Pretentious food/ways to present food...

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

You're absolutely right, sorry, so middle class of me.

The only acceptable occasion of serving an item in a separate container is with a full english, serving the baked beans in a dish, thus avoiding the tomato sauce/egg yolk mix.

Better. Fixed that for yourself

 

[happypig]

Whilst working in wolverhampton I was recommended to eat at the Tipton Pie Factory because they serve the pies "on a shovel".

I declined and went for a proper british CURRY

 

[sebtucknott]

My wife was served carrot cake like this at East Sussex National. Thought it was quite charming!

 

[Guinness Boy]

I ing hate this perpetuated by cs of the highest order. I put the blame on Jamie Oliver and hipsters and I don't even care if it's fair. Chips in a little bucket? WHY? If you want food in a bucket go to KFC. In fact if you want chicken and chips go to KFC. Any Shoreditch ct that pays 9.99 for a piece of fried chicken and a few chips in a wire basket deserves to be hung by the ears.

And slate. Don't even fing start me on slate. WOULD YOU ROOF YOUR HOUSE WITH PIGEON BREAST OR LOBSTER CROQUETTES? No you ing wouldn't. Yet that makes EXACTLY as much sense as putting food on a slate. A dirty, cold object that makes a noise like cats attacking a blackboard when you eat from it.

Nowhere is exempt. Last night the Ginger Pig served me a "cold chocolate fondant" which of course is impossible. Luckily it wasn't a fondant at all but a granache which the Chef had decided to call a fondant because he had fallen under the spell of cs.

Will hipsters save the world? The s won't survive the month if they keep serving shit in shit. So to speak.

 

[Nibble]

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My wife was served carrot cake like this at East Sussex National. Thought it was quite charming!

I was served carrot cake exactly like this at my sisters birthday bunfight last year.

I think it was the pot that hit her the hardest.

 

[Badger]

You're absolutely right, sorry, so middle class of me.

The only acceptable occasion of serving an item in a separate container is with a full english, serving the baked beans in a dish, thus avoiding the tomato sauce/egg yolk mix.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Luckily it wasn't a fondant at all but a granache

Pretentious? MOI?

Most of us wouldn't know our granache from our elbow.

 

[Brian Fantana]

I ing hate this perpetuated by cs of the highest order. I put the blame on Jamie Oliver and hipsters and I don't even care if it's fair. Chips in a little bucket? WHY? If you want food in a bucket go to KFC. In fact if you want chicken and chips go to KFC. Any Shoreditch ct that pays 9.99 for a piece of fried chicken and a few chips in a wire basket deserves to be hung by the ears.

And slate. Don't even fing start me on slate. WOULD YOU ROOF YOUR HOUSE WITH PIGEON BREAST OR LOBSTER CROQUETTES? No you ing wouldn't. Yet that makes EXACTLY as much sense as putting food on a slate. A dirty, cold object that makes a noise like cats attacking a blackboard when you eat from it.

Nowhere is exempt. Last night the Ginger Pig served me a "cold chocolate fondant" which of course is impossible. Luckily it wasn't a fondant at all but a granache which the Chef had decided to call a fondant because he had fallen under the spell of cs.

Will hipsters save the world? The s won't survive the month if they keep serving shit in shit. So to speak.

Top rant.

Also, hard to disagree with any of it.

 

[Superphil]

On a plank of wood ffs.

Ridiculous.

I think I've seen them serving burgers and stuff in the 1901 Club on planks of wood.

 

[Nibble]

Although I have just made myself a super pretentious lunch and served myself on a board.



Please feel free to share your lunch that you've made pretentious be it ganache or pie.

 

[Titanic]

...Nowhere is exempt. Last night the Ginger Pig served me a "cold chocolate fondant" which of course is impossible. Luckily it wasn't a fondant at all but a granache which the Chef had decided to call a fondant because he had fallen under the spell of cs.

Is that a pretentious name for a plain old ganache?

 

[jackanada]

The only acceptable occasion of serving an item in a separate container is with a full english, serving the baked beans in a ramekin, thus avoiding the tomato sauce/egg yolk mix.

WRONG! The sausage dam is more than adequate with careful plating.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Is that a pretentious name for a plain old ganache?

I had the misfortune to suffer a split ganache the other week. Don't you hate it when that happens?

Back to the main subject at hand, as I think somebody else has pointed out: this is ALL Jamie Oliver's fault. Watch his programmes. He hardly ever puts things on plates. He just dumps a massive pile of mung beans, rocket and steak strips in the middle of the table, either on a plank or a chopping board, and declares it to be pukka. Tool.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Pretentious? MOI?

Most of us wouldn't know our granache from our elbow.

The waitress had to TELL us.

 

[Icy Gull]

Although I have just made myself a super pretentious lunch and served myself on a board.

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Please feel free to share your lunch that you've made pretentious be it ganache or pie.

That looks like GIRL'S food to me..Kiwi fruit AND Philadelphia (low fat no doubt)

 

[pasty]

WRONG! The sausage dam is more than adequate with careful plating.

I agree to an extent, but the sausage dam is only effective up to the point where the sausage starts to get eaten.

The instant the dam is broken, that then causes a veritable tidal wave of baked bean infested tomato sauce to head inexorably towards the pure golden yellow of egg yolk. I've tried in vain to divert the flow with a rasher or 2 of bacon, or even the crust of a fried slice, but it just won't hold it.

 

[BensGrandad]

Most of the meals shown on TV by the chefs may be delicious in taste but is based on the stupid idea of nouveau cuisine where you get 1 small corn 3 mange toute and a cherry tomato then call that a selection of vegetables.

 

[Easy 10]

Pictures of peoples LUNCH?

Have I accidentally stumbled onto FACEBOOK or something ?

 

[Nibble]

That looks like GIRL'S food to me..Kiwi fruit AND Philadelphia (low fat no doubt)

That my disparaging friend , is a platter of pure protein, essential fats, minerals and good carbs for my post work out lunch. No low fat anything for this MAN, they fill low fat food full if toxic junk. I like the odd steak or burger or pie but I'm in my late 30's I can't be cramming that stuff down my Gregory every meal.
What looks like girl food to you keeps me the prime MAN I am.