Dear bars and restaurants, we do genuinely appreciate how hard you try to impress us. After the pandemic hit, it has been a continuous struggle to save your business and attract both workers and clients. So it's only normal to put that extra bit of effort into everything, from the thoughtful playlist to premium Marseille soap in the bathroom.
Some restaurant owners and chefs take the dining experience up to the next level and come up with very ingenious ways to serve their food. Think of starters served straight on the table, croquettes served in an iron mask and no, I am not kidding.
Thanks to the internet's beloved We Want Plates project founded by Ross McGinnes back in 2015, we now have a crazy collection of absurd food servings to scroll through. “It’s the global crusade against serving food on bits of wood and roof slates, chips in mugs and drinks in jam jars,” says its description and hey, thanks for the public service, you guys.
Psst! More hilarious food servings from We Want Plates can be found in our previous posts here, here and here.
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#1 So This Is Supposed To Be The Best Way To Eat Caviar...
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#2 The Croquette In The Iron Mask
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#3 So I Went To Alinea This Weekend
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#4 A Bottle Of Fish
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#5 On A Cleaver...
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#6 Breakfast In A Egg Carton
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#7 This Rose Flavored Chocolate Dessert That You Have To Lick Off Your Hands! (Miami)
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#8 Multi-Flavor Pizza Served In A Tire
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#9 Friend's Mother Went To A Restaurant And Got A Glass Of Pasta! Upside Down!
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#10 Friend Of Mine Went To A Restaurant And Their Starter Came In A Book
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#11 Pasta, Sauce, Bread. In A Wire Cone
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#12 A Friend Ordered Tiramisu In Scotland. Why Sugar The Lid?
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#13 Our Corn Chips Came In A Rusty Bucket
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#14 An Actual Non Stick Pan, Instead Of A Plate
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#15 Kids Food On Dvd-Case (Photo From Restaurants Own Page)
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#16 The Juices Dripped Onto My Legs Through That Nice Crack In The Board
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#17 My Meal Was Served In A Folded License Plate. I Mean I Guess It Is A Plate In A Way
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#18 You Could Order Barbie Meat At A Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant My Sis-In-Law Went To Last Night
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#19 Aah Yes, I Finally Experienced The Classic Shovel Plate
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#20 I Guess We Are Serving Fish On Fish Bones?!
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#21 Soup In A Burnt Cabbage
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#22 Lunch Served On A Heavy Stone? I Felt Bad For My Server Who Had To Carry It
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#23 Hot Dogs In A Dog Bowl
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#24 Dinner With A Side Of Tetanus Anyone?
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#25 Steak Pie In A Jar…
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#26 Spaghetti-No
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#27 I’d Send This Back. This Replaced An Amazing Restaurant In My Town That Was Killed By Covid
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#28 This Would Be Embarrassing
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#29 Quality Postmodernism
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#30 "How Do You Want Your Chocolate Mousse? Clean Or Dirty?" Paris, France
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#31 Uhm.. How Do I Drink It..?
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#32 Berries Straight From The Tree
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#33 My “Flying“ Noodles. They Where Cold Within A Minute..
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#34 Pot Of Yoghurt And Some Bread In A Box Of Inedible Rocks
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#35 Twigs And Moss
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#36 Flattened Chips Due To The Weight
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#37 Removing Splinters With Greasy Fingers
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#38 Soup In A Laboratory Flask
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#39 This Isn’t What We Mea-
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#40 The Meat Juice Fell Off The Side And Stained My Jeans
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#41 Giving New Meaning To The "Onion Dip"
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#42 I Guess The Chicken Wings Are… Flying?
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#43 2 Scallops On Seashells Placed On Top Of Fake Grass, Real Rocks And All On Top Of A Log
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#44 In An Ad For A New Greek Place In Town. Yummy, I Love My Hand-Torn Bread Served To Me On A Round Stone Covered In Paste
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#45 It's Called El Ultimo Baño (The Last Bath). Roasted Whole Quail In Foamy Broth And A Piece Of Spongy Bread. It Was Pretty Meh-Tasting. Once Won The City's Weekly Tapas Award. (Bar Is Called Depikofino)
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#46 Shoe Boba (Not Mine, Found It On Twitter)
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#47 This Is Aggravating
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#48 Onion Rings Served On An Oil Funnel
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#49 I Swear, It's A Chocolate Mousse And Pop-Corn On A Wooden Board....
