Few years ago I was taken to an upscale Japanese restaurant here by a prof I'd done some proof-reading work for.
I'd said I liked Japanese food, but forgotten to mention that, as an ex-biologist who'd done invertebrate parasitology courses, I didn't eat raw fish.
Sho nuf, as the most expensive thing on the menu, thats naturally what I got. Too late to say anything, so the work around was to put A LOT of wasabi on it (its an antiseptic) and chew it a lot.
People looked on in horror as my face went purple and wax ran out of my ears. "Are you OK?" says mine host, reaching for his phone to call an ambulance. "Fine" I croaked through cracked lips.
Havn't got as much waitress attention since just after eating a wild mango in Borneo (all the skin comes off your lips when exposed to sunlight, you bleed from the mouth a bit and your hands go black. Its not really a very good look).