That’s Great, But Can I Get My Food On, You Know, An Actual Plate? (25 Pics)

If you go to a restaurant and they don’t bring your food out on a plate, the food automatically sucks. It just makes me wonder what they’re trying to distract me from. There’s no need to put it on a shovel. Don’t serve my food on a brick, either. Just bring it out on a plate and stop pretending you’re special.

1. “‘Caesar salad’ from last night.”

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2. “Two microwaved (unsalted) pretzels on a piece of wood.”

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3. “I can’t afford to eat here”

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4. “This breakfast might meet the eggspectations of this sub”

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5. “I guess the butter is technically on a plate…technically…”

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6. “Tacos in a water glass”

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7. “My girlfriend’s pasta came in a saucepan.”

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8. “It was as awkward to eat as you would expect”

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9. “Salt Bae’s restaurant. Cost around £500. No plate.”

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10. “A sad salad and garlic bread in a too small cast iron skillet.”

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11. “Even at a Michelin star restaurant the don’t have plates”

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12. “The Flying Spaghetti Monster Lives”

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13. “Legit tasty meal but why the wire on a block of wood?”

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14. “Thai red curry in a metal pan. Everyone else got plates.”

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15. “So my friend ordered a waffle with white chocolate and whipped cream. They delivered it in a iced coffee cup.”

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16. “Just shovel it in.”

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17. “German restaurant serving peasoup (Grüne Erbsensuppe mit Bockwurst)”

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18. “Tapas on legos… Spain”

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19. “I’d like to order a shopping cart of fries please”

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20. “First you prep the food, then you serve it on the same used cutting board!”

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21. “The photo from the menu of a local restaurant”

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22. “Masterchef UK contestant serves his signature dish on a box full of sand and rocks mean to resemble the sea.”

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23. “Hold the phone…”

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24. “Octopus & potatoes in a roof tile”

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25. “Croquetas served on a pillow”

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Nate

Nate Armbruster

Nate Armbruster is a stand-up comedian and writer based in Chicago who is likely writing a joke as you read this. Find him online at natecomedy.com.