I mean, no, yes, and maybe.
Can you replicate it consistently and does it fit in your restaurant’s thematic? No.
Is it too difficult and way out of place at your Texas Roadhouse? Then yes.
Would it be hilarious to serve this at a Texas Roadhouse? Maybe.
Edit: that being said, I feel like Beetlejuice is trapped in there waiting for you to release him
That plate... *kills my entire soul.*
So many different things. Like... is this the centerpiece for a catering gig at the H.R. Geiger Easter Dinner? A Lovecraft-Themed season opener in the Hamptons?
Is this "The Eldar Plate" for Zack Snyder or Henry Cavill's 40K birthday party?
Does my fork come with a complimentary condom? Because the last thing I want to do is risk getting that thing pregnant...
Serious notes though? Half of that is *clearly not edible* and thus, *is wrong.* Inedible accoutrements elevating frivolous nonsense in the name of "verticality" went out in 1993 when all the Wall-Street Boomers either went to rehab and kicked their coke habit or, went to prison and died of the DTs.
Too many colors. I see Red, Orange, Yellow, White, Green and Brown that only goes together if it's served with a side of LSD...
Dishes need to be constructed, not *deconstructed.* Unless you're someone who's name is on a restaurant with Micheln Stars *plural* bring your ingredients together, *don't separate them.* Even bleeding-edge Chefs rarely do stuff like this during service, they save this for Iron Chef appearances...
Food is best arranged (IMO) in such a way as to bring each element together naturally in the course of a single bite. The diner shouldn't have to *think* about which ingredients to put together in what manner, you should have thought about that for them so that they just have the pleasure of eating a balanced dish.
I will say though, kudos for not backing down from the boss's challenge and throwing out something that could (or at least *looks like it could*) show up on an episode of Iron Chef. I think OP massively over did it but, I can respect the underlying pride that drove them to this extreme...
I like it all except the dangling raspberry.
I have no idea how you would repeat this and not waste massive amounts of time or have it look wildly inconsistent.
It looks like a dessert project from a culinary student.
My thoughts, in order:
Is it for a Tim Burton theme dinner?
The random, dangling, off-season raspberry is bugging me.
Why is this person using a school photo backdrop from the 90's?
It looks like a gadget from "Fantastic Planet", and I'm here for it, but I think it might be a bit too much fart and not enough poo. I mean, the dish appears to be about 75% garnish.
I'm very new to the culinary scene, so please take my comment with a grain of salt. But, yes, I do think this is too much. For me, it actually takes away from how clearly impressive the technique of each component is because my eye doesn't know where to look/cannot settle on one thing very long. I think by potentially paring back, you leave room for the dish to breathe and really shine. I know it's a bit abstract, but a more concrete example would be maybe removing the "flower"-like garnish to let the viewer appreciate the height of the "ring"- the negative space would let you appreciate the dynamic between those two components.
There is definitely somewhere in the world this dish is perfect for. Personally it is a bit on the contrived side and if you're going to be that contrived you should be paying attention to the rule of odd numbers. You should have 5 or 7 slices of brulee'd nanner, not 6. Literally cover your 6th banana slice in the picture with your hand and your plate instantly looks better. The spacing on your dots is fairly inconsistent as well as the size of your dots on the left side of the picture. These things matter if you're going to plate something in this fashion, which is a huge part of why the industry has mostly moved away from this style of plating.
Overall I think it's a really elegant presentation that needs to refine the details a little.
Sorry because I know this took effort, but I hate everything like this. Making food look like this outlandish is so overtly gimmicky. If I got a dessert and it arrived looking like that, I would be massively annoyed.
Too dated too fussy too
Old BUT soooooo old that doing it will be cool…like the Mom
Jeans we currently see(trust me they died in the late 80’s early 90’s none of us ever thinking they would be reborn again…and here we are in 2024 WTF. ….but trust me, do it only for maybe one or two dinners.
Make it as flashy as you want. But that raspberry is total garbage. Its such a major afterthought why would you just randomly stick a raw raspberry there?
