bar meals served on a piece of floorboard
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Bored this afternoon with an hour to kill...
When the f
k did this become widely acceptable??
Its irritated me for at least the last 2 years that I can remember...
you go to a pub for a spot of lunch only to discover when it arrives that its being served with each food in an individual basket sitting on a 3 inch wide strip of wood.
Resulting in either the food simply falling all over the table or you having to request a proper plate - they may as well have just dumped the meal on the table top directly.
This week was no exception....
went to a local pub with my father for a pint and a spot of lunch.
Ordered or meals and his arrived first on a plate, with mine following behind on a fkn bit of warped tree.
When I asked if I could please have a proper plate instead of an old piece of someones flooring I was told that most people like it like that and in furture could I please ask for a proper plate when ordering !?!? (
it doesnt fkn well tell you it wont come on a plate on the menu!?!? - and also -
I have yet to meet any of these "most people" of which she spoke!
When the f
k did this become widely acceptable??Its irritated me for at least the last 2 years that I can remember...
you go to a pub for a spot of lunch only to discover when it arrives that its being served with each food in an individual basket sitting on a 3 inch wide strip of wood.
Resulting in either the food simply falling all over the table or you having to request a proper plate - they may as well have just dumped the meal on the table top directly.
This week was no exception....
went to a local pub with my father for a pint and a spot of lunch.
Ordered or meals and his arrived first on a plate, with mine following behind on a fkn bit of warped tree.
When I asked if I could please have a proper plate instead of an old piece of someones flooring I was told that most people like it like that and in furture could I please ask for a proper plate when ordering !?!? (
it doesnt fkn well tell you it wont come on a plate on the menu!?!? - and also -
I have yet to meet any of these "most people" of which she spoke!
hedgefinder said:
Bored this afternoon with an hour to kill...
When the fk did this become widely acceptable??
Its irritated me for at least the last 2 years that I can remember...
you go to a pub for a spot of lunch only to discover when it arrives that its being served with each food in an individual basket sitting on a 3 inch wide strip of wood.
Resulting in either the food simply falling all over the table or you having to request a proper plate - they may as well have just dumped the meal on the table top directly.
This week was no exception....
went to a local pub with my father for a pint and a spot of lunch.
Ordered or meals and his arrived first on a plate, with mine following behind on a fkn bit of warped tree.
When I asked if I could please have a proper plate instead of an old piece of someones flooring I was told that most people like it like that and in furture could I please ask for a proper plate when ordering !?!? (
it doesnt fkn well tell you it wont come on a plate on the menu!?!? - and also -
I have yet to meet any of these "most people" of which she spoke!
So go to a different pub.When the f
k did this become widely acceptable??Its irritated me for at least the last 2 years that I can remember...
you go to a pub for a spot of lunch only to discover when it arrives that its being served with each food in an individual basket sitting on a 3 inch wide strip of wood.
Resulting in either the food simply falling all over the table or you having to request a proper plate - they may as well have just dumped the meal on the table top directly.
This week was no exception....
went to a local pub with my father for a pint and a spot of lunch.
Ordered or meals and his arrived first on a plate, with mine following behind on a fkn bit of warped tree.
When I asked if I could please have a proper plate instead of an old piece of someones flooring I was told that most people like it like that and in furture could I please ask for a proper plate when ordering !?!? (
it doesnt fkn well tell you it wont come on a plate on the menu!?!? - and also -
I have yet to meet any of these "most people" of which she spoke!
TooMany2cvs said:
hedgefinder said:
Bored this afternoon with an hour to kill...
When the fk did this become widely acceptable??
Its irritated me for at least the last 2 years that I can remember...
you go to a pub for a spot of lunch only to discover when it arrives that its being served with each food in an individual basket sitting on a 3 inch wide strip of wood.
Resulting in either the food simply falling all over the table or you having to request a proper plate - they may as well have just dumped the meal on the table top directly.
This week was no exception....
went to a local pub with my father for a pint and a spot of lunch.
Ordered or meals and his arrived first on a plate, with mine following behind on a fkn bit of warped tree.
When I asked if I could please have a proper plate instead of an old piece of someones flooring I was told that most people like it like that and in furture could I please ask for a proper plate when ordering !?!? (
it doesnt fkn well tell you it wont come on a plate on the menu!?!? - and also -
I have yet to meet any of these "most people" of which she spoke!
So go to a different pub.When the f
k did this become widely acceptable??Its irritated me for at least the last 2 years that I can remember...
you go to a pub for a spot of lunch only to discover when it arrives that its being served with each food in an individual basket sitting on a 3 inch wide strip of wood.
Resulting in either the food simply falling all over the table or you having to request a proper plate - they may as well have just dumped the meal on the table top directly.
This week was no exception....
went to a local pub with my father for a pint and a spot of lunch.
Ordered or meals and his arrived first on a plate, with mine following behind on a fkn bit of warped tree.
