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Hmmm interesting

I have had food served on all manner of silly things - all image, no substance.

Wooden boards 'incapable' of being kept clean is worrying.

I've sent cutlery back that's dirty AND I've seen restaurants change hands at alarming rates.

Makes you wonder what's going on.

I like it when you can see the cooking being done 

Saint

There was a trend a few years ago (which I thankfully missed) of replacing "boring" plates with ridiculous serving methods such as shovels. 

 

I noticed that the restaurant in Birmingham was a "Grill": there seems to be a bit of a recent fashion for that sort of place to serve on wooden boards, although in my experience they generally cover it with some sort of greaseproof paper (the sort of thing used for "basket" meals) or similar. 

I'm still not happy about that, though: a basket meal is one thing (you're mainly just picking food out by hand or fork), but with a board you're cutting down on it - with the result that the cover gets cut-up too... 

Eugene's Lair
Last edited by Eugene's Lair

Wooden chopping boards are much kinder on your knives.  All mine are clearly marked 'cooked' and 'raw' on each side, so there's no chance of raw meat contaminating bread for example.  I scrub them after use and pour boiling water over them once a week.

Sometimes presenting food on something different can be interesting, but I agree that it has got to ridiculous proportions.  I always remember Gordon Ramsay calling some dishes in a restaurant  'Barbie's swimming pool'.

Bursar
Bursar posted:

Wooden chopping boards are much kinder on your knives.  All mine are clearly marked 'cooked' and 'raw' on each side, so there's no chance of raw meat contaminating bread for example.  I scrub them after use and pour boiling water over them once a week.

Sometimes presenting food on something different can be interesting, but I agree that it has got to ridiculous proportions.  I always remember Gordon Ramsay calling some dishes in a restaurant  'Barbie's swimming pool'.

I guess it’s ok if people are as careful as that Bursar  Trouble is not everyone is as careful ....

Baz
Rexi posted:

My local ‘chips with everything’ pub, where I do the pub quiz each week serves its fish and chips on a board covered with greasproof paper printed up to look like newspaper, the chips are served in a mini deep fat fryer basket, and the peas in a bowl.

 

I mean, please ...

It's called 'gastro' ... which is latin for 'taking the ...'

Saint

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