Anthony Bourdain ?

Greetings, Roadfooders!

Did you ever watch the TV-Shows, this "Chef" did years ago...?

I did like his show very much, Cambodia/Vietnam,  was very touching in some scenes, even the "Master" was near to tears, very often...

Anthony Bourdain:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain

Please, comment...



Kind regards


Michael

He is still making new shows on the travel network.  I used to like them very much but they seem to have lost their edge over the years.

He was once a master of the french bistro.  He's been out of the kitchen however for a very long time now.

I enjoy him, he's a clever wit and dry sarcasim, but the show is just getting old.

His cookbook is the only cookbook I have and that I've ever run across that drops the F-Bomb in the middle of the recipe.  I give him credit for that.

Those earliest shows were produced for the cable TV network The Food Network:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/

Wikipedia entry on those shows:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Cook's_Tour_(television)       
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A Cook's Tour (television)
   
 
I saw some some of those episodes, but forgot the details.

We have several threads on this forum with comments about The Food Network. Many cooking shows are now shown on another cable TV network called The Travel Channel:
http://www.travelchannel.com/

The constant repetition of the older shows...I think the Japan, Korea, and Namabia episodes have aired a dozen times this summer, is wearing down the fans of "No Reservations". While I like the shows set in cities in the USA, they are no-where near as comprehensive as the international shows. The USA based shows tend to be a series of restaurant reviews with less social and cultural commentary.

I enjoy the shows, and very much enjoy his books. I just saw and enjoyed his tour of the rust belt cities...though I missed the part on Buffalo...had to make dinner myself...Loved the Belgian bar in Detroit...great joint!

I appreciate that when he travels, he eats at "Roadfood-type" places and not at the usual tourist haunts. His willingness to respect local delicacies and customs makes him a good representative of the American tourist. Anyone that enjoys both foie gras and hot dogs is my kind of food critic.

WarToad



His cookbook is the only cookbook I have and that I've ever run across that drops the F-Bomb in the middle of the recipe.  I give him credit for that.

That's my kind of cookbook. I identify with foulmouthed motherf'ers.

Greetings, Roadfooders!


Anthony Bourdain in Berlin, 1-5

Anthony Bourdain in Berlin Part1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCk5prnopyw

Anthony Bourdain in Berlin Part2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cGe5MWHAOU

Anthony Bourdain in Berlin Part4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuzvqD-UwBI

Anthony Bourdain in Berlin Part5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OPwxFmbmco

Enjoy!

Kind Regards from

Michael

I loved Kitchen Confidential and couldn't put it down. I do find it amusing though that in the book he trashes the current celebrity chef culture and well...

Dave

  I identify with Tony Bourdain in that not all American tourists are there to see just the local tourist attractions. I have traveled a lot and have tried things that even Tony wouldn't try. Whale blubber anyone? How about Salmon eyeballs?

I love the fact that he loves meat in "tubular form" in any culture. Makes our American hot dog seem almost tame by comparison.

  For those of us in the restaurant industry, "Kitchen Confidential" is old hat as we have been privy to this information for years and still practice it today.  It's just how it is! Who's going to throw out a $45.00 piece of meat just because it landed on the floor for 3 seconds? If you cook it then it will kill the germs anyway!!

  I still watch his show on the Travel Network and still think it is relevant regardless of where he is at. New Jersey and Ohio were a few of the shows in the U.S that stick out in my mind. HOJO's on the Jersy shore was one of the most poingient because it is still there but not what he remembers when he was a kid, (what ever is?)

JMHO

David O.

p.s. Anthony Bourdain was a CHEF at "Les Halles" for 15 years in NYC before he became a writer.

I think the HoJo was the one is Asbury Park, NJ. The whole area is being redeveloped. It is now the
http://www.saltwaterbeachcafenj.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbury_Park,_New_Jersey

It took me a while to warm up to him but I enjoy his show. He is a unique and idiosyncratic correspondent and I enjoy his take on things.

I find his willingness to eat ANYTHING quite amazing. I enjoy the fact that he goes into things with an open mind and a positive approach, although it still doesn't make me want to do it myself!

Cosmos


I enjoy the shows, and very much enjoy his books. I just saw and enjoyed his tour of the rust belt cities...though I missed the part on Buffalo...had to make dinner myself...Loved the Belgian bar in Detroit...great joint!

He liked the beef on weck at Schwabl's.
 
Tony also posts on egullet under his own name -  He  offered to send anyone on egullet a free copy of his new (at the time) book, "The Nasty Bits" if you'd send him your mailing address.  I did, and actually got a hardback copy in the mail from his publisher. That and his snarky "TGI McFunster" sense of humor make him my favorite.

"I appreciate that when he travels, he eats at "Roadfood-type" places and not at the usual tourist haunts. His willingness to respect local delicacies and customs makes him a good representative of the American tourist. Anyone that enjoys both foie gras and hot dogs is my kind of food critic."
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THATS IT, and that is, why we loved all his food travel reports...

There is another "Gourmand" on the same channel, a guy with a bald head, eating "everything", I do not remember his name, unimportant, just a waste of time...


Michael

That would be the ever annoying Andrew Zimmern. I can't stand him.

enginecapt


That would be the ever annoying Andrew Zimmern. I can't stand him.

He apparently has a new "geek & pony" show this season.

I saw the blurbs for it, which included Zimmern mostly naked, poncing about in orange body paint. I'll be having nightmares for weeks to come.

"That would be the ever annoying Andrew Zimmern. I can't stand him."
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Gourmand, no "Style", simply disgusting!

Michael

Chews with his mouth open, makes disgusting smacking noises when he eats, makes orgasmic moaning sounds when eating certain items, always states how he's "starving" when his girth says otherwise. Doesn't know when to STFU.

I could go on.

STFU ?

Michael

That stands for Shut The F Up.

Please don't ask me to spell out the rest of F, as this is supposed to be a family friendly site.

They play records with that phrase between midnight and 5 AM on some German radio stations.
 
Search for the phrase in enginecapt's post on Youtube.

"They play records with that phrase between midnight and 5 AM on some German radio stations."
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David, they all play even more, 24/7, it is not the "puritan" America, it is Germany, free of speech, ...

Herbert Knebel / Wurstschlange (Herbert at the Supermarket, to buy some Wurst...!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht1nbNtn-BA


Michael