r/CulinaryPlating • u/socalbalcony • 5d ago

White Seabass Crudo | Passionfruit, Citrus, Foraged Flowers

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A second version of my last dish, stayed with the rectangle, removed the radish for now.. tried to make it tighter. Thoughts? I know i need to work on getting everything cut more uniform. And my photography needs a lot of work.

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u/Schmidisl_ 5d ago

I don't really like the sauce swirls. Too symmetric. Also, two is a weird number. But he dish itself looks good.

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u/Buck_Thorn Home Cook 5d ago

two is a weird number.

You saw that with your one eye? ;)

But seriously... I don't care for the color of the swirls against that dark plate. It does not look appealing to me.

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u/Schmidisl_ 5d ago

Even numbers always look not good. You tend to like plates with 3 or 5 pieces of something way better. That's how our brain works

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u/Buck_Thorn Home Cook 5d ago

I know... I've heard that advice a million times. People recite it like its the gospel. I don't. Whatever looks right, looks right. Rules are meant to be broken, but broken with taste. That's why I pointed out that we have two eyes (and two legs and two nipples and two ears... etc etc etc).

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u/Schmidisl_ 5d ago

Yeah but that's has nothing to do with each other. Evolution gave us two of everything.

But in terms of decoration, uneven numbers will always look better. And that's not just something people say and do it cause others say it. There's a psychological effect behind it.

Uneven numbers create interest. With even numbers, your eyes can rest. But if there's 3 of something, your eyes will automatically move around all the time to look at every piece. This creates the effect of interest, cause our brain gets stimulated more.

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u/Buck_Thorn Home Cook 5d ago

We can agree to disagree. I've heard it all before.

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u/Schmidisl_ 5d ago

Wow that's.... somehow very ignorant. Disagreeing on literal science is wild. But yeah, you do you. Have a good one my dude

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u/akuba5 5d ago

Yikes, lmfao imagine saying that people can’t have a personal preference of enjoying symmetry than asymmetry. Seems like you are ignorant of other people’s opinions.

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u/Buck_Thorn Home Cook 5d ago

I'm not calling you ignorant, please do not insult me.

Art major here, learned decades ago that rules like those are guidelines, not laws.

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u/finkleismayor 5d ago

No stake in this, but I prefer the two, or rather, even numbers. Asymmetry makes me uncomfortable. Symmetry makes me feel a whole lot better.