On 2015-08-08 22:11, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 21:21:14 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2015-08-08 20:29, sf wrote:
>>> On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 18:52:52 -0400, Dave Smith
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2015-08-08 5:02 PM, l not -l wrote:
>>>>> On 8-Aug-2015, jmcquown > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Grilled Pork Chop
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Grilled Pork Chop Served over Roasted Fingerling Potatoes and Vegetables
>>>>>> Du jour topped with Demi Glaze
>>>>> I'd like my pork chop alongside, not on top of, my potatoes. Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why do so many chefs stack food? I'm not one of those "a can't touch b"
>>>>> people; but, I don't get the idea of the stack.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Some people seem to like it. I had a cousin who was in the restaurant
>>>> business for years and he like it. I never did. As much as I like fish
>>>> I never liked to to be mounted on top of a stack of rice or potatoes
>>>> and the vegetables and dripping fish juices into them.
>>>
>>> What's so hard about moving it off the rice if you want it
>>> side-by-side? I like the presentation... and then I deconstruct it to
>>> eat. You don't even need Cordon Bleu certification to do it.
>>>
>>
>> By then the juices have already dripped down into the other things on
>> the plate. Not stacking food in a pile does not mean there can be no
>> presentation.
>>
>
> Perhaps you can google a picture of what you're so opposed to so I can
> understand your problem is with it. I have no problem with food
> that's presented to me like this
> http://www.steigenbergeristanbulmasl...04/gourmet.jpg
>

WTF? Those aren't stacked. There are chops leaning against the potatoes,
peas beside the potatoes and and a couple grilled tomatoes on the other
side. All are touching the plate.

Picture a base of rice, fish fillet sitting on top of the rice, a
couple spears of asparagus on top of the fish.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=stack...inbV1NqSLl0%3D