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#50 I Was Reading A Review Of A Spanish Restaurant And This Come Up....
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#51 Not What I Meant When I Said 'A Pallet Of Food'
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#52 Everyday We Stray Further From God’s Light
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#53 Literally
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#54 Plates Shouldn’t Fall Over When You Stab Them With A Fork
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#55 They Call This A “Sushi Cupcake Ferris Wheel”
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#56 We Want Cups. Mai Tai In A Spam Can. Sea-Tac Airport
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#57 Pasta Flight, Ended Up Everywhere
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#58 The Kid's Meal At The Big Texan Served In A Hat. The 7 Year Old Recipient States, "Yeah, This Is Kinda Weird, Dad...."
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#59 My Boyfriends Ice-Cream Came In A Little Metal Tub, But Mine Came In A Little Plastic Wheelbarrow
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#60 Reject Modernity, Embrace Tradition
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#61 Crepes Served As Babushka Barbe
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#62 Fries Served In A Small Trash Bin
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#63 Tonka Truck Full Of Wings
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#64 Not Even The Same Size Of Skillet
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#65 Fish Tacos For Two, On A Cutting Board…
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#66 We Thought That They Allowed Dogs Here Until We Realized That The Bowls Are For Us!
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#67 It's Like They Heard People Like Ribs But Didn't Really Grasp It
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#68 I Ordered A Cocktail, I Got A Salad
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#69 Two, Put Your Beef In That Box
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#70 We Want Tables?
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#71 Not One, But Two Pans And A Cutting Board...ffs
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#72 Jelly And Cream In A Straw
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#73 Went To A Fancy Cocktailbar Just To Get My Bloody Mary In An Old Tomato Can. Also Spotted Someone Getting A Whole Pineapple Instead Of A Glass
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#74 Just Put It On A Plate, This Presentation Adds Nothing
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#75 A Pizza On A Board That's Too Small. Cutting It Was A Challenge
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#76 I Was So Hungry For Cake That I Didn't Realize Until Mid-Way Through That I Got Served In A F*cking Tile
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#77 I'm A Cow Now
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#78 Nearly Bought This Watering Can For My Daughters Mini Cacti Until I Read The Label
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#79 My Friend Sent Me This Picture
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#80 Chicharrones.. Served On Animal Skull They Even Have A Plate Right There..
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#81 $12 Gin & Tonic
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#82 So I Heard You Guys Like Seepage
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#83 Calamari In A Box, Pasta In A Pan. The North End In Boston
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#84 Cocktail In A Takeout Box. Only A Little Leaky
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#85 Onion Rings And Gravy On A Stone Slab!
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#86 I Just Thought You Guys Were No Fun, But I Get It Now….
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#87 Emergency Room Margarita
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#88 Yeah I'll Have Some Brisket On The Rocks Please
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#89 Medusa Calamari?
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#90 The Menu Specifically Called It A Charcuterie Plate
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#91 Deep Fried Mushroom On A Ceramic Log
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#92 We Got Appetizers Served On A Tray Full Of Stones
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#93 Decent In Comparison To Some Of The Sh*t I've Seen But Damn Just Give Me A Damn Plate!
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#94 Apple Pie And Whip Cream In Pots
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#95 What The Hell Is This Crap?
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#96 My Breakfast Came On A Shovel... What’s Next?
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#97 From An Instagram Ad. Just...wow
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#98 Fiancée Said "Do You Think I'm Allowed To Put Ketchup Directly On The Cutting Board?"
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#99 Saw This In An Ad On Facebook - Who Doesn't Like Their Sashimi In A Tipped Over Wine Glass
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#100 Some Cutlery Would Be Nice Aswell..
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