India, April 3 -- Here's a hipness quiz for you. So, you are sitting in a bar with a dirty old man, when suddenly a look of lust comes over his face and he says 'hot honey'!

Is he referring to the attractive waitress? To the gorgeous woman sitting at the next table? Or is he just looking for a condiment?

Hot honey?

Yes, indeed. For several years now, hot honey has been a trendy condiment in the West. It is not, as foodies may fondly imagine, honey produced by bees who have been allowed to feast exclusively on the flowers of a chilli plant, with the capsaicin they thus ingest, imparting a spicy tang to the honey they create.

It's just normal, bog-standard honey to which a chilli flavour has been added. This sounds slightly boring, but ...