Behold: 13 of the worst plating ideas ever, shared by the hilarious We Want Plates, the Twitter account and website that invites diners all over the globe to share the worst plating atrocities they've been subjected to, from the overly pretentious to the downright nonsensical.
Previously we shared 15 of the worst plating ideas ever from the same site, and well, they just keep on coming. Take a look at some of the worst offenders below.
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A hollowed-out cricket bat, handy for dispatching the food straight back to the kitchen.
(Pic: @SarahASculpher) pic.twitter.com/sRBDEpGCth— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) August 21, 2016
"Chef, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have arrived, they've ordered the tempura shoe to share."
(Pic: @eeketht) pic.twitter.com/8d0NCWhrSX— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) March 28, 2016
Bloody Wimbledon.
(Pic: @msleannefraser) pic.twitter.com/BeCMbxAQcO
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) June 27, 2016
"How are the BBQ prawns served?"
"On a tree with a ceramic rabbit."*blinks*
(Pic: @SStenlake) pic.twitter.com/4rjvEUZvxX
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) April 21, 2016
"The chicken lacks something, chef."
"Seasoning?"
"No."
"Jus?"
"No."
"Reproduction medieval sword?"
(Pic: M Graham) pic.twitter.com/LyVs7gwpmH— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) March 20, 2016
"Today's specials include fish on a stick in a rock on a mirror."
"Literally?"
"Literally."
(Pic: @Sinead_aka_Nade) pic.twitter.com/9IiFGzJh9P— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) March 1, 2016
On #BeefWellingtonDay we take a solemn moment to recall the mini ones served on barbed wire.
(Pic: @AstridsTaste) pic.twitter.com/nGrtLFg4bf— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) June 18, 2016
"I'm sorry our chef hasn't assembled your pulled pork burger, he's very busy buying slates online."
(Pic: @Cuff76) pic.twitter.com/fP778EHlrP— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) August 13, 2015
The end of the world is nigh.
(Pic: @wyahaw) pic.twitter.com/WeaW8iVAjT— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) August 14, 2015
"Chef! We've run out of dessert bowls!"
"Don't panic, I kept a load of ashtrays after the smoking ban."
(Pic: Jess English) pic.twitter.com/EZUhidXzY4— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) January 25, 2017
Increasingly-familiar 'bacon washing-line' idiocy, plumbing new depths with salvage from a restaurant re-fit.
(Pic: @h1dudley) pic.twitter.com/iXoqMkeQIk— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) January 21, 2017
Lamb chops and potatoes, in a glass, on a slate. A sheep died for this.
(Pic: @ellabellalisa) pic.twitter.com/U62vGrCsWH— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) September 3, 2015
Chicken tikka staircase and chutney cupboard at the Tourist Janpath Hotel, New Delhi.
A CHUTNEY CUPBOARD.
(Pic: @philipotts) pic.twitter.com/cnihDRzSXZ
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) January 14, 2017