Cliché

Clockwise ....errr .. or anti-Clockwise?  10 o' clock position or 6 o'clock ??
Well these styles of Plate Presentation have become cleshade now or you can say irrelevant. With the much newer trends of the Plate Presentation coming up, this ages back style of presentation doesn't go well now a days. The Culinary Master Chefs have come up with the new ideas.. latest trends which now are followed in our industry.
  In olden days, it was considered to be somewhat sheer wastage of time and money but today it acts as a productive tool which can't be done away with. I don't completely do away with these Basic Principles of Plate Presentation, but somewhere I do feel that these have become extraneous in this 21st Century, where the Presentation or the way the food is served to the guest, is given equal or may be more importance to the quality of the product to add onto the supremacy of the product. In such competitive industry, where every restaurant chain or any food outlet is trying its best to get ahead of the others, Plate presentation does play a very important role. An impressive or an eye catching plate does leave an ever lasting impression on the guest. Some restaurant chains go for a standardized plate presentation for all their outlets whereas some put on innovation and creativity to make it look different every time it is served to the guest.
   Well, my personal views are that its good that such changes are taking place creating a scope for innovation and creativity, though no doubts that our industry revolves around these only. But, in the strive to impress the customer with something new , which shouldn't forget our basics. There must be some rules or principles laid to guide the chefs to think out of the box as well as keeping it simple. You can't just make decoration with chocolate sauce in a plate, in which entree is going to be served. You need to have some common sense when you try something different, and always try in small batches and take reviews from other people before finalizing it. So, the next time you go for a plate presentation, don't just stick to what you know or what you are being taught, diversis.cogitare!!!