French restaurants disapprove of food photos, though local eateries encourage it上菜先PO照－【精英翻譯】的部落格

French restaurants disapprove of food photos, though local eateries encourage it (2014/02/16)

Nowadays, many people are in the habit of posting photos of the delicious meals they order in restaurants. However, in France, this activity is frown upon with some restaurants expressly prohibiting such behavior with a warning on the menu.

When this delicious looking French food is sent to the table, the immediate response by some diners is grab their cameras and begin taking photos.

When the food is served and it’s quite beautiful, I feel the urge to snap a picture which is like a souvenir.

One can also instantly share these images with friends on the internet as well as going home to compose a blog post. Some restaurants in France prohibit diners from taking pictures, as they consider the practice quite rude. And the difficulty of getting a good food photo with a crude cell phone camera has some menus carry a warning stating “no photos.”

One Taiwan chef doesn’t agree with this prohibition.

Cheng Yong-sheng
French Chef
We are okay with this practice because it doesn’t harm anyone. And if you made this food look attractive, guests will want to take a picture. If they don’t think it’s attractive and doesn’t impress them, they might not care (about taking a photo).

While some support diner’s right to take food photos in restaurants, others oppose it as everyone should pay attention to notices on restaurant menus to prevent themselves from becoming publicly embarrassed.

上菜先PO照

到餐廳吃飯的時候，你會對著美食，拍照打卡嗎？法國有餐廳認為，上菜客人猛拍照，po網的行為，很沒禮貌，於是在菜單上，印上禁止攝影，要求大家別再拍了。不過台灣有廚師持不同的看法。

法式料理端上桌，第一時間，饕客抓起手機，拍下美美的餐點照。

[[用餐客人]]
“上菜的時候，如果覺得擺盤食物很漂亮，就會想把它拍起來留念”

除了即時與朋友分享，還有不少網友會回家上網寫食記。不過，法國有餐廳，對客人愛拍照的舉動，很不滿意。認為很無禮，而且手機也很難把美食拍得好看，在菜單標註「禁止拍攝」的圖案。

對於這樣的做法，台灣有主廚不認同。

[[法式餐廳主廚鄭永盛]]
“我們都OK啊，那有何妨，因為東西你做的當然是客人覺得，他看了好看他才會拍照，如果你做的東西，客人看了覺得不怎麼好看、不怎麼欣賞，他可能連理都不想理你”

有人支持，有人反對，民眾上餐廳吃飯要特別注意菜單上的註記，免得踩到大廚的紅線。