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From: Angus
Plates
Why have plates fallen out of favour as the item of choice for serving food on?
Perhaps I'm a traditionalist, but I don't like having food brought to me on a shovel or a chopping board, nor do I like my chips in a little galvanised bucket.
A rare steak served on a flat piece of wood is only ever going to end with run-off
Perhaps I'm a traditionalist, but I don't like having food brought to me on a shovel or a chopping board, nor do I like my chips in a little galvanised bucket.
A rare steak served on a flat piece of wood is only ever going to end with run-off
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Whoever started this trend needs to incarcerated and fed gruel with a two pronged fork. 
Especially as I'm a bit of a germophobe; there is no way a scratched up chopping board or manky bit of slate can be properly cleaned.
Especially as I'm a bit of a germophobe; there is no way a scratched up chopping board or manky bit of slate can be properly cleaned.
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Originally Posted by Steve001
Originally Posted by joz8968
I think it's now got to a point where the restaurants and chefs are now just playing with the punters. They KNOW it's all bollocks. It's like an in-joke.
I rest my case.
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Roofing slates being used as plates is in no way an idea that has come from a balanced mind. Far too flat. The only upside is a little bit of amusement when the waiter/waitress tries to get their fingers underneath it to take it away - especially if they bite their nails.
I remember when a "cup-a-soup" was a novelty serving suggestion.
I remember when a "cup-a-soup" was a novelty serving suggestion.
Because every chef in the UK thinks he's Michel Roux. Then again, I just find the whole eating out scene in the UK pretty dire in general when compared to other places around the globe.
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Oh don't get me started, what happens when you want gravy on chips that are served on an old floor board. If i wanted my food on a slate tile, I would have thrown it on the roof, my peas would roll off onto the floor just as easy.
And steaks on sizzling hot plates, If I as for it rare why the fug would i want it left cooking until it's welldone. What about tea cups with handles so small my 5 week old daughter would have to hold it for me.
..... glad thats off my chest now haha
And steaks on sizzling hot plates, If I as for it rare why the fug would i want it left cooking until it's welldone. What about tea cups with handles so small my 5 week old daughter would have to hold it for me.
..... glad thats off my chest now haha
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I was once served a meal on a flat slate..In my annoyance, I deliberately smothered the steak in peppercorn sauce, allowing it run from the slate and over the table.
When the waiter returned a few minutes later with the disinterested and insincere, "are you enjoying your meals?" I politely requested that a fresh meal be served in an appropriate piece of apparatus in which to contain the meal and any liquid condiments.
When the waiter returned a few minutes later with the disinterested and insincere, "are you enjoying your meals?" I politely requested that a fresh meal be served in an appropriate piece of apparatus in which to contain the meal and any liquid condiments.
