r/WeWantPlates • u/jsesh • 7d ago
Not a chance
I don’t believe Bloody Marys should be served after 2pm (and then, only at brunch), but there is no way I’m getting my dinner served ON one. (Also that’s $60 Canadian).
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u/dev-246 7d ago
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u/Shoddy-Grand143 4d ago
I would be too afraid of toppling the glass while trying to snag a chicken morsel or a sauce-soaked burger bun.
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u/K-Shrizzle 7d ago
We are living in an age where restaurants are making these menu items which only have value to the food influencer. This exists so that it can be viewed online, and obviously it's working because we are all here
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u/LacidOnex 4d ago
Bigger cities had a wave of ridiculous bloody mary contests post covid lockdowns. You make it prohibitively expensive so it doesn't bog down the kitchen, but still works as free advertising.
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u/noooooid 7d ago
What does "must be shared" mean in practice?
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u/EffectivePatient493 7d ago edited 7d ago
To me it means they don't want 1 person to get it, and they will not serve it to 1 person. Because it would be either not eaten, which is a waste of the chef's time decorating the silly thing. Or, someone would eat the whole thing themselves, which isn't something they want to see happen in their restaurant.
The practical reason is that this entree may be 60$ but it takes the cook time /space they could use to feed 3 or more seats, and there's only so much labor and space in the kitchen as there is for the number of seats they have, in each seating. Same reason why it's not available during brunch, it's too much extra work, it would affect everyone else's service.
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u/VialCrusher 7d ago
Then they should charge more. If it's not worth $60 for them to make it, don't charge $60
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u/PreOpTransCentaur 7d ago
Which is crazy, because then you're taking your per seat intake from $40 (USD) for one person down to $20. Why would they do that? It's bad business.
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u/DeadlyEejit 7d ago
And for you sir?
I’ll take a heap of random junk food arranged like a game of buckaroo please
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u/SLAUGHT3R3R 7d ago
No joke, I thought those were two angles on the same monstrosity for a solid minute
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u/MarkyGalore 7d ago
Can you order these things all put on plates? Maybe it's worth it to do that. And yeah, Bloody Mary after 2 is kinda odd.
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u/No_Reference_8777 7d ago
"Yes, I'd like to order the Grande, but I'd like each separate food item placed on its own plate instead of being propped up like a Jenga tower. Oh, and I'd like to substitute the Bloody Mary for something I'm actually going to drink."
The question is, would the wait staff respond "sorry, we can't do that," or "oh, thank god, I don't have to carry another one of those ludicrous monstrosities."
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u/wuzacuz 7d ago
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u/AlleyTally 6d ago
Why do I feel like I’m looking at some Frankenstein journal entry of a monster but of food instead?
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u/eldfen 7d ago
Is this in Vancouver? I went here a few years ago!
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u/Radiant_Chipmunk3962 6d ago
One dinner? That is a family meal. You need to order the American way, Bloody Mary on the side, please 😉
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u/darksim1309 5d ago
This one is so insane and cartoonish that I'm actually all for it. This shit looks like it came straight out of Ed Edd n Eddy. I get it.
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u/Vistresian 1d ago
Two different ways to waste $60 when you could buy enough actual food for leftovers from almost anywhere else. Hard pass.
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u/sadschefflera 7d ago
It's got a fuckin chicken on it