Gordon Ramsey eats Shark Fin soup for the first time

G-Bus · 09-06-2011, 10:26 PM

Forcefed3 · 09-06-2011, 10:28 PM

nice..

G-Bus · 09-06-2011, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Forcefed3

nice..

You clearly didn't watch the video LOL

ErvGotti · 09-06-2011, 10:40 PM

I've had it before in a chinese place in the phillipines and Gordon Ramsey's take on it is spot on. The fin really didn't taste like anything like he said you could have substituted noodles or something in it's place. The soup it self was pretty good, but for the price I really dont see what the big fuss is about. Though I know in asian culture eating somthing like shark or tiger or whatever has mystic properties to them. Something like a placebo affect like eating a shark would make you powerful or only the rich eat the shark.

-=Hot|Ice=- · 09-06-2011, 11:08 PM

We share the same Birthday.

I like him, he's a funny guy.

just4kickz · 09-06-2011, 11:10 PM

meh.. shark fin soup is pretty good to me... dont appreciate them using only the fins tho.

animal cruelty happens in the states, but nobody cares about that lol.

E90SLAM · 09-06-2011, 11:10 PM

Hahaha...I like when Gordon being a bit naughty when asking the manager a pen and a piece of paper.

AW335TT · 09-06-2011, 11:48 PM

I love watching Gordon Ramsey ... his like the Jeremy Clarkson of food shows.

LACSTER · 09-07-2011, 12:41 AM

Hells Kitchen right?

BillLee · 09-07-2011, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by just4kickz

meh.. shark fin soup is pretty good to me... dont appreciate them using only the fins tho.

animal cruelty happens in the states, but nobody cares about that lol.

yeah, i would like to eat the whole shark.

Inspired · 09-07-2011, 02:13 AM

The video does show some aspect of animal cruelty but doesn't shit like this happen to all type of animals?

How about whales?

b0bab0i · 09-07-2011, 02:37 AM

Yep who gives a shit. Even if he stops restaurants in the Chinatown of one city. That won't stop the killing of sharks throughout the world. Shark fin soup is too engrained in Chinese tradition to ever go away.

That shit is like telling gordon ramsey to stop selling steaks at his restaurants because cattle is sacred in the Hindu religion. You cant please everyone in the world.

AW335TT · 09-07-2011, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by benmoooon

Yep who gives a shit. Even if he stops restaurants in the Chinatown of one city. That won't stop the killing of sharks throughout the world. Shark fin soup is too engrained in Chinese tradition to ever go away.

That shit is like telling gordon ramsey to stop selling steaks at his restaurants because cattle is sacred in the Hindu religion. You cant please everyone in the world.

Sorry but thats not the same at all. First of all cattle is far from endangered, they dont go out into the wild and catch cattle to kill them, they raise them for that purpose. Also they dont kill a whole cow just to use the feet and tail they use basically every part of it. If there was a shark farm and they raised the sharks so they can cut off the fins and the sharks werent endangered than you can compare them to cattle.

Oregano123 · 09-07-2011, 03:49 AM

this is more pressing than some sharks' fins

matt · 09-07-2011, 09:04 AM

China...what do you expect?

NYCGP · 09-07-2011, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by just4kickz

animal cruelty happens in the states, but nobody cares about that lol.

Yeah they do... Humane Society... PETA. The list goes on and on.

People aren't singling out Asians.. What is being done with sharks is disgusting.. Whether you like it or not. It's wasteful and borderline ridiculous to remove less than 3% of an animal's meat and then throw it over board.

I love veal. Do I recognize how inhumane it is kill calves for their meat? Yes. But at least they aren't simply killing the cow for a fraction of it's meat and then let the rest of it just rot.

Not to mention the calves are being raised for the sole purpose of their meat. Unlike the situation with shark fin soup, where you are long lining for 100's of sharks and the return is only a couple hundred lbs of meat. While 1000's of lbs of meat are being dumped back into the ocean. These sharks are part of the food chain... farm raised chickens and cattle are not.

Simply put... your argument is that ignorance is bliss.

gonzo · 09-07-2011, 09:25 AM

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China...what do you expect?

I would expect a Chinese company to create a fake shark fin to sell for huge profits just like they do with everything else on Earth.

abisson · 09-07-2011, 09:38 AM

It's true. If the sharks were raised for that specific purpose, then yes. But no.

Their fins are cut, and most of them die in the water afterwards. It is stupid. Animal cruelty 101.

KingOfJericho · 09-07-2011, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by AW335TT

Sorry but that's not the same at all. First of all cattle is far from endangered, they don't go out into the wild and catch cattle to kill them, they raise them for that purpose. Also they don't kill a whole cow just to use the feet and tail they use basically every part of it. If there was a shark farm and they raised the sharks so they can cut off the fins and the sharks weren't endangered than you can compare them to cattle.

This.

ES_TRADER · 09-07-2011, 12:06 PM

OMG i just realized ive been eating the cheap stuff all my life...ive never seen a whole fin like that going in the soup...used only seeing strands and fibers...

infinitekidM2C · 09-07-2011, 12:09 PM

Foie gras anyone? Let's not act like this is anything special or new to society.

ES_TRADER · 09-07-2011, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ErvGotti

I've had it before in a chinese place in the phillipines and Gordon Ramsey's take on it is spot on. The fin really didn't taste like anything like he said you could have substituted noodles or something in it's place. The soup it self was pretty good, but for the price I really dont see what the big fuss is about. Though I know in asian culture eating somthing like shark or tiger or whatever has mystic properties to them. Something like a placebo affect like eating a shark would make you powerful or only the rich eat the shark.

actually shark fin is believed to have great effects on virility and gives men extra strength and stamina for u know what...thats why they consume it...not because of taste...also thought to increase females sexual desire...libido, all that shit

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