it wobbling everywhere, Ickle?

[noddingoff]

Cocktails in a jam jar = wank.

[Cheeseoncrumpets]

The new thing is cocktails in soup tins apparently, and someone on my Facebook posted a picture of themselves drinking cocktails from a giant test tube!

[Wolfiefan]

I went to a chain restaurant. Burger on a board and paper bag full of chips. Of course there wasn't room to tip the chips out.
WTF didn't I think to ask for a plate?!

[Icklepickle101]

expat there was an empty bowl that the handle rested in to make it more stable but it still looked like a right faff and the table was very cramped!!

[Redcrayons]

Who would think the bin lid is a good idea. That's totally minging

[OhforGodsake]

A local bistro near me (think footballers & z list slebs area) serves whole roast chicken hanging upside down from a decorators hook. It's not a pretty sight to see the waiters and waitresses trying to carry them from the kitchen, to the waiting diners, through the people standing at the bar, with chicken fat swinging in all directions!