I want a proper plate.

Don't mind chips in little buckets but I do like my meal on a plate, mainly because I know that it can be washed properly in a dishwasher or in hot water. Wooden platters or slates, I can't think how these can be cleaned properly. Makes me shudder when food is served this way, I never believe they are clean.

Had lunch out today at our local, it came on a plate, no fancy gimmicks, and my curry was only £3.50. 

......peas are definitely the worst.  Although they tend to give you a large spoon to transfer, I always loose one or two in the process.....  And I always find they give you too many peas.

David 

I eat my peas with honey, I've done so all my life,

It makes the peas taste funny but it sticks them to the knife. 

As for the toothpick through the burger, I thought that was to demonstrate that the item had indeed been killed. Bit like stakes and vampires.

......peas are definitely the worst.  Although they tend to give you a large spoon to transfer, I always loose one or two in the process.....  And I always find they give you too many peas.

David 

I eat my peas with honey, I've done so all my life,

It makes the peas taste funny but it sticks them to the knife. 

As for the toothpick through the burger, I thought that was to demonstrate that the item had indeed been killed. Bit like stakes and vampires.

Write your comments here...I also eat my peas with Honey, she hates me calling her that though.

One place I read about but, thankfully, didn't experience personally served meals on a shovel.  Now I know that footplate firemen used their shovels to fry a bit of bacon for a sandwich but, mostly, we are not in the cab of the Flying Scot are we?  It's not all bad news though.  Apparently the restaurant had removed the handles first which I think was jolly decent of them.

The hotel restaurant where I to work decided to use boards and slates when they introduced the corporate menu, it was a disaster, the boards had to go through the dish washer and after a few days use they just split open allowing sauces etc to trap in them. After the first week we had 10 boards left out of 100 but a lovely pile of firewood, the slates fared a little better but try to imagine serving apple crumble and custard on a slate or cheese cake with ice cream/cream and although served in little jugs it still goes on the slate. One of the first group of people to suffer at this stupid idea were actually a bunch of suits from head office, not surprising that after they had put in for dry cleaning that the idea was dropped and they were soon put firmly in their place when they tried blaming me for the mess, I didn't have any say in the stupid idea it was the idiots from head office. As for plant pots and little galvanised buckets for chips etc they have to go through the same dish washer at close on 80degrees and 70degree rinse so they will be clean.

My nephew runs a couple of restaurants, the main one is Italian....pasta on comes plates and bowls not boards

.....never thought about peas with honey.  Not sure about the combination?

David 

Chips in little buckets!  Why can we not have big ones?

One of our local restaurants serve their chips in miniature chip baskets with the fish plonked on top and a container of mushy peas squashed in at the side.  My husband always asks the waitress to please serve his food on a plate and not in a basket!  The last time we went there, most of the customers were asking for plates.  My salad is always served in a huge dish...like a massive old-fashioned soup dish.  I would prefer a plate too, to be honest!  In the house, we have slate place mats and I notice that food is now served directly on these in some places....not very hygienic really,  are they?