Chefs are constantly finding new ways to innovate how they plate their dishes.
Sometimes, their creativity goes a bit haywire – and we end up with strange-looking meals that even hipsters would lift an eyebrow at.
But at least these make for a good laugh.
People from across the globe have shared the most unusual ways their dishes have arrived at the table in restaurants, in a round-up by Bored Panda.
Like the chef who decided it would be an excellent idea to serve a very small potato on a miniature wooden chair or the one who placed a carrot on top of an old-school telephone.
Our personal favourite however? The person who got their food plated into their hand. Just, why?
As if the bird’s talon wasn’t creepy enough, let’s add feathers to the bowl (Picture: @konigswagger)
The worst thing about this dish is that the diner probably had to pay a lot for this edible ‘art’ (Picture: @MrSusan_ )
The challenge: make your way to the top before the pizza gets cold (Picture:@yespineapplebacon)
Because why wouldn’t you want to imagine dead mice as you eat your gourmet cheese? (Picture:@the_avo_89)
When your broccoli just won’t behave (Picture: @oldfashioned24)
Is that chopped onion in the second drawer? Just no (Picture: @kiwimeli)
Welll this is appetitising (Picture: @SwaggerWaggon123)
‘I’ve run out of plates’, the chef thought, ‘no bother, let’s use an old VHS copy of The Bodyguard instead’ (Picture: @psburton)
What came first – the egg or the wing? (Picture: @alizaman1995)
If they had made the sauce come out of the tap, we could have gotten behind this one (Picture:@cwsphotographer)
How was this even served? (Picture: @Zero_Boss )
We have no words (Picture: @Cyclonekmb)
Oddly cute but also super weird (Picture: @lu-ne)
We hope he got napkins with it, at least(Picture: @ZebraBoat)
It’s not just food that is served in weird containers (Picture: @horfor)
A new meaning to the word combo meal (Picture: @jkwalsh17 )
In other recent food news – if you have an appetite after all that – M&S has just launched strawberry clotted cream, so you no longer have to choose which spread goes first.
Made with Jersey and Guernsey milk, the new product costs £2.50 for 200g.
