Gordon Ramsay travels the world in search of the best food and the best tastes imaginable,
partly to expand his knowledge of food, but also so we can follow him and explore cuisine
too.
Ramsay’s ability to stomach almost anything means he will try all kinds of exotic food,
so much so that we had to make two videos!
Ten just wasn’t enough, so don't forget to see part 1 by following the link in the
description.
So, on with part 2!
Wild Boar War
Who doesn’t love a barbecue, especially when it’s covered in pork!
This dish is special, as you get paid to eat it!
Who wouldn’t want that?
Ramsay sets out to hunt some wild boar that are plaguing the American countryside.
With the help of some soldiers, a war is declared on the elusive wild boar - or in this case,
not so elusive.
With a $40 bounty on their heads, these pigs are in the sights of Ramsay and his military
mate, Major Bobby Toon.
It doesn’t look good Ramsay.
After finally working out how to fire a gun, Ramsay scores a few bullseyes with the rifle
but just can’t get to grips with the handgun.
“Sod the Pistol”.
The next morning at 6am they begin their hunt by tracking down a hog by following its poop.
On the floor and on the trees, Ramsay enjoys a good smell before realizing he’s sniffing
pig butt.
Delicious.
Ironically, it is Ramsay’s bad smell that scares off the hogs so they resort to trapping
one.
Once it has been killed and washed in the creek, they get to butchering it in the wild.
Shoulders, Filet, Tenderloin, Ribs, and Hams - Ramsay cuts them all as Major Bobby Toon
points out the mountain oysters - much to Ramsay’s disgust.
After boiling the ribs in a stock, Ramsay makes his own barbecue sauce and grills them
for a squad of hungry American soldiers to devour.
As the British would say, “put more pork on your fork!”
Good riddance to bad hog, eh boys?
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Thai Spicy Sausage
Sausages are a breakfast staple.
Served with eggs, this humble meaty morsel is a favorite across the world.
However, in Thailand, things get a little spicy as you might expect.
When Ramsay visited Chiang Mai, he was told he had to try the local spicy sausage delicacy
- Sai Oua.
This sausage is packed with chilies and herbs galore - and boy can you tell.
After some concerns that Ramsay was there to steal her secret recipes, Auntie Rot was
finally convinced to take him out back and show him how it was made.
Filling a grinder with hundreds of chilies, Ramsay looks nervous as he adds shallots,
garlic, and Thai herbs.
Out come the intestines that need to be filled and Ramsay begins to gag once again.
At this point, Ramsay throws away his notes, much to Auntie Rot’s pleasure!
Trying to fill the intestines with the spicy pork filling leaves Ramsay dropping the food
on the floor and Auntie Rot laughing at him from behind.
Poor Ramsay… never again.
A Cuddly Puffin Snack
Ramsay heads to Iceland to try some puffin - much to bird lovers’ dismay.
After grilling the local chefs about puffin meat, he decided to go out grill one himself.
Before you get upset, in Iceland puffins are eaten daily.
They are a staple dish, and only the best air fishers can catch them.
Before heading out Ramsay makes a bread that is baked in the volcanic ash underground for
a night - pretty cool!
The next morning Ramsay and Oli head out to practice their air fishing skills.
The first catch is traditionally released, so Ramsay tries to give it a kiss and almost
gets his nose pecked right off!
This lucky bird is soon released, although Ramsay probably wanted to cook it up right
there and then.
It takes Ramsay three hours to catch his first bird.
Talk about staying in the kitchen!
When he finally does, he almost falls off a cliff!
As Ramsay and Oli skin their birds, Oli takes a raw heart and chews it down - and poor Ramsay
follows suit, nicknaming Oli Hannibal under his breath.
Well done Gordon - you’re a braver soul than any of us!
When preparing to cook, Ramsay found out his bread was stolen overnight…
or maybe he just forgot where he buried it.
Luckily for him, Oli had a bread at hand and they enjoyed a delicious puffin dinner with
a yogurt cucumber salad and grilled vine tomatoes.
Much better than the raw heart earlier, eh Oli...or was that Hannibal?
Thai Style Oysters - They’re Spicy!
Back in Thailand, a topless Ramsay heads out on a boat to catch some oysters.
Hot stuff, Ramsay.
After grabbing a haul of fresh gooey oysters, he heads to a shack to cook.
His fellow chef teaches him how to make a traditional hot and sour soup that is filled
with fish and spices.
Gordon then is instructed to make a paste, mashing together Thai herbs and chili.
“Bang bang until smooth,’ she tells him, “More Bang Bang!”
- Ramsay is not here for the bang-bang, auntie, he is here for the food!
Dipping his little finger in, he tastes the spicy dip before coughing again at the spiciness!
Gordon cannot handle his spice it seems!
After shucking some oysters, he enjoys them raw and fresh with the spicy sauce and washes
it down with the hot and sour fish soup.
Not bad for a day at the beach, eh, Gordon?!
Farmed Caviar - Is it as good?
Caviar is one of the finest and most prestigious foods in the entire world.
Ramsay describes them as individual pearls exploding in your mouth - “absolutely delicious”
- calm down Ramsay!
Caviar is, however, a rare ingredient and with sturgeon fish going extinct, Ramsay heads
to Spain to try out farmed caviar - and he is not convinced.
Despite the owner claiming the caviar tastes better, Ramsay needs to try it for himself,
so he heads out to the farm and catches his own.
