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Anthony Bourdain stuck in Beirut

AserAser 2,351 Posts
edited August 2006 in Strut Central
well he is home now, but you just know his stories about the ordeal will be eloquent as always.http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/28/bourdain_beirut/index.htmlhttp://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/index_20060729.htmlhttp://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2006/07/14/no-reservations-the-shwarma-and-shrapnel-episode/if you don't know who Anthony is, read up on your read ups. He is the dude of all dudes....

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  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,900 Posts
    My gurl really wants his DVD's and was just reading this yesterday.


    PS-

    Hi Aser!
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    Just finished Kitchen Confidential and absolutely ripped throught it. Anything else he's done like that?

    K.
  • kitchenknightkitchenknight 4,922 Posts
    Just finished Kitchen Confidential and absolutely ripped throught it. Anything else he's done like that?

    K.

    read a cook's tour, fo sho. then, watch 'no reservations'. best food tv going today. the montreal episode is my favorite...he does a 15 course foie gras menu that is fucking ridiculous.
  • AserAser 2,351 Posts






    kitchen - the foie gras ep was filmed @ au pied du cochon
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    Just finished Kitchen Confidential and absolutely ripped throught it. Anything else he's done like that?

    K.

    read a cook's tour, fo sho. then, watch 'no reservations'. best food tv going today. the montreal episode is my favorite...he does a 15 course foie gras menu that is fucking ridiculous.

    Is that the one with the Tobacco Ice Cream???
  • AserAser 2,351 Posts
    I think you're referring to the marlboro infused coffee custard w/ foie gras that was served by Keller for the French Laundry episode of A Cook's Tour.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    Just finished Kitchen Confidential and absolutely ripped throught it. Anything else he's done like that?

    K.

    read a cook's tour, fo sho. then, watch 'no reservations'. best food tv going today. the montreal episode is my favorite...he does a 15 course foie gras menu that is fucking ridiculous.

    Is that the one with the Tobacco Ice Cream???

    nah, that is the French laundry in Napa Valley...

    yes Bourdian is the man, even writes fiction and wrote a biography of Typhoid Mary...

    The Peru episode is my favorite, also Indonesia was cool, he went to Bali and ate this roasted pig basted in Coconut water, turned the skin into coconut candy....
  • kitchenknightkitchenknight 4,922 Posts


    kitchen - the foie gras ep was filmed @ au pied du cochon

    yeah, after seeing the man who is the genius behind that joint, it jumped into the top 5 of restaurants i gotta get my ass to. that is my favorite segment he's ever done...
  • AserAser 2,351 Posts
    so needless to say, Chicago is off your destination map.
  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    the Iceland and Vietnam episodes of No Reservations were my favorites, but I've unfortunately missed more than a few.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    the El bulli episode was cool as hell, carrot and apricot foam, roast fish prepared like cotton candy, all kinds of crazy shit....

    check dude:
    http://www.time.com/time/innovators/culinary/profile_adria.html
  • PrimeCutsLtdPrimeCutsLtd jersey fresh 2,632 Posts
    what the hell is he doing in lebanon? Tell him to get in the kitchen and make me some pie!
  • kitchenknightkitchenknight 4,922 Posts
    the El bulli episode was cool as hell, carrot and apricot foam, roast fish prepared like cotton candy, all kinds of crazy shit....

    check dude:
    http://www.time.com/time/innovators/culinary/profile_adria.html

    According to the website of the production company who does the show, they made the El Bulli episdode into a miniseries.

    And, to whoever said it up top, Chicago is still on my list...a friend ate w/ Grant Aschatz of Alinea last year, and I'd love to eat there. Not just a foie gras fan; just like food in general.
  • Danno3000Danno3000 2,850 Posts

    kitchen - the foie gras ep was filmed @ au pied du cochon

    Au pied du cochon is one of the things I miss most about Montreal. Meals there were always memorable and, more times than not, inspired.
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    The last episode of his I caught he definitely took it to the next level. He was visiting Montreal and Quebec and went up to the north with some Inuit. They hunted and shot a seal, then the family just cut it up and started eating it raw in the middle of the kitchen. He got a little raw meat and ate it, and then got offered an eye ball and sucked out the innards.
  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,850 Posts
    Just finished Kitchen Confidential and absolutely ripped throught it. Anything else he's done like that?

    K.

    Most people do. It's one of those books. Haven't read anything else of his though.
  • Rich45sRich45s 327 Posts
    I shot through it super fast too. As I did with A Cook's Tour. The chapter on Veitnam and Pho in particular was amazing.

    Currently reading

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400041201/002-3419086-7421617?v=glance&n=283155

    Not in the same rootin' tootin' easy to read style as Bourdains but very good nonetheless.

    Having scrolled down