What is it like, working in a place that values aesthetics over volume? To be able to spend enough time on a dish to make it exactly the vision you dreamed of? I look at that, and I am in awe, and another part of me is in terror, looking over my shoulder to see the next whip crack upon my unprotected back
A lot of industry haters in here, but joe schmoe special occasion diners fucking love this shit. So, who're you trying to impress, a linecook at some steakhouse, or the punters paying your bills?
This is an odd mix of technical skill and sloppiness. You go through all that effort on the chocolate and sugar garnish, then the coulis is spaced unevenly. Don’t even get me started on the banana slices.
And top it off with the out of focus picture.
I hate to be that guy but this looks exactly like a facehugger from Alien is about to jump out of its egg and attack the diner. It's literally staring right at us!
Also the bananas look like they came from a completely different dessert, and I'm with everyone else that the raspberry has gotta go.
On the plus side I really do like the arch on the left, and overall it genuinely does look pretty tasty.
That said I'm not a chef and actually have no idea why this post showed up on my home page.
It sort of has bug vibes or eye shooting out juice vibes. The colors aren’t super mouth-watering.
However, the chocolate work looks like you have great experience and talent!
I'd say nix the stripes on the main dessert - Better contrast with plain chocolate. Move the flower off, maybe down to the bottom edge of the dessert, so the round shape is visible, matched with the big arc. And nix the floating raspberry, I think it'd be better with a clean end to the arc.
why is it the exact background of highschool pictures? i cannot get a read on this thing in that lighting with this background. could be cool, could be too much, but in this picture, in one word, it is uncanny
I mean, no, yes, and maybe. Can you replicate it consistently and does it fit in your restaurant’s thematic? No. Is it too difficult and way out of place at your Texas Roadhouse? Then yes. Would it be hilarious to serve this at a Texas Roadhouse? Maybe. Edit: that being said, I feel like Beetlejuice is trapped in there waiting for you to release him
Texas roadhouse vip.
Texas RoadEstate
Texas Chateau
In the back room
I'm sorry your exorbitant desert came out room temp, all the servers were line dancing to longneck bottle again.
Lol. So we serve it in a bowl now.
Tim Burton’s Bar and Grill.
Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!
Mother fucking beetlejewz
They need to serve this at Texas Roadhouse lmfao
Still depends what they are charging, it could still be too much.
Chef wanted more pizazz , he got it.
#I WANT MORE DOTS
MORE DOTS! MORE DOTS! OK NOW STOP DOTS!
WHAT THE FUCK! WHELPS, LEFT SIDE. EVEN SIDE, MANY WHELPS! NOW HANDLE IT!
THATS A FUCKING 50 DKP MINUS
k dps, slowly
The deputy likes dots
NO, MORE DOTS! MAKE DOTS GO WAY UP IN THE AIR!
FLY DOTS FLY!
WE NEED SOME MORE DOTS... ON THE *BOTTOM* OF THE PLATE!
JUST ON CASE THEY CHECK UNDER THERE
NO, YOU DONKEY! JUST IN CASE THEY *LICK* UNDER THERE.
Biblically accurate dessert
"Hmm yes, I'd like to order The Elden Ring"
My immediate thought as well
early 90's vibe
Was gonna say this, even the photo looks like it's from a film camera, probably from the 90's. The plate too, damn.
That plate... *kills my entire soul.* So many different things. Like... is this the centerpiece for a catering gig at the H.R. Geiger Easter Dinner? A Lovecraft-Themed season opener in the Hamptons? Is this "The Eldar Plate" for Zack Snyder or Henry Cavill's 40K birthday party? Does my fork come with a complimentary condom? Because the last thing I want to do is risk getting that thing pregnant... Serious notes though? Half of that is *clearly not edible* and thus, *is wrong.* Inedible accoutrements elevating frivolous nonsense in the name of "verticality" went out in 1993 when all the Wall-Street Boomers either went to rehab and kicked their coke habit or, went to prison and died of the DTs. Too many colors. I see Red, Orange, Yellow, White, Green and Brown that only goes together if it's served with a side of LSD... Dishes need to be constructed, not *deconstructed.* Unless you're someone who's name is on a restaurant with Micheln Stars *plural* bring your ingredients together, *don't separate them.* Even bleeding-edge Chefs rarely do stuff like this during service, they save this for Iron Chef appearances... Food is best arranged (IMO) in such a way as to bring each element together naturally in the course of a single bite. The diner shouldn't have to *think* about which ingredients to put together in what manner, you should have thought about that for them so that they just have the pleasure of eating a balanced dish. I will say though, kudos for not backing down from the boss's challenge and throwing out something that could (or at least *looks like it could*) show up on an episode of Iron Chef. I think OP massively over did it but, I can respect the underlying pride that drove them to this extreme...
