Truth is....Easterners and Westerners all need to open their minds and accept that people are different. Not just necessarily cultures or nationalities but 'people' as individuals.

Some people drink alcohol some people don't...it's a choice you get to make. If everyone stopped judging people then the world would be a happier place.

It's a shame Gordon Ramsay's restaurant has closed down as I did enjoy it. However, as I said in a previous thread about 'no alcohol at the pearl' .... I changed my opinion about no alcohol being perhaps a good thing when I was informed that by fellow QL'ers that restaurants were on the verge of closing because of it.

So I did expect this to happen. It is safe to say that although its their 'country' and their rules, I had a much better experience when the wine was a flowing and have since usually dined elsewhere :)