What’s with the rocks in almost all of these restaurants?

I don't understand this fad of food art, and won't pay for it. There are a lot of Michelin starred establishments that earn the rating for consistency of quality of food, mastery of flavors and cooking technique, and holds a valid reason to visit the establishment for the previous reasons, and they don't serve food that looks like it should be in the MoMa. Jay Fai is a Thai street food vendor who has earned a Michelin rating specifically for her crab omelette. Her food isn't pretentious and the cost for the customer is equitable to the cost of the ingredients and labor. The best restaurants, in my opinion, don't rely on gimmicks like the ones shown in this article, but serve quality food made by competent chefs that you want to eat again and again, and can afford to eat again and again.

Rich people are soo f*****g weird.

Every single one of these is a gastronomic insult.

My husband and I went to a very elegant restaurant here in downtown Chicago and they served actual FOOD. Not anything like this c**p. Get reviews before you spend big bucks on these so called restaurants. I think they are just scams.

When you care way much about presentation and not at all about taste and food...

I’ve been to a couple fancy restaurants and thankfully I haven’t seen anything this bad in person. Even the wine bar that I went to with a $90 tasting menu ($120 with the wine paring) didn’t have portions this small. In all honesty, the place had decent sized portions, excellent presentation and truly amazing flavors, and no gimmicky aspects of the serving.I’m a foodie who loves working with food and cocktails so I can be very critical of flavors. But having good flavors does not mean that a dish should be fully consumed in three bites!

As a retired chef, I can attest to the fact that this limited group of idiots is an aberration, and not the norm. Our philosophy is that you eat with your eyes first, and I'd never consider anything so absurd. The fine dining restaurants I've been to would never consider pulling this c**p.

Sometimes catering is a pretentious field. Do you know this new restaurant trend in your country? Instead of writing the name of a dish in the menu (e.g. eggplant parmigiana, duck breast with blueberry sauce) with a presentation of the ingredients, they will just write the ingredients: cauliflower, eggplant, tomato, truffle, fleur de sel, oil. You don't even know what the plate is, if it's grilled, roasted or what ever! WTF?!?

one hard bite and those rocks finna break your teeth

How can a 'chef' make something like this with a straight face, they are mostly just insulting.

You should watch "The Menu" I'm sure it's streaming somewhere.

Just when you thought "fine dining" couldn't possibly get more absurd...

Fancy food is a ripoff. Just go to olive garden.

I just realised Michelin star = S**t food no one would want to eat

so they tell you they are michelin starred restaurants and you all believe it ! why don't they give the names of these restaurants ? No questioning at all about the veracity of these posts ? something's fishy here.