I want my dinner on a plate.

Yes he does but think I I still prefer a plate. Not a fan of hair with my food.

I had the best 'homemade' chips I'd ever eaten in a hotel in Buxton and they were served in a miniature tin bucket. They were so lovely they could have been served on the whippet or in the flat cap and I'd have eaten them!??????

Doesn't Paddington Bear keep a marmalade sandwich under his hat?

Oh no, silly me; that's dandruff, not breadcrumbs!

Crumbs! I would show that to DH but it might make him think he could keep a few slices under his flat cap in case he felt peckish! Come to think about it, perhaps he does!

Bread in a flat cap. Allegedly.

Now, what else can I think of..... haggis in a gazunder?

Nice to know that I am of the zeitgeist when it comes to food presentation, haha.

I haven't experienced "the flat cap" personally roses I'm glad to say, I'd request a plate. It was in an article a while back I think a week-end colour supplement, Ridiculous I know.

It drives me insane. In all honestly you can be pretty sure that the food will be grim when they use such ridiculous stuff

Are you serious Terri ? I just made that up about the fish and chips in a flat cap.

Even in one today!

Just give me a nice old fashioned china plate. Slates seem a bit grubby, I don't like boards either. I'm on one today!

Yes I agree, plates go in dishwasher where the water heats up to the appropriate temperature to eliminate germs, can't be sure that's the case with wooden slabs and slates. Jamie Oliver was prone to presenting food on his shows on a wooden slab and notice his restaurants use them too Saw an article somewhere or other with pictures where food was being served on such bizarre things as shovels and even a flat cap, ugh! how off putting, particularly if someone's head had been in the cap at some prior stage

Another vote here for dinner on a plate, and please may I have cutlery with handles that are flat? We were in a hotel with round-handled cutlery which was all right on flat plates, but with deeper ones the knife in particular kept rolling off into the plate, so that you ended up with gravy-covered fingers

Yes it's a bit like a lot of the cookery shows on TV all trying to be more pretentious than the next person.
I don't mind the chips in a wire basket so much but as for the rest, give me good food on a white plate and I'm happy.

Not as much meat on a racing pigeon, roses! ?

Bella one does one's best to raise a chuckle ( or even a wry smile)

Greyduster good job you said whippet and chips rather than greyhound on this forum, although you could have said racing pigeon and chips.

We were once served our dessert on a slate. It must have been through the dishwasher as it was still very warm. Not the best thing to serve ice cream on or rather the sort of sweet gravy that it had turned into between the kitchen and the table!! It looked like a pile of sick. The waiter even looked surprised when we pointed it out to him. He said 'but the chef always serves pudding on a slate'. Funnily enough we've never gone back there!

....and I hate it when they say HOME MADE chips when they quite clearly are not.

It's those ridiculous slabs of slate that annoy me Daddima the gravy, sauce or jus (or whatever they call the stuff these days) just runs off. I hate eating off pieces of wood too. Maybe some restaurants think it's fancy but maybe it's just to distract you from the crap food they are serving.

I don't mind home made chips in little baskets though. In fact in don't mind home made chips anyway they are served.

Yes indeed river and a basket made of noodles with stir fried vegetables and prawns inside

I remember going to a 'medieval' (spelling) banquet once and having some sort of meat stew served in a bread bowl like that, though not as deep. The stew was good but I somehow couldn't bring myself to eat the bowl!

Basket meals were a big thing in the 1970s - scampi/chicken and chips in the basket

Also I think that some restaurants are using international traditions - especially old Scandi traditions - I remember DH's Swedish great aunt always used to serve breakfast toast/bread on little wooden boards with wooden butter knives

However I think that sausage and mash in a wine glass sounds very odd - but there again I think that sausage and mash as a starter sounds really odd

I'm not too fussed as long as the food is good.

Jane I'm sure you've had clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl

Yum, yum, yummity yum .... eat the luscious chunky soup, then eat the bowl!

bread bowl