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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.
More info: wewantplates.com | Facebook | Instagram |Twitter | Reddit
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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.”
#3
“Here’s Your Beef Wellington Starter. Is There Anything Else I Can Get You?”“Tetanus Shot, Please.”
#8
This Is A Take Out Dish - Diners Were Instructed To Plate Like This At Home. Part Of A $115 Tasting Menu
#12
Yes, I Would Like Your "Mini Corn Dogs On A Ceramic Decorative Pillow" Please
#15
This? Oh, It's Just An Orthodontic Mould Of The Restaurant-Owner's Mouth From Barcelona
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What do you think ?
troufaki13 3 years ago
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??
Vicky Z 3 years ago
Sarcasm is really underrated! I laughed a lot with your comment!
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Filipe Vieira 3 years ago
My main concern with this pretentious presentations is the hygiene. Pretty sure that certain objects are not as easily washable as normal dishes.
Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
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.
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Eslamala 3 years ago
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.
marianne eliza 3 years ago
Whenever I see plating theatrics like this, I firmly believe they are trying to distract you from something not good. Flavors, prices?
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
The worst part of most of these is that the "plates" they're using aren't made of food-grade materials. I don't want to eat from a wooden board that someone else has eaten from. And I don't want to eat from a shovel or hubcap at ALL.
Ruth Farcas 3 years ago
I did think the fish and chips on a sheet of paper would work, though. After all, that is a traditional way to serve them (wrapped, though), and the paper gets thrown away or perhaps tossed on a fire afterwards, so this is hygienic and allows for a normal-sized meal.
Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
I wish they would have included prices. I'd like to see if I could be even more incredulous.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago
I just gotta say: I'm sure the dishwashers in these restaurants hate their bosses.
Pervinca 3 years ago
It's totally ok to be creative, and if the guests of these place like the trash looks of these plates I'm fine. But are all of these things hygienic and not toxic? There is a reason if some things are not usually used as plates or pots, some materials are not suitable to contain food.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
All those crazy ideas might be "innovating" but if my food is served on a towel, a piece of paper, a rusty bin lid or a hub cap they found on the roadside, I'm walking out without paying.
Katinka Min 3 years ago
All of these are just gross and unhygienic. What is wrong with your food that it needs this stupid presentations?
Roberto Durante 3 years ago
this "culinaire progressive" restaurants can existe because of the snobisme of "nouveau rich" without any education education and totally tasteless like drinking champagne in a plastic cup at the vernissage of fake artists like M.A.
Geoff Giles 3 years ago
great work overall, but the autorun ads overheat my computer, could you please stop them?
Ruth Farcas 3 years ago
Most of these are a great way to get guests to pay a lot for almost microscopic portions! aka a ripoff.
Jeff Diamond 3 years ago
These were all probably meant to be "artistic," or "fancy." They actually look "stupid" and "gross."
Michelle Muirhead 3 years ago
Oh my God! What a bunch of tossers! I bet they charge ridiculous amounts of money for their disgusting messes!
Rose the Cook 3 years ago
With so many people photographing their food you have to do something to get your place free publicity.
Random Anon 3 years ago
At the risk of sounding like a philistine, I really don't see the point in food served this way. It's artsy-fartsy yes but so impractical. Unless these things are merely meant to be seen and not eaten.
Noel Benavente 3 years ago
So conceptual "art" has its version on cuisine... go figure. caballos-6...6f1ddd.jpg 
beckster308 3 years ago
These remind me of that scene in Grandma's Boy where they go to the vegan restaurant.
Easily Excitable Panda 3 years ago
By the end, the comments were along the lines of, "It's not so bad." I think our brains were taken hostage by the first few pictures.
Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
There used to be a chrome-and-auto themed bar around here with a non-sequitur idea for getting and paying your tabs: There was a four-inch wide stream of water just inside the bar rail that gently flowed by you as you sat. You could launch those little plastic, rectangular dishes you get your bill in and send your payment off to the bartender like a little boat. I loved it. I'm a little weird, though... I like flowing water so much that when I was a kid I used to watch the water that ran off driveways as they were cleaned form streams like microcosmic rivers. Besides minor mishaps, I'm not sure WHAT was wrong with this (the flow prevented algae, for instance), but I'm sure something was.
Carol Emory 3 years ago
This is basically and advertisement of "Our food really sucks, so we have to get you in using gimmicks that may distract you long enough to not realize that we're charging you way too much for this slop."
Cenk Karaferya 3 years ago
I'm sure those all taste crap. What lacks in taste usually also fails in presentation.
Kiem Gallagher 3 years ago
I'm quite sure the majority of those are not food grade, meaning it's not safe to put food on them or eat off them... who is supervising these establishments because I'm sure using serveware that isn't food grade is a no-no.
Natalie Oleander 3 years ago
If anywhere served me food on anything but a plate, I'd walk out. NASTY
Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
So many of these are so terribly unhygienic that the trend MUST be conspicuous waste: objects like concrete blocks, logs, etc., that can't possibly be used more than once without visibly being contaminated. So keep in mind when you see the wealthiest areas of America (or... what's up Barcelona?) vote 99% Democrat (Lower Manhattan, San Francisco, D.C., Loop Chicago, even downtown Houston) how hypocritical these elites are. These places don't cater to some conservative minority; they're the trendy locales of the dominant culture. PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME: Ad hominem is a fallacy! Their hypocrisy doesn't mean conservation isn't needed. It just means we shouldn't follow the elites in how to be conservationists! LIVE SIMPLY. Simply means cheaply.
troufaki13 3 years ago
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??
