On Feb 3, 8:43*pm, "Felice" > wrote:
> Dined out recently with a group including a 9-year-old boy who orders
> carpaccio as a starter. Waiter places in front of him some beautifully
> arranged tissue-thin slices on an oval porcelain platter. Kid smiles at
> waiter and says, "Five points for plating."
>
> Well, it was funny at the time. Maybe you had to have been there.
>
> Felice

A 9 year old ordering carpaccio is wow enough much less the awareness
of plating.