After grabbing a mother that is almost 20 years old, they give it an ultrasound to check
her eggs.
What a proud mother.
After heading to the operation theatre, the female fish are ready to have the eggs extracted,
and they put Ramsay in charge of the scalpel.
Is that what you ask all the ladies, Gordon?
Naughty boy.
After the eggs are extracted, they are seasoned with salt and left to mature for four months.
One fish can have up to 10,000 British pounds worth of caviar - an incredible haul.
After all that, however, Gordon goes and puts his caviar in a potato salad.
Hmm… interesting choice.
Torpedo Soup
While on a great escape in Malaysia, Ramsay meets with two bikers who love to bike around
and find the most exotic food to eat.
When they visited a small market, they ordered Ramsay a bowl of Torpedo Soup.
The bikers try to subtly tell Ramsay that the torpedo is exactly what he thinks it is…
yep, it’s a bull’s penis.
Whipping out the elongated penis, Ramsay gets to work.
ouch ouch.
I bet all the ladies tell you that, Gordon!
The story goes that the penis brings strength to the men that eat it and make them last
longer in the sack.
Ramsay surely doesn’t need any of this but he was gracious and gave it a try.
Flavored with cloves and cinnamon, the soup was actually delicious.
It’s hard to tell what Ramsay is blown away by more, the long bull penis or the delicious
soup.
Number One Thailand - Pat Krapao
Back to Thailand, Gordon discovers the real official Thai dish, and it’s not Pad Thai.
Mister whiskers throw everything into the wok and gets to work creating arguably the
best Thai dish out there - Pat Krapao.
Sweet and sour, this basil-rich dish is all the rage in Thailand, especially with a fried
egg on top!
Unconvinced, Ramsay tucks in and is pleasantly surprised!
See Gordon, not all exotic food has to be weird, some of it is actually good!
Bird’s Nest Soup
Eating exotic doesn’t always mean eating cheap.
Flying all the way to Malaysia’s Borneo, Gordon admits to NEVER eating a real birds
nest soup!
Call him a fine dining chef…
On the hunt to try it fresh, he meets with a villager from a local tribe that takes him
into the jungle and helps him harvest the nest from a dark cave.
The nests are taken after the birds have left their nests so no chicken kiev and a fried
egg to go with this soup!
Malaysia exports these nests to China, where birds nest soup is said to improve your lifespan
after an ancient Chinese emperor named it ‘longevity soup’.
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Today, these exports are worth five million pounds a year!
That’s a sh*t load of birds nests, as Ramsay would say!
Almost falling down into the cave… whoops…
Ramsay begins to think this is not the best ideas when he catches a whiff of bat sh*t
and asks if the taste is worth it!
His guide quickly confirms that, no, he has never eaten bat sh*t - what a donut!
Deeper into the cave and at risk of a bat dropping a fresh one in his mouth, he reverts
back to his good old ways - “I hope this tastes f*cking amazing”.
At the top of a 100m high cave, Ramsay and his guides head up a bamboo ladder that he
hopes can hold his weight.
“I hope it can hold 15 stone”.
At the top of the ladder, tempers begin to fray as he is greeted by a massive spider.
After all that, he heads back to a shack where an auntie boils the nest in water and adds
some sugar.
You can tell by the look on Ramsay’s face that it really wasn’t worth all that effort…
So much for a hot and spicy soup.
All he was left with was a bowl of boiled woven bird spit… yum.
“Doesn't make sense”.
Ramsay Goes Vegi in India
To end this list, we meet Gordon on his final leg of his Great Escape as he re-visits India
to discover their most popular dishes.
As he visits a vegetarian restaurant, Ramsay sits through a lecture about how eating too
much meat makes you bad-tempered.
Looks like she’s right, Gordon!
Ordering the most popular vegetarian dish in India, Gordon better be on his best behavior.
Idili Sambar and Roll Dosa Pancake.
Mixing the idili in a spicy sambar soup, Ramsay begins to have his heart changed about vegetarian
cuisine.
See Gordon, vegetarian food is good for your soul.
But please don’t go full-on vegetarian, otherwise, Hell’s kitchen may turn into
heaven’s kitchen.
Halfway through his dinner, Ramsay is invited to spend a week in a temple, eating only vegetarian
food with a bunch of monks.
Needless to say, we all know what meat-fueled response he gave.
Stuffed Frog in Cambodia
Although Gordon Ramsay can be a bit of a drama queen in the kitchen, he doesn’t shy away
from getting down and dirty when out on tour.
When Chef Ramsay heads to the lagoons in Cambodia to hunt frogs, the first thing he sees is
a snakeskin.
Flashbacks to Vietnam maybe Lucky for him, the owner of this snakeskin is long gone.
Phew!
Frogs are on the menu for dinner tonight, but first, he has to catch one!
His Cambodian hunter friend soon shoots and nabs dozens of frogs that are just begging
to be stuffed.
Killed, gutted and skinned, the frog meat is then finely chopped.
Ramsay does a good job until he is told twice to stop!
Making mends by stuffing the frogs very well, they set to grilling them.
They say the French love frogs, but Cambodians seem to love them more - with a “très bon”
from the dinner guests.
Well done, Gordon!
So, Gordon wows us again with another ten of the most exotic foods he has ever tried.
Is there anything on this list that you would try?
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