I HAVE long been a fan of brevity of language; finding it visually painful to read unnecessary adjectives and believing it aurally offensive and downright rude when people pontificate using wordy language that most people can’t readily understand.

Not content with giving the food at Gordon Ramsay’s first New York restaurant a roasting, the city’s top critic has now had a go at his toilets.

GORDON Ramsay’s first New York restaurant has taken a battering from food critics.