20 Meals Served On Anything Except A Plate

When you go out to eat, typically its a special occasion. We expect good food, better than what could be made at home, a nice environment, and just generally a good time. But there is a strange thing happening, especially amongst high-end restaurants. Instead of serving food, side dishes and meals on a plate, as one would expect, they are serving them on just about anything but a plate. This phenomenon is turning the act of going out to eat into quite a surprising event. Sometimes it's fun and cool, and other times it's just a little overboard. It makes sense for the themed restaurants, almost like you would expect it. Other times it's just totally out of the blue and uncalled for.

Sure, having your food presented on something other than a regular old plate or bowl can be fun. But really we just want plates, functional and easy. Some of these restaurants are trying too hard to be cool and artistic. Reddit's /r/wewantplates is full of people's photographed accounts of restaurants giving anything but a plate. Here are 20 of the most bizarre.

Fried Chicken Wine Glass

Side of Jar

Served The Carton

Fishy

Butter Rock

Still In The Measuring Cup

On The Clock

Slice Of Wood

Appetizers On A Nail

Pile Of Sticks

Meat Lollipop

Sliders On A Brick

Frame?

Taco Dino

Bed Of Hay

Dog Bowl

A Corral

Tiny Cart

Cup Of Wheat

Brownie In A Plant Pot