Couldn't they afford plates?

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One of our favourite restaurants has been closed for a while whilst it was being refurbished after being bought over. It reopened a few days ago so we thought we'd take a look and see what had been done to it - and very impressed we were too! Everything was new, the layout was completely different and it looked much more upmarket than it used to. Normally, my wife and I don't like change but were more than happy with what had been done to our favourite restaurant. We ordered our food from the new menu and waited in anticipation for it to arrive - and that's when things started to go downhill. Oh, the service was quick and the food was fine but we were more than a little taken aback when our lunch was delivered to us not on a plate but on a wooden board! Yes, I know that this sort of thing is becoming more trendy, fashionable and 'cool' but forgive us for being old fuddy-duddies and expecting food to be served on a traditional plate. I suspect that the new management have aspirations in attracting a better class of clientele (they struck out with us!) and are trying to develop a reputation for being an up-market place to go. My wife joked that they had spent so much on the refurbishments that they couldn't afford to buy crockery! We will think twice before going there again.