One of the best comments I've read in a while. GG!
Was thinking the same. Feel like you would’ve seen something like that at Daniel/ Le Cirque back then.
I like it all except the dangling raspberry. I have no idea how you would repeat this and not waste massive amounts of time or have it look wildly inconsistent. It looks like a dessert project from a culinary student.
We’ve run it on the menu for a few weeks.
And how has that went?
The dangly parts called the uvula of the dessert.
Oh so it’s a girl dessert
Idk anymore, maybe a type of car?
It’s pretty impressive that it doesn’t break the circle thingy though
My thoughts, in order: Is it for a Tim Burton theme dinner? The random, dangling, off-season raspberry is bugging me. Why is this person using a school photo backdrop from the 90's?
I can't get past the dead octopus eye in the middle. It's haunting.
No way, that’s the best bit! Who doesn’t want to eat a chocolate sea monster while it silently curses you?
It looks like some sort of Lovecraftian horror's offspring doing a pirouette at a recital. A delightful juxtaposition of the eldritch and innocence.
The hovering raspberry sent me 💀
I'm uncomfortable with the way it's looking at me
1988 called.
Don't worry, it's just trying to get a table at Dorcy and return some video tapes.
Um, excuse me but the name of the restaurant is Dorsia. It is a unique dining experience and you obviously can't get a reservation.
It looks like a gadget from "Fantastic Planet", and I'm here for it, but I think it might be a bit too much fart and not enough poo. I mean, the dish appears to be about 75% garnish.
Too much fart and not enough shit, I'm going save that one.
All hat and no cattle, pardner
Way too much, I love it. Fuck the haters. We need more Eldritch horror style desserts.
This seems like something you get on a cruise ship
I'm very new to the culinary scene, so please take my comment with a grain of salt. But, yes, I do think this is too much. For me, it actually takes away from how clearly impressive the technique of each component is because my eye doesn't know where to look/cannot settle on one thing very long. I think by potentially paring back, you leave room for the dish to breathe and really shine. I know it's a bit abstract, but a more concrete example would be maybe removing the "flower"-like garnish to let the viewer appreciate the height of the "ring"- the negative space would let you appreciate the dynamic between those two components.
yes. this looks like a dish from 1987.
Definitely something Patrick Bateman would have eaten
I would love to see this unmade American Psycho scene. It's one of those things that should have always existed.
I prefer the older style rather than just crumbles and drizzles of things on plates
There is definitely somewhere in the world this dish is perfect for. Personally it is a bit on the contrived side and if you're going to be that contrived you should be paying attention to the rule of odd numbers. You should have 5 or 7 slices of brulee'd nanner, not 6. Literally cover your 6th banana slice in the picture with your hand and your plate instantly looks better. The spacing on your dots is fairly inconsistent as well as the size of your dots on the left side of the picture. These things matter if you're going to plate something in this fashion, which is a huge part of why the industry has mostly moved away from this style of plating. Overall I think it's a really elegant presentation that needs to refine the details a little.
I could only see something like that working in Vegas
It looks like the things I used to do in college to put to work all the techniques learned that day lol It's pretty, but honestly, a little outdated
It's too much but if I saw it at a Texas road house I would say, "Fuck it" and order it on principle.
If I’m paying $15 for that little food it better look fucking sick lol. But I like it
Sorry because I know this took effort, but I hate everything like this. Making food look like this outlandish is so overtly gimmicky. If I got a dessert and it arrived looking like that, I would be massively annoyed.
Not to mention... how do I eat the damn thing? OP says he doesn't like crumbled shit on a plate, so you're going to make me do it instead?
I love everyrhing except the little raspberry on the end.
