I love Kitchen Nightmares and I've been on a tear of watching old episodes ever since that crazy-ass finale aired but...

sometimes Gordon has some really fucked up reactions to shit and idk if it's him or if he's playing to the camera but either way sometimes it makes me go "dude, the fuck"

I'm watching Sante la Brea and so far he's gone OMG WHAT IS THIS? over ma po tofu and vegan duck/fish substitutes

not like "oh this should taste good and it doesn't" but actually like OMG EW WTF IS MA PO TOFU OMG EW VEGAN DUCK

and I'm like... dude, that just makes you look provincial and closed minded, though

ma po tofu is fucking great when it's made right

if he doesn't know that he probably shouldn't be at a restaurant that makes it

yeah

he was in the right in the amy's episode -- it would be hard not to be

LOL well yes

but when it comes specialized things like vegan cooking or untradtional regionalized dishes, he can be pretty closed minded and unhelpful

no it only happens once in a while, I was just watching this old rerun and it struck me because he was so fucking weirdly derogatory about the ma po tofu and I'm like "I don't think you know what that is"

yeah -- I also had that reaction

with another episode, but i can't remember the name of the dish now

yeah he was super closed minded about the vegan stuff too

it also makes me wonder about the screening process because like

it was a cambodian dish but for the like of me i can't remember what, just being like "gordon :/"

really he should just not go to restaurants that he doesn't understand the cuisine of

pretty much

oh... ia...