Food is central to life. We can’t live without it and some people plan their entire day around what they are going to eat. That’s why, when things don’t go quite as expected or you don’t get exactly what you wanted, some pretty funny situations can arise. These Reddit users took it in stride when their funny food fails didn’t turn out quite the way they had hoped.
Uber Eats Needed Proof He Didn’t Get His Food
Some company policies are quite amusing, and they tend to be standardized for general situations. A user named uncle_russell_90 ordered food via Uber Eats, but apparently, his meal never arrived. When the company asked him for proof, he reacted in a very funny way, creating one of the funny food fails shared on Reddit. Reddit user uncle_russell_90 joked: “So essentially Uber Eats is an unlimited food glitch? You order food, eat it or hide it, tell the customer service it wasn’t delivered, get a refund and repeat.”
Ordered Avocado Toast From Panera Because The Photo Looked Really Good
Reddit user peopleloveourpatties was tempted by the image of the avocado toast they saw on a food website, but the funny food fails began when what he actually received looked nothing like it. He added: “Plus the avocado wasn’t ripe, it was absolute garbage.” Another Reddit user, hole-sum commented: “I ordered the soup bread bowl, and received the wrong order and never came back.”
Expectation vs Reality
One of the free menu items from Flyrite Chicken at the Austin airport is the sandwich, which looks very appetizing in the promotional image, but the reality is different. You usually know that what is advertised to you as food won’t look the same on your plate, leading to more funny food fails. Reddit user South-Muscle6622 noted: “100% customers should be entitled to compensation.”
British Food
This dish doesn’t look appetizing at all, making it one of the more memorable funny food fails. But, as Reddit user Otherwise_Number_474 explained, what he asked for was a British dish. Most of the comments pointed out that the food was clearly undercooked. Reddit user BanjoTCat joked: “The bacon is still oinking.”
Cornbread Spaghetti
The image shows a mix of foods that doesn’t look very appetizing, another example of funny food fails. Cornbread Spaghetti; that might be a passing fad, or perhaps not even a fad at all. Reddit user [borrado] opined: “Baked spaghetti is a thing in my area, but it is simply spaghetti, sauce and cheese baked together. The bread is still separate.”
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Ordered Birthday Cake
Reddit user Hairy_Hunter1752 decided to order a cake featuring Godzilla carrying a monkey with a rainbow border. However, the finished cake looked nothing like the design she had requested, creating one of the year’s most unforgettable funny food fails. The following year, she decided to repeat the tradition with the same theme, but the baker left out Godzilla and misunderstood the instructions, creating a completely different cake.
Lamb Fail
We would like to know what this Lamb is made of, but the user didn’t provide details about the ingredients that clearly don’t react well to heat. It likely contains cream, but the inside seems to have more substance, given that orange appearance and becoming another Reddit’s funny food fails. Reddit user BumCadillac mentioned: “It looks like it was born at Chernobyl.”
Seagull Food
Since this person hadn’t yet tasted the ice cream, judging by the perfect shape of the ice cream’s edges, it wasn’t their food yet. Reddit user Purplepunch36 revealed: “It was a damn vanilla soft serve cone, not like a meal at a Michelin star restaurant.” Apparently not, the seagull seized the opportunity and turned into one of the funny food fails. Reddit user Crittybonbon remarked: “Seagulls are really the worst.”
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Different Tupperware
For those people with OCD, this funny food fails image might trigger anxiety. Reddit user Aussie_spastic revealed that he had run out of Tupperware, so one of their meals ended up in a container different from the rest. He added: “The food is pasta bolognese and chicken & egg fried rice, 4 serves of each to cover me for the whole work week.”
Hot Dog Cannoli
Reddit user wynd666 revealed that he was banned from the site for posting an image of cannoli with a sausage inside in an Italian food post, one of Reddit’s stranger funny food fails. Reddit user Halloween_Babe90 replied: “They should roll you up in a cannoli.” While others appreciate the uniqueness and mentioned that the image should be in the hot dogs section.
Really Full Burger
Fast-food chain burgers usually come as a complete combo with fries and a soda, but the burger version posted by camthecame_l is “complete” because of what’s inside it. In addition to the meat, there are noodles, cheese and Oreo cookies. It’s a meal and dessert combined, making one of the most unusual funny food fails. Reddit user camthecame_l added: “It actually tasted good!”
They Call This a Cheeseburger
It is surprising that a burger can be sold as a cheeseburger, yet when you open it, you encounter the situation experienced by Reddit user icompletetasks. Their cheeseburger had only one slice of cheese, adding another entry to the list of funny food fails. Some Reddit users mention that this can’t be true, while others like Tortoise_unturtled reply: “Legally, a cheeseburger I guess.”
The Broth
This meal looks like something out of a war zone, resembling military rations, which often lack color, though it has improved over the years. We wonder what lies beyond the noodles in this example of funny food fails. Reddit user SpaceCowgirl935 explained: “It’s called ‘The Broth’ because of ‘The Glorp’.”
Air Fryer Hot Dog
That is what a sausage cooked in an air fryer looks like, another one of these funny food fails; it ends up completely curled up, just as the Reddit user b9_rkt revealed. Reddit user Brittany5150 offered a helping hand by saying: “You must lower the heat, poke opposite sides of dogs with a fork to make a few small holes.”
Freestyle Mac and Cheese
Reddit user Wide_Recognition_761 revealed: “It was not edible.” And that sparked responses in the comments, such as the one of betothejoy: “As you discovered, Mac and cheese is more than Mac and cheese.” Some experienced cooks noted that she should use evaporated milk instead of regular milk for a creamier sauce.
Thailand’s Burger King
Reddit user Maleficent-Agent-477 described: “It’s literally just a bun with 20 slices of cheese.” Some people wonder how he managed to swallow all the bread and cheese together, and also point out that it isn’t a burger, but a sandwich. While user randotd152 commented: “Not sure the human body can handle this much processed cheese in one go.”
Dog Food?
“It’s ground beef, mashed silken tofu, seaweed salad, and sesame sauce!” as Reddit user TLJ described. He also mentioned that his girlfriend really liked it except for the seaweed salad, and that it was mushy, firm and crunchy at the same time. But he also replied that it’s not a dog bowl, it’s just a metal mixing bowl.
Transparent Egg
Reddit user Front-Ad-5210 revealed that he cooked his egg as usual but the other comments in the post don’t believe how he managed to cook it like this. Reddit user TacCom noted: “Pan way too hot, temperature turned down to low after egg was added. Thin part instantly cooked/burned, thicker part cooked slower but still overcooked.”
Horror Movie Plate
“This oxtail dish looks like it was pulled straight out of a horror movie”, Reddit user batukaming noted. Comments on the post mention that they look like tiny people screaming, catching their breath, and screaming again. Reddit user TenaciousVillain replied: “That’s not how oxtail is supposed to look, the consistency, the color, all wrong.”
What a Sandwich…
Reddit user saberbeaver commented: “How did they forget everything including lettuce. Literally only cheese and pickles with stale bread. I had to buy some other meal.” One reply of BrownSugarBare said: “This looks worse than prison food, for real.”
Conclusion
In all these situations, the intention was to prepare o get their own food, but the result was disastrous, funny, or both. In any case, cooking isn’t for everyone; some people feel more at ease with it than others.
