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Fine dining question
Posted on 11/1/12 at 9:44 am
Posted on 11/1/12 at 9:44 am
When I watch shows like Top Chef or other food shows, when showing fine dining resturants, they stack all the food on top of each other, why?
I'm not one of those people who can't stand their food touching, but I just don't understand why
"presentation" means stacking things up.
I'm not one of those people who can't stand their food touching, but I just don't understand why
"presentation" means stacking things up.
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Posted on 11/1/12 at 9:46 am to Sonny Koufax
because the plate is supposed to be cohesive, all parts complimenting the other
and they don't always stack
and they don't always stack
Posted on 11/1/12 at 9:49 am to Sonny Koufax
I worked with a guy for a couple years that absolutely hated that. Nothing ever left the kitchen stacked. He would always say "We're not going for altitude here."
I've never understood it. Why put the filet on top of the potatoes? I'm just going to move it off as soon as I touch it.
I've never understood it. Why put the filet on top of the potatoes? I'm just going to move it off as soon as I touch it.
Posted on 11/1/12 at 9:51 am to BrotherEsau
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I've never understood it. Why put the filet on top of the potatoes? I'm just going to move it off as soon as I touch it.
That's my thought also!
Posted on 11/1/12 at 9:53 am to Sonny Koufax
It's not all fine dining restaurants that do this.
I think it is all about presentation.
I think it is all about presentation.
Posted on 11/1/12 at 9:55 am to notiger1997
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I think it is all about presentation.
exactly
it looks better than just sitting the filet next to the potatoes
*note: I don't think I've ever had a filet stacked on top of potatoes though
Posted on 11/1/12 at 10:59 am to Sonny Koufax
I don't necessarily have a problem with it, but I think it's just the "in" thing to do in a lot of restaurants. I get the idea, but some places really go out of their way to stack items that don't need it.
Posted on 11/1/12 at 11:49 am to sullivjh
Its not really an "in" thing. Tournedos rossini is a stacked dish and that is about 200 years old.
Posted on 11/1/12 at 3:41 pm to BlackenedOut
next time Im at Baskin Robbins I'm gonna ask them not to stack my ice cream cone and see what they say.....
Posted on 11/1/12 at 4:36 pm to fleaux
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Fine dining question
quote:
Baskin Robbins
Posted on 11/1/12 at 7:03 pm to AlwysATgr
point taken..... 
Posted on 11/1/12 at 8:44 pm to BrotherEsau
quote:
I worked with a guy for a couple years that absolutely hated that. Nothing ever left the kitchen stacked. He would always say "We're not going for altitude here."
Agree. Some foods make sense being stacked up, but not all.
I cannot STAND potatoes touching any meat. I think meat mixed with potatoes is gross.
Posted on 11/2/12 at 5:28 am to Sonny Koufax
would you rather it be on one of these plates?
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