[https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jul/30/jay-rayner-restaurant-review-the-botanist-chester-i-should-say-wow](https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jul/30/jay-rayner-restaurant-review-the-botanist-chester-i-should-say-wow)
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>TL;DR- There’s around 30cm of curving vertical rod in pewter-effect metal. At the top it’s connected to a scallop shell saucer holding a dish of dipping sauce. At the base the rod curls around to hold a wooden bowl of your chosen side dish. In between, attached to a hook, is a long, dangling skewer, in this case filled with chunks of “salt and pepper pork belly”. I’m meant to be thrilled. I should say, “Wow!” in celebration of the much sought-after Wow Effect. Instead, being that insufferable snob, I think it’s both utterly naff and utterly impractical. If you want someone’s dinner to get cold, bring it to the table swinging in the air from a hook.
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by Really_McNamington