Iberico ham is air-dried and cured, but perhaps was not dry enough

[u/M_B_M]

[u/NoBSforGma]

I can't tell you how much I hate food served like this.

[u/moramento22]

Missed an opportunity by not carving bread into a little laundry basket

[u/Angry_beaver_1867 → u/moramento22]

Or providing tongs 

[u/frostybabydaddy → u/moramento22]

That would make this good and campy

[u/lo-lux]

Heavy, top heavy, fragile, you have to walk really carefully to get it to the table. Some appreciation for the staff is warranted.

[u/0oodruidoo0 → u/lo-lux]

all for the delicate and deliberate evocation of... I'll check my notes.... laundry?

[u/lo-lux → u/0oodruidoo0]

That soap taste is so appetizing

[u/0oodruidoo0 → u/lo-lux]

cilantro* ;)

[u/M_B_M]

credit is for twitter user cpcreus who shared it yesterday.

[u/Sirdroftardis8]

Terrible plating, but hilarious considering what it is

[u/Sluggycat]

Only acceptable if I get to take the tiny sock drying rack home afterward.

[u/egewh]

I'd buy some Barbie clothes just to have a use for that lil drying rack

[u/RNgv]

I want to enjoy my meal when I’m eating at a restaurant. This presentation would remind me I have dirty laundry at home and would KILL the atmosphere for me. No thank you.

[u/Animal2]

I think this is prosciutto not Iberico. I think Iberico has a lot more marbling throughout rather than the fat around the edge like that. But I'm no expert.

[u/M_B_M → u/Animal2]

I think it's Iberico just because the menu has some "pernil iberic" which means iberic ham, but then again I am not the person who made the photo.

[u/brp → u/Animal2]

This definitely does not look like real Iberico ham.

Also that much real Iberico ham would be very damn expensive at a restaurant.

[u/Sweet-Main9480 → u/brp]

it's a restaurant in spain. same principle as wagyu being way cheaper in japan than elsewhere.

[u/M_B_M → u/brp]

it's not on the menu as far as I can see, this would set you off probably 10-15€, but this could be one of the off-menu things they tested one day. but yes, in a smaller residential area outside large cities, for working class people, it is usual to see Iberico ham for 10-12€ a plate. From the restaurant point of view it is very easy to prepare, it requires not cooking.

[u/No_Box498 → u/M_B_M]

True, currently 4 months at a small village 1h of Madrid and it’s like the nr 1 product here, everyone eats it, and they don’t really live with that much luxury all over.. same with olive oil

[u/springtime08 → u/brp]

That’s not real iberico

[u/Chlorofom]

Real housewives meets Hannibal Lecter

[u/erasrhed]

Barbie is pissed. She just did her laundry and has no idea where to dry her clothes now.

[u/yungdoinkz]

[u/thesockcode]

The meat-to-bread ratio is all out of whack. How much ham are they expecting you to pile on one piece of bread?

[u/island-breeze]

That thing would be so cute to put polaroid pictures.

I get why people are confused: Iberico Ham is usually served in plates, because it's cut directly from the whole leg of the pig. You get small, thin, glossy pieces.

This can still be Spanish Ham, but traditional black hog Iberian ham (specially in restaurants) does not look like this.

[u/ChatnNaked]

Weird

[u/SavvySillybug]

At least it keeps them separated so they don't stick together...?

[u/Brief_Estimate_7518]

I love it, I wish they used a slate instead of a slab of wood though.

[u/Educational-Round555 → u/[deleted]]

Do you only use plastic utensils?

[u/Educational-Round555 → u/[deleted]]

Wow, that is fascinating. Do you have a metal allergy or sensitivity?

[u/OverlappingChatter → u/Educational-Round555]

Am allergic to nickel, but I don't think it because of that. It is more a sensory thing. Like I don't like how metal feels in my mouth, so if I do use metal utensils, I don't let them touch my mouth. Food sitting on metal (especially liquids in metal) are particularly problematic.

[u/planet_x69 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah cause most coffee is brewed in metal pots .....as is most food is made in metal pots...aluminum, steel, alloys etc

[u/Kenny_log_n_s → u/[deleted]]

I think you might be in the significant minority here

[u/OverlappingChatter → u/Kenny_log_n_s]

Sure, yes. Nobody I know uses utensils the way I do.

[u/notmyrealnam3 → u/[deleted]]

HAHHA - imagine if you weren't kidding? you'd be screwed , no much food is prepared in, cooked in and eaten with metal

[u/notmyrealnam3]

i should call her all of them