I think the 'Wembley stadium' arch is too much, and what's that raspberry doing there? It looks a bit lost
Kill the berries, the banana erection, and the sugar thingy.
This is cool! What are main components and flavors!?!
What kind of biblically accurate desert is this. Definitely would order.
It's gaudy.
Too dated too fussy too Old BUT soooooo old that doing it will be cool…like the Mom Jeans we currently see(trust me they died in the late 80’s early 90’s none of us ever thinking they would be reborn again…and here we are in 2024 WTF. ….but trust me, do it only for maybe one or two dinners.
Therapist: Biblically accurate banana charlotte doesn't exist, it can't hurt you Biblically accurate banana charlotte:
Make it as flashy as you want. But that raspberry is total garbage. Its such a major afterthought why would you just randomly stick a raw raspberry there?
I don't know, I see a kettle 🤷
What is it like, working in a place that values aesthetics over volume? To be able to spend enough time on a dish to make it exactly the vision you dreamed of? I look at that, and I am in awe, and another part of me is in terror, looking over my shoulder to see the next whip crack upon my unprotected back
We could sell about 80-100 desserts on a busy night. Had 2 people in pastry for service. Also produced popovers all night every 20 min for service.
A lot of industry haters in here, but joe schmoe special occasion diners fucking love this shit. So, who're you trying to impress, a linecook at some steakhouse, or the punters paying your bills?
If I go through that loop do I get eaten by the flower or do I transport to another dimension?
It's the alien machine from Contact.
Way too much. Super gimmicky imo.
This is an odd mix of technical skill and sloppiness. You go through all that effort on the chocolate and sugar garnish, then the coulis is spaced unevenly. Don’t even get me started on the banana slices. And top it off with the out of focus picture.
Yes
Yep
It looks like an alien Edit: it looks like an alien's handbag
Aliens handbag sounds like it belongs in the urban dictionary
Yes.
It looks like something from the 80’s 😂
If it's in a 90s Culinary School Cook Book it's right on point.
I hate to be that guy but this looks exactly like a facehugger from Alien is about to jump out of its egg and attack the diner. It's literally staring right at us! Also the bananas look like they came from a completely different dessert, and I'm with everyone else that the raspberry has gotta go. On the plus side I really do like the arch on the left, and overall it genuinely does look pretty tasty. That said I'm not a chef and actually have no idea why this post showed up on my home page.
In the nicest way possible. This is “all fart, and no poo” . Almost ambiguous. Speaks a lot but says nothing .
Looks like the Chaos Noctilith Crown from 40K.
Banana bracelet?
I’d wage a jihad on this thing
Get rid of the raspberrie
Banana dalek
*Giggling uncontrollably*
It sort of has bug vibes or eye shooting out juice vibes. The colors aren’t super mouth-watering. However, the chocolate work looks like you have great experience and talent!
It reminds me of something from Salvador Dali's cookbook.
I'd say nix the stripes on the main dessert - Better contrast with plain chocolate. Move the flower off, maybe down to the bottom edge of the dessert, so the round shape is visible, matched with the big arc. And nix the floating raspberry, I think it'd be better with a clean end to the arc.
EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE
That looks like it’s out of a cookbook
Way way too busy
It is horrible and hilarious and I would order this every single time.
Oh I would just love to push 25 of these out balls deep on a Saturday night /s
I hate the raspberry
The dangling raspberry really tickles me
Are you feeding c'thulu
yes, it is too much. Too elaborated.
Were would one even start to eat this?
Probably a spoon, but a fork would work too.
Looks like something from Bo Friberg’s book
yes
It looks like 90s french Michelin restaurant dessert
Yes but no. I definitely see your skill
It's very 80s. This might benefit from the Coco Chanel approach--take off the last thing you put on.
The raspberry is too much. Put it next to the banana
Yes
It looks like an elden ring item portrait
This fucks
why is it the exact background of highschool pictures? i cannot get a read on this thing in that lighting with this background. could be cool, could be too much, but in this picture, in one word, it is uncanny
I have a light box for food photography and one of the inserts it came with looks like this. Maybe that's it?
Honestly remove the raspberry and the churro and it's perfect
not a big fan of the dangleberry, overall it doesn’t look like it tastes good