When I asked if I could please have a proper plate instead of an old piece of someones flooring I was told that most people like it like that and in furture could I please ask for a proper plate when ordering !?!? (
it doesnt fkn well tell you it wont come on a plate on the menu!?!? - and also -
I have yet to meet any of these "most people" of which she spoke!
t.TooMany2cvs said:
So go to a different pub.
try reading the original post ffs.... I asked when this became WIDELY accepted practice...Its like this at pretty much every pub!
I also stated that nowhere on the menu does it state your meal will be served in this unhygenic and irritating manner..... so how does going to another pub help unless you have to interrogate the server at every eating establishment you go into as to their method of food presentation.
kambites said:
I don't really see the point in such things, but I can't say it particularly bothers me either.
I like to order a meal and be able to eat it without it falling off the edge of a stupid 3 inch wide piece of timber or have to eat from tiny holding baskets - the whole thing is just fking ridiculous. I am paying for the food I should be allowed to enjoy it, not for the whole experience become a chore.
I hate this too. Mrs PR refers one restaurant as the "dead animal on a plank" place.
Equally I detest food served on a slate.
One local Michelin starred place became all poncified, they'd serve beer in a pewter tankard.
Now they know me, my beer comes in a proper straight glass.
I stayed in a business hotel, brandy was served in a tumbler. They didn't even have any brandy balloons, so I settled for a large red wine glass.
Restaurants should have the nous to serve you properly. My local cheap and cheerful Indian place gets it right, they state on the menu that Balti dishes are served in the wok. No fuss is made if you want a plate.
Equally I detest food served on a slate.
One local Michelin starred place became all poncified, they'd serve beer in a pewter tankard.
Now they know me, my beer comes in a proper straight glass. I stayed in a business hotel, brandy was served in a tumbler. They didn't even have any brandy balloons, so I settled for a large red wine glass.
Restaurants should have the nous to serve you properly. My local cheap and cheerful Indian place gets it right, they state on the menu that Balti dishes are served in the wok. No fuss is made if you want a plate.
hedgefinder said:
Its like this at pretty much every pub!
No, it isn't. I don't think I've ever been served a pub meal on a "piece of floorboard". Not once.But, maybe, that's because I take note of the myriad of clues as to whether somewhere's likely to be a pretentious plastic fashion-first dive.
BTW, serving on wood isn't actually unhygienic - wood is naturally antiseptic, so it's quite possibly more hygienic than a badly-washed or stored plate. Oh, and serving meals on wooden trenchers was the accepted norm for centuries - probably millenia - before ceramic plates.
V8RX7 said:
Never mind the planks of wood WTF is the point of when you get a plate but they cover it in little bowls ?
A bowl of chips, a bowl of peas, a bowl of coleslaw...
First thing I do is empty them all onto the plate.
That's simply for the convenience of the kitchen. There's a line-up of little bowls of the various bits, waiting to be "plated".A bowl of chips, a bowl of peas, a bowl of coleslaw...
First thing I do is empty them all onto the plate.
TooMany2cvs said:
hedgefinder said:
Its like this at pretty much every pub!
No, it isn't. I don't think I've ever been served a pub meal on a "piece of floorboard". Not once.But, maybe, that's because I take note of the myriad of clues as to whether somewhere's likely to be a pretentious plastic fashion-first dive.
BTW, serving on wood isn't actually unhygienic - wood is naturally antiseptic, so it's quite possibly more hygienic than a badly-washed or stored plate. Oh, and serving meals on wooden trenchers was the accepted norm for centuries - probably millenia - before ceramic plates.
TooMany2cvs said:
No, it isn't. I don't think I've ever been served a pub meal on a "piece of floorboard". Not once.
But, maybe, that's because I take note of the myriad of clues as to whether somewhere's likely to be a pretentious plastic fashion-first dive.
BTW, serving on wood isn't actually unhygienic - wood is naturally antiseptic, so it's quite possibly more hygienic than a badly-washed or stored plate. Oh, and serving meals on wooden trenchers was the accepted norm for centuries - probably millenia - before ceramic plates.
sorry, but I have to say that you are talking utter bBut, maybe, that's because I take note of the myriad of clues as to whether somewhere's likely to be a pretentious plastic fashion-first dive.
BTW, serving on wood isn't actually unhygienic - wood is naturally antiseptic, so it's quite possibly more hygienic than a badly-washed or stored plate. Oh, and serving meals on wooden trenchers was the accepted norm for centuries - probably millenia - before ceramic plates.
ks.And yes they virtually all do it....
can you please explain the reason that the wide use of wooden rolling pins etc was pretty much given up in favour of composite or plastic?... clue - hygeine.....wood is potentially very difficult to clean due to its pretty obvious porous nature and also rots ..... nice.
The norm for milenia was also to deficate in the streets, but for some reason we moved passed that...at least in most of this counrty we did anyway.
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