Why do they serve food like this?

Striker@lemmy.worldmod to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 45 points –
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I have a cup just like this that I use to add wood shavings to my compost toilet.

This picture makes me uncomfortable.

Shovels... Tile Slates. I miss WeWantPlates but not going back to reddit for it.

Apparently we haven't worked out the perfect receptacle for eating ice cream so a flat tile has been proven to be the optimal way to eat it... just like famously we eat pasta from mugs...?

kitch factor/ Instagramable content

The Instagram revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the culinary industry.

Impracticality and Instagramability >>> Functionality /s

Seriously, can't we just focus on the food rather than fancy excuses for plates?

It's also a good way to look like you got a lot of food when you really didn't.

You do realize it's actually easier to eat macaroni that way right you don't have little pieces running away from you so it's easier to eat every last bit.

Stop your whinging and drink your macaroni, Carl.

On a cold winter day, I like to cozy up by the fireplace with a blanket and a piping hot mug of macaroni

I would appreciate this if this was a drive through order and you're somehow eating on the go. But at a sit-down restaurant... This is annoying.

I usually eat like this at home when there’s no clean bowl.

They do that because the plates are occupied with the soup atm.

Is the bowl hot? Is the handle less hot?

Maybe it's so you can drag the bowl around without touching the hot bit. ... Kinda like the handle on a cup of hot tea/coffee/cocoa?

"Hey Bob, I've run out of pasta bowls... Where should I put this macaroni, on a plate or somethin?"
"Nah man, watch this!"

That'll be easy to eat. A handle to hold it and if you use a spoon, dead easy to scoff the lot.

Is the bowl hot? Is the handle less hot?

Maybe it's so you can drag the bowl around without touching the hot bit. ... Kinda like the handle on a cup of hot tea/coffee/cocoa?