Gordon's great escape to India on Travel & Living is unexpected, as was to be expected, but he can be cringe-making even there. While I enjoyed seeing him attempt to run with the bulls, south India style, he lost marks in the next round. He committed the cardinal sin of chefs who sample cuisine they don't like - he spit out toddy in Kerala.
Now Malayalees are not unfamiliar with their egos, and the faces of the men who were a.serving and b. introducing said toddy were frozen, as was mine. Honestly, for a man whose life is food, a little discretion should be de rigueur. The last time my face froze was when Bobby Chin spat out durian in Malaysia if I recall correctly. Good manners can never be over-emphasised.
