Let me tell you, when your mashed potato gets served in a glass vase or your soup is poured in a stiletto, you’re at a crossroads. One one hand, you can call the absurdity out, complain to your waiter but don’t expect much. After all, if that restaurant is guilty of anything, then it’s trying hard to impress you. Another option is to ignore the serving and enjoy its content, but that would end in a strong longing for simple life where plates are a thing.

However, such try-hard food servings seem to be everywhere and it’s become impossible to ignore them. And the internet’s beloved project “We Want Plates” is a safe space to talk about hard things, aka the plate drought in restaurants.

According to their website, it’s “the global crusade against serving food on bits of wood and roof slates, chips in mugs and drinks in jam jars.” It’s also home to an impressive collection of some of the craziest, most wondrous, and ‘what is dat thing?’-kinda food servings people encountered.

Psst! More pics of, let’s be honest, barely edible craziness can be found in our previous posts with “We Want Plates” here, here and here.

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#1 Beautifully Plated, But Not A Plate, Not Even Over A Plate

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#2 Got Sandy Feet As A Dessert

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#3 Caesar Salad Or Charlie Brown Christmas Tree?

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#4 First Patio Since Covid And This Is What I Get. I Told The Owner I Was Going To Post On This Sub And He Said He Would Bring Me The Sandwich On A Plate Next Time If This Post Blows Up

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#5 Chocolate “Horse Turd” Truffles On A Manure Fork. Just No

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#6 Can You Spot My Lamb Chop?

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#7 Blood Pancakes In A Mask

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#8 Whats Up With All Of This Food On Your Hand Trend?

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#9 My Cocktail Came In A Box

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#10 Our Corn Chips Came In A Rusty Bucket

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#11 So I Went To Alinea This Weekend

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#12 Japan

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#13 Friend’s Mother Went To A Restaurant And Got A Glass Of Pasta! Upside Down!

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#14 Nachos On A Rusty Bin Lid

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#15 Especially In This Times, Don’t Want To Eat From One Table With Like 10 Other People

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#16 Why

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#17 Gravy In A Urinal

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#18 Uhm.. How Do I Drink It..?

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#19 Please Take A Charcuterie And Have A Seat

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#20 Can You Spot Our Appetizers?

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#21 A Friend Ordered Tiramisu In Scotland. Why Sugar The Lid?

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#22 I Just Thought You Guys Were No Fun, But I Get It Now….

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#23 The Sauce Was Dripping From The Holes

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#24 At A 2 Michelin Starred Restaurant

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#25 Served In An Ashtray

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#26 Saw This On Instagram And It Sent Me Into A Fit Of Rage

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#27 The Churro Shoe

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#28 Venison Cubes On A Deer Antler (Was Actually Incredible)

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#29 Syrup Kept Spilling Over

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#30 Please Feed Me Too

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