Why do posh restaurants finger your food?
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We ate in a nice restaurant last night, one of those where you can see the dishes being plated up, almost all of the food was being handled (no gloves) while it was being placed on the plate, the longer we watched the more we noticed that the “platers” were also putting food into their mouths and generally touching their faces, surely this can’t be hygienic?
The use of God-tongs is pretty normal but not the eating or touching bit.
ETA: If you are in an open kitchen where you can be seen you need to be seen to be scrupulously clean and hygienic. Bet they were using the same cloth tucked into their waste or over the shoulder all the time, no visible handwashing etc
ETA: If you are in an open kitchen where you can be seen you need to be seen to be scrupulously clean and hygienic. Bet they were using the same cloth tucked into their waste or over the shoulder all the time, no visible handwashing etc
Edited by 21TonyK on Wednesday 18th August 08:31
Not posh restaurants but during my days at Uni, I worked in many bars/pubs that served food. I saw a lot of what goes on behind the scenes when plating up/serving food. My advice is, if you ever get the wrong order or if something is wrong with the food - never send it back for a new dish. Just suck it up.
Like that old about the customer at the posh steak joint who notices the waitperson bringing their meal to the table has their thumb firmly on the steak. "Wha - what, why are you pressing your thumb into my steak?" he says. To which the answer is "well you don't want me to drop it again, do you???"
Evolved said:
If you’re worried about seeing that in an open kitchen environment, never eat at one where your don’t see what’s going on behind doors. On a plus note, I assume no one was ill? I’d say all is good, so long as the food was tasty.
The food was great, just a bit of a contradiction that they were wearing masks and shovelling food with their hands.
But uneven, bitten nails really make me queasy when I see a chef / cook handling food for some reason 
21TonyK said:
The use of God-tongs is pretty normal but not the eating or touching bit.
ETA: If you are in an open kitchen where you can be seen you need to be seen to be scrupulously clean and hygienic. Bet they were using the same cloth tucked into their waste or over the shoulder all the time, no visible handwashing etc
I REALLY hope you meant waist......ETA: If you are in an open kitchen where you can be seen you need to be seen to be scrupulously clean and hygienic. Bet they were using the same cloth tucked into their waste or over the shoulder all the time, no visible handwashing etc
Edited by 21TonyK on Wednesday 18th August 08:31
welshjon81 said:
Not posh restaurants but during my days at Uni, I worked in many bars/pubs that served food. I saw a lot of what goes on behind the scenes when plating up/serving food. My advice is, if you ever get the wrong order or if something is wrong with the food - never send it back for a new dish. Just suck it up.
I worked in pub and restaurant kitchens for 17 years, I never saw any unpleasant things done to food that was going back to a customer.One amusing one was a steak sent back as not well done enough tossed casually into a deep fryer.
welshjon81 said:
Not posh restaurants but during my days at Uni, I worked in many bars/pubs that served food. I saw a lot of what goes on behind the scenes when plating up/serving food. My advice is, if you ever get the wrong order or if something is wrong with the food - never send it back for a new dish. Just suck it up.
Especially if you're on a Roadtrip....https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HNfciDzZTNM
blingybongy said:
welshjon81 said:
Not posh restaurants but during my days at Uni, I worked in many bars/pubs that served food. I saw a lot of what goes on behind the scenes when plating up/serving food. My advice is, if you ever get the wrong order or if something is wrong with the food - never send it back for a new dish. Just suck it up.
I worked in pub and restaurant kitchens for 17 years, I never saw any unpleasant things done to food that was going back to a customer.One amusing one was a steak sent back as not well done enough tossed casually into a deep fryer.
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