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Le influenze hipster sulla ristorazione, come abbiamo già dimostrato qui, possono essere decisamente nefaste. Va bene essere creativi, innovare e svecchiare concept un po' vetusti. Ma esistono limiti da non oltrepassare.
Questa l'idea alla base di We Want Plates, Vogliamo i piatti, una campagna Twitter che si propone come una crociata contro "il servizio di cibo su pezzi di legno e mattoni, le patatine nelle tazze e i cocktail nei barattoli di marmellata". Cominciata due anni fa, ora ha 120.000 followers e un vero e proprio sito.
Tutti possono inviare gli esempi di impiattamenti più offensivi - per il buongusto, ma forse anche per il palato - che vengono loro propinati nei ristoranti. È poi il curatore Ross McGinnes a decidere se sono abbastanza stupidi, assurdi o semplicemente hipster da essere pubblicati.
Ecco i nostri preferiti tra quelli di We Want Plates:
You can't go wrong with a classic Shepherd's Pie. Unless you're the Old George Inn, South Cerney.
(Pic: @headcovers) pic.twitter.com/eNp4qLS1ou— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 24 gennaio 2016
Enjoy your fry-up tomorrow morning, but spare a thought for people who still eat off garden tools.
(Pic: @Bassboy73) pic.twitter.com/CyHGPRtrVy— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 16 ottobre 2015
Sausage, chips and... other stuff... at Varsity, Warwick.
Yes, that is a dog bowl.
(Pic: @zoecarrington) pic.twitter.com/Uk25iPcBw2
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 27 luglio 2015
Chefs who serve pancakes and syrup on a board with no gutter have clearly never waited tables.
(Pic: @gavroche2000) pic.twitter.com/h2rE0IdJaE
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 4 ottobre 2015
"Tonight's special is the fish."
"What sort of fish?"
"A gold one. And we'll need it back."(Pic: @DARRENR6) pic.twitter.com/BQsouKkkW3
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 19 settembre 2015
Coleslaw in a shopping trolley. The end of the world is nigh.
(Pic: @bobgranleese) pic.twitter.com/eUUJ3P2J5m— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 26 febbraio 2016
"Would you like some bread while you wait?"
*five minutes later*
"I'M FORTY-EIGHT YEARS OLD."
(Pic: @megoizzy) pic.twitter.com/OKajYfWSl1
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 9 giugno 2016
Squid in a clog.
A CLOG.
(Pic: @hcbn) pic.twitter.com/634Z2uJONZ
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 21 settembre 2015
"How would you like your iced coffee?"
"Deconstructed and served on a child's book, please."(Pic: Lyn Nguyen) pic.twitter.com/deBZOZ7JPj
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 29 novembre 2016
"Chef, we can't keep charging people so much for some bits of fruit on a plate."
"FETCH THE MUG TREE AND A DRILL."(Pic: @Aunty_Marianne) pic.twitter.com/63h3uIiuFp
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 15 novembre 2016
Happy #NationalBurgerDay 😐 pic.twitter.com/Nhs5enx3KY
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 25 agosto 2016
Call us cynical, but we don't believe this skateboard will see the inside of a dishwasher.
(Pic: @GabrielGTweets) pic.twitter.com/xJmcyPw6JS— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 20 luglio 2016
I told the waitress, ripping the piss, that she forgot to give me the brush. Ripping the piss, she brought me one. pic.twitter.com/OoX496S3pW
— Ross O'Carroll-Kelly (@RossOCK) 21 marzo 2016
Because why wouldn't you want onion rings hanging on salvage from the restaurant's bathroom refit? (Pic: @FSekeleni) pic.twitter.com/mDk4ip87aH
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 6 dicembre 2015
A reminder to all chefs during #BritishSausageWeek: sausage and mash does not belong in a glass. (Pic: @mickmcavoy) pic.twitter.com/nEr7zJ719m
— We Want Plates (@WeWantPlates) 4 novembre 2015
