India, April 7 -- Gaggan Anand has revealed that he once kicked a Thai woman out of his restaurant for saying that she did not like Indian food. The celebrated chef behind the progressive Indian restaurant Gaggan in Bangkok, which has topped the list of Asia's best restaurants five times, recalled this little-known story during a podcast with Vir Sanghvi.

During the conversation, the topic shifted to Gaggan Anand's well-known temperamental nature. As Sanghvi questioned him about his "arrogance", the Kolkata-born chef replied, "My problem is when I, when I meet someone and the energy's not right, I feel wrong."

Asked to elaborate, Gaggan Anand cited the example of the woman he once kicked out of his restaurant.

"There was this Thai lady...