>>15693516I think cooks add little decorations like that just so show off how good they are at using a knife and and putting stuff on a plate so that people can be impressed by pictures of them than they do because they want to enhance the eater's experience. I've read that the entire nouvelle cuisine (new cooking) movement in fine dining is all based on people placing more importance on being able to order meals they can share pictures of than food that they actually like the taste of.