Do you find yourself overindulging in multiple fried foods and sauce options when you have the munchies? This is for you.Works well for holding sauces and food, separately.I've been watching Japanese culture videos & I noticed that they use divided plates like this to serve meals. It works great for portion control & making you feel as though you've eaten a lot when it's only a tablespoon. I highly recommend.My daughter wanted to try different sauces we got with her bbq beef. I saw this plate and thought "hmmm just one thing to clean rather than 9 small dishes". Love it.And my wife loves them. -nuf said.We are on a keto diet and are using this for a "lunch plate" - we put 9 keto items on the plate for lunch (avocado, nuts, cottage cheese, cubed cheese, raw veg, etc.) and it is just the right amount for lunch. They are kind of expensive, but we use these every day so I think it was a good purchase. They have held up nicely in the dishwasher also with no chipping.I bought this for a palette for watercolors and it is awesome. So easy to separate my colors into columns-3 light, 3 medium, and 4 dark tones. Deep wells..just perfect. High recommend to artists if you are looking for a new pakette.If you care of what you will use is heavy then this is that plate.