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'Being Gordon Ramsay' featuring dead pig!

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paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:10

Ffs! I'm just watching this Netflix show about Gordon Ramsay and his opening of a new restaurant with amazing views in the city. I'm not interested in him particularly, but thought I might go to this 'Lucky Cat' just for the views over London, if and whenever it opens.

BUT - then there is a scene where he is consulting with his head chef about the menu and there is a whole dead baby suckling pig on a plate. They are talking about making this a restaurant feature, requiring two chefs who carve it at your table.

AIBU to think this is obscene? Yes, I'm vegetarian, but I think even most meat eaters would balk at this?

If I were in his restaurant and that was going at the the next table, I would leave. Wtf is wrong with humans?

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paloma7 · 27/02/2026 18:05

I know loads of people who eat fish or seafood but they avoid restaurants where the fish or lobsters are half dead in tanks in the window. Yes, it's hypocritical, but this is how many people are.

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faerylights · 27/02/2026 18:04

DrPrunesqualer · 27/02/2026 18:02

Lots of negative comments from meat eaters online over This aswell

Oh well
He’ll alienate people
So much for his I love vegan food
just not vegans then Gorders

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You can love vegan food as well as meat.

I've eaten some amazing vegan dishes - still love a nice juicy bit of meat though!

AlcoholicAntibiotic · 27/02/2026 18:04

DrPrunesqualer · 27/02/2026 18:02

Lots of negative comments from meat eaters online over This aswell

Oh well
He’ll alienate people
So much for his I love vegan food
just not vegans then Gorders

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Not everywhere needs to cater solely for vegans and vegetarians.

Eating meat is a perfectly valid choice. Nobody is being forced to eat suckling pig or go to a specific restaurant if they find it distasteful.

RudePie · 27/02/2026 18:04

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:54

Yes it is more honest. Nevertheless, no meat eater I know would order that.

The patrons of Botin in Madrid would disagree. It's been open since 1725 and this is their most famous dish (it was bloody lovely!).

faerylights · 27/02/2026 18:03

DrPrunesqualer · 27/02/2026 18:00

agree

sounds really inclusive !!

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Not everything needs to be inclusive.

It was an excellent lesson and all us kids ate the hog roast - knowing exactly where it came from and that they'd helped feed and raise the pig themselves.

None of us found it disgusting or upsetting - as I recall, we mostly thought it was amusing as the pig had been called Sage 😂

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 27/02/2026 18:02

user1473878824 · 27/02/2026 17:56

What a bizarre thread and even weirder thing to highlight.

should all Asian restaurants stop selling pork?

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We really are pretty sanitised here. In Singapore you’d hear the cleavers, and see the butchery, alongside the food stalls. Things hanging up…

There was a famed crispy skinned duck hanging everywhere. Not unlike the rotisserie at a supermarket, come to think of it.

To be honest, OP, we eat meat. Small animals and big ones. Better that we don’t hide from the fact.

DrPrunesqualer · 27/02/2026 18:02

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:27

I do think a lot of people who eat pork, probably do so because they like it but don't particularly want to dwell on where it comes from or how it was killed.

Buying bacon in Tesco or wherever is something millions do. But sitting eating pork with the pig's head in the table would not go down well with a lot of meat-eaters. It's just vile in any reckoning. Imagine paying for that.

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Lots of negative comments from meat eaters online over This aswell

Oh well
He’ll alienate people
So much for his I love vegan food
just not vegans then Gorders

AlcoholicAntibiotic · 27/02/2026 18:02

Nobody tell OP about stargazy pie!

user1473878824 · 27/02/2026 18:01

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:59

Yes it is more honest. Nevertheless, no meat eater I know would order that.

There will be vegetarians in the restaurant on any given night and the sight of something like that being wheeled through will be distressing for many of his customers.

Oh come on you have to be taking the piss now

Tableforjoan · 27/02/2026 18:01

I mean as a veggie or vegan surely you pay extra attention to where you eat. So you’d know his restaurant does this and avoid if your stomach couldn’t handle seeing it.

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paloma7 · 27/02/2026 18:01

Sartre · 27/02/2026 18:00

YABU for watching such tripe in the first place!

Very true!

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pippapipps · 27/02/2026 18:01

I’m with you op also vegetarian

faerylights · 27/02/2026 18:01

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:59

Yes it is more honest. Nevertheless, no meat eater I know would order that.

There will be vegetarians in the restaurant on any given night and the sight of something like that being wheeled through will be distressing for many of his customers.

Well, they can leave then can't they? 🙄

DrPrunesqualer · 27/02/2026 18:00

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:39

What a laugh for all

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agree

sounds really inclusive !!

properidiot · 27/02/2026 18:00

I wouldn't balk at it - I'm a meat eater and I love pork.

Sounds a bit like a hog roast or something which I love.

Of course it's done for effect and we're all talking about it!

Sartre · 27/02/2026 18:00

YABU for watching such tripe in the first place!

AlcoholicAntibiotic · 27/02/2026 18:00

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:59

Yes it is more honest. Nevertheless, no meat eater I know would order that.

There will be vegetarians in the restaurant on any given night and the sight of something like that being wheeled through will be distressing for many of his customers.

Then they should check the menu first and not go if they’d find it distressing.

Bruisername · 27/02/2026 18:00

My mums favourite thing to eat is tete de veau so I’ve been thoroughly traumatised through my life.

have you ever seen all the ducks in China town?

macshoto · 27/02/2026 17:59

Went to a wedding in Portugal where a roast suckling pig(let) formed the centrepiece of the buffet that was available into the early hours of the morning (after the three course main meal had been served).

“Leitão à Bairrada is a quintessential, luxurious dish often served at Portuguese wedding receptions, featuring a whole piglet, 2–6 weeks old, roasted to achieve extremely crispy skin and tender meat. Originating from the Bairrada region, it is seasoned with garlic, bay leaves, and pepper, typically served with orange slices, homemade potato chips, and sometimes sparkling wine.”

Apparently it is also traditional for the bride and groom to be among the last to leave (3AM/4AM or later), so the buffet is to keep everyone going through the night!

AlcoholicAntibiotic · 27/02/2026 17:59

Looks like he’s just jumping on a bit of a suckling pig bandwagon!

https://www.standard.co.uk/going-out/restaurants/suckling-pig-restaurant-trend-2025-b1249612.html

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paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:59

Yes it is more honest. Nevertheless, no meat eater I know would order that.

There will be vegetarians in the restaurant on any given night and the sight of something like that being wheeled through will be distressing for many of his customers.

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Hedgesandbutterflies · 27/02/2026 17:58

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:37

If you ordered veal, would you want the cow's head on the table while you ate?

Yes, people know where meat comes from, but many of them don't like to dwell on it too much. No meat eater I know would be particularly delighted with the head of a lamb, pig or cow on the table while they ate. Let's be honest.

I know plenty who are absolutely delighted with head of lamb served!

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 27/02/2026 17:58

BB052028 · 27/02/2026 17:56

I feel the opposite- it's much more honest to eat a pig that looks like a pig. To me it's far more obscene to eat a chicken nugget shaped like a dinosaur or whatever.

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You mean they aren’t dinosaurs!? I’m shocked.

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 27/02/2026 17:58

It's delicious, that's the only thing that matters..

As for comments about Muslims, they'll go somewhere that serves halal meat.

faerylights · 27/02/2026 17:58

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:54

Yes it is more honest. Nevertheless, no meat eater I know would order that.

Well, lots of us on here are telling you we would order it.

Sounds delicious.

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