Vicky Z 3 years ago
Sarcasm is really underrated! I laughed a lot with your comment!
Load More Replies... Filipe Vieira 3 years ago
My main concern with this pretentious presentations is the hygiene. Pretty sure that certain objects are not as easily washable as normal dishes.
Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
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.
Load More Replies... Eslamala 3 years ago
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.
marianne eliza 3 years ago
Whenever I see plating theatrics like this, I firmly believe they are trying to distract you from something not good. Flavors, prices?
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
The worst part of most of these is that the "plates" they're using aren't made of food-grade materials. I don't want to eat from a wooden board that someone else has eaten from. And I don't want to eat from a shovel or hubcap at ALL.
Ruth Farcas 3 years ago
I did think the fish and chips on a sheet of paper would work, though. After all, that is a traditional way to serve them (wrapped, though), and the paper gets thrown away or perhaps tossed on a fire afterwards, so this is hygienic and allows for a normal-sized meal.
Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
I wish they would have included prices. I'd like to see if I could be even more incredulous.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago
I just gotta say: I'm sure the dishwashers in these restaurants hate their bosses.
Pervinca 3 years ago
It's totally ok to be creative, and if the guests of these place like the trash looks of these plates I'm fine. But are all of these things hygienic and not toxic? There is a reason if some things are not usually used as plates or pots, some materials are not suitable to contain food.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
All those crazy ideas might be "innovating" but if my food is served on a towel, a piece of paper, a rusty bin lid or a hub cap they found on the roadside, I'm walking out without paying.
Katinka Min 3 years ago
All of these are just gross and unhygienic. What is wrong with your food that it needs this stupid presentations?
Roberto Durante 3 years ago
this "culinaire progressive" restaurants can existe because of the snobisme of "nouveau rich" without any education education and totally tasteless like drinking champagne in a plastic cup at the vernissage of fake artists like M.A.
Geoff Giles 3 years ago
great work overall, but the autorun ads overheat my computer, could you please stop them?
Ruth Farcas 3 years ago
Most of these are a great way to get guests to pay a lot for almost microscopic portions! aka a ripoff.
Jeff Diamond 3 years ago
These were all probably meant to be "artistic," or "fancy." They actually look "stupid" and "gross."
Michelle Muirhead 3 years ago
Oh my God! What a bunch of tossers! I bet they charge ridiculous amounts of money for their disgusting messes!
Rose the Cook 3 years ago
With so many people photographing their food you have to do something to get your place free publicity.
Random Anon 3 years ago
At the risk of sounding like a philistine, I really don't see the point in food served this way. It's artsy-fartsy yes but so impractical. Unless these things are merely meant to be seen and not eaten.
Noel Benavente 3 years ago
So conceptual "art" has its version on cuisine... go figure. caballos-6...6f1ddd.jpg
beckster308 3 years ago
These remind me of that scene in Grandma's Boy where they go to the vegan restaurant.
Easily Excitable Panda 3 years ago
By the end, the comments were along the lines of, "It's not so bad." I think our brains were taken hostage by the first few pictures.
Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
There used to be a chrome-and-auto themed bar around here with a non-sequitur idea for getting and paying your tabs: There was a four-inch wide stream of water just inside the bar rail that gently flowed by you as you sat. You could launch those little plastic, rectangular dishes you get your bill in and send your payment off to the bartender like a little boat. I loved it. I'm a little weird, though... I like flowing water so much that when I was a kid I used to watch the water that ran off driveways as they were cleaned form streams like microcosmic rivers. Besides minor mishaps, I'm not sure WHAT was wrong with this (the flow prevented algae, for instance), but I'm sure something was.
Carol Emory 3 years ago
This is basically and advertisement of "Our food really sucks, so we have to get you in using gimmicks that may distract you long enough to not realize that we're charging you way too much for this slop."
Cenk Karaferya 3 years ago
I'm sure those all taste crap. What lacks in taste usually also fails in presentation.
Kiem Gallagher 3 years ago
I'm quite sure the majority of those are not food grade, meaning it's not safe to put food on them or eat off them... who is supervising these establishments because I'm sure using serveware that isn't food grade is a no-no.
Natalie Oleander 3 years ago
If anywhere served me food on anything but a plate, I'd walk out. NASTY
Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
So many of these are so terribly unhygienic that the trend MUST be conspicuous waste: objects like concrete blocks, logs, etc., that can't possibly be used more than once without visibly being contaminated. So keep in mind when you see the wealthiest areas of America (or... what's up Barcelona?) vote 99% Democrat (Lower Manhattan, San Francisco, D.C., Loop Chicago, even downtown Houston) how hypocritical these elites are. These places don't cater to some conservative minority; they're the trendy locales of the dominant culture. PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME: Ad hominem is a fallacy! Their hypocrisy doesn't mean conservation isn't needed. It just means we shouldn't follow the elites in how to be conservationists! LIVE SIMPLY. Simply means cheaply.
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