The once-famous Twitter account @wewantplates has long since faded into memory, and whoever runs the handle hasn’t posted anything in more than a year.
Those versed in social media will recall a time when a picture of a cheeseburger, delivered on a slab of black slate, would spark online chaos. Photographs of French fries in miniature chip fryers and snacks in teacups, colanders, even tiny shopping trolleys were commonplace; even more outlandish were serving instruments like bright yellow Crocs (used to house mozzarella sticks), a fish pie on a genuine fish tank — yes, there was a live goldfish swimming about beneath the cod and salmon — and bao buns on the underside of a porcelain cow.
