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The 13 Worst Things Restaurants Have Used Instead Of Plates

We want plates. Not slates. Not tiles. Plates. H/T @WeWantPlates.

Why did restaurants start doing this to us? What happened to plates? We loved plates.

1. The Bread Slippers of Switzerland™.

Confirmation of the Bread Slippers of Switzerland. You're welcome. #wewantplates

It's bread. Inside slippers.

2. This wooden board spread, which includes thick-cut chips in a tiny shopping trolley.

@WeWantPlates on a board. With a shopping trolley.

Cleanup in aisle ARRRRGHHHH

3. This fish and chips served in a garden box, with mushy peas in a flowerpot and tartare sauce in a watering can.

Three reasons. "@TheBotanistNCL: Why not try Fish & Chips with Mushy Peas and Tartare Sauce on your next visit?!? ”

A pox on your house!

4. This unconventional butter dish.

@WeWantPlates the little pieces of butter were served on a broken bathroom tile.

Shout out to Mr Muscle bathroom cleaner.

5. This...thing.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. http://t.co/5daAbLgSV7 #wewantplates

Look at your life. Look at your choices.

6. This rosemary-sprig-garnished fever dream.

*blinks* "@Billy_Bell99: @simon_price01 @WeWantPlates Remember that time they served bangers & mash in a wine glass? ”

Yes, but...why?

7. This affront to serious gardeners everywhere.

I wish @Quoink hadn't pointed this out but she did, u suffer you suffer, mushrooms served on a fucking trowel

"Ye go too far."

8. This picnic bench which deserves to be rained on.

.@WeWantPlates "Our classic afternoon tea, served on a traditional picnic bench. Plant pots, buckets, jars"

9. This regional delicacy: bread in a flat cap.

Bread in a flat cap, Yorkshire @WeWantPlates

"Our secret ingredient is...head sweat."

10. Are these potato croquettes in some sort of silicone shoe?

Strangely enough this isn't the first time I've been served food in a shoe! Thanks @joseandres @bazaarLA

It's not even the first time this person's been served food in a shoe. *weeps*

11. This sizzling brunch skillet plonked directly on to the table.

12. This blatant disrespect for health and safety guidelines.

Steak in the theme of American Psycho; served on a meat cleaver! #food #Budapest

13. This salad served on a plate, yes, but crucially, under a wine glass.

Of all the things mentioned in that piece, this is surely the most ludicrous: Salad Under A Wine Glass @WeWantPlates

"Santé!"

What's the worst thing you've been served food on/in?