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I want my dinner on a plate.

(120 Posts)
janeainsworth Wed 18-Jan-17 14:28:44

Oh dear! If you want your dinner on a plate why don't you just stay at home and make it yourself <sigh>

Bellanonna Wed 18-Jan-17 14:22:51

Roses, I mean on here in general, not you in particular.

Bellanonna Wed 18-Jan-17 14:22:05

Roses, you made me laugh out loud? Doesn't often happen on here
Greyduster nicked the whippet quip from me☹️

henetha Wed 18-Jan-17 14:18:14

I remember Chicken in a Basket, Anya, and loved it.

Kittye Wed 18-Jan-17 14:15:40

felice I always wonder if slate or wooden platters are clean. As for floor tiles I too would eat elsewhere.
I also hate my "small glass of wine" being served in massive wine glasses that cover half my face. ?

felice Wed 18-Jan-17 13:53:44

I think they are awful, and not easy for the waiters either, especially the wooden boards and slates.
I also wonder how they clean them properly.
SO and I were going for lunch one day when we saw the serving 'plates', floor tiles¨hmm !!!!!!!! we went elsewhere.

Greyduster Wed 18-Jan-17 13:52:56

Whippet and chips in a flat cap, maybe, roses! (Apologies to any whippet owners!!). I don't mind my chips being served in little wire frying baskets - it's quite fun - but I do object to food on slabs of slate, or deep soup plates, which are okay for pasta but totally alien for anything else.

chelseababy Wed 18-Jan-17 13:41:37

I had a G&T served in a half pint glass with handle! It just didn't taste the same! ?

Daddima Wed 18-Jan-17 13:37:44

Riverwalk, it's a very good tapas place called Rioja in Glasgow.

rosesarered Wed 18-Jan-17 13:31:56

...and scampi in a basket, very sophisticated!
I would draw the line at fish and chips in a flat cap.grin

Maranta Wed 18-Jan-17 13:31:35

I'm wondering how slate and wooden platters are cleaned. Do they go in the dishwasher? I wouldn't think they'd last long with that treatment.

Anya Wed 18-Jan-17 13:28:04

It's nothing new though. Who remembers 'Chicken in a Basket' from the 60s or 70s?

Charleygirl Wed 18-Jan-17 13:24:11

I have the occasional snack in my local Waitrose and nearly all food is served in a deep soup plate which I hate. I much prefer food served a normal dinner plate but no joy, they will not change it.

suzied Wed 18-Jan-17 13:22:15

On Come Dine With Me recently I saw one contestant pouring soup from a teapot into little teacups.

Isabella1 Wed 18-Jan-17 13:20:19

wewantplates.com/

BlueBelle Wed 18-Jan-17 13:19:14

Wow haven't seen any of this We re still on plates around here perhaps we re not so sophisticated

ninathenana Wed 18-Jan-17 13:16:57

No, it isn't !
I'm with you on this. We took GS to pizza hut at the weekend (bad nannie) the youngest wanted nuggets and chips from the children's menu the chips were served in a miniture metal bucket confused

Riverwalk Wed 18-Jan-17 13:16:01

I don't mind chips in a wire basket or slates and wood but would draw the line at sausage & mash in a wine glass grin

Name and shame Daddima!

NfkDumpling Wed 18-Jan-17 13:15:05

I agree! Wholeheartedly. Sausage and mash in a wine glass? How silly. I now ask for a plate if I notice other diners eating off ornaments or if it's too late, send the meal back and ask for them to re-serve it on a plate or, when recently my drink was served in a jam jar with a handle, a proper glass. I'm revolting! (and embarrassing my DH again!)

Daddima Wed 18-Jan-17 13:08:14

The ways of serving dinner are becoming more and more ridiculous. Chips in wee wire baskets or cardboard " newspaper", meals on slates or pieces of wood, first courses on wee spoons,or even ( the last straw for me) a starter of sausage &mash served in a wine glass.
Is it just me who wants my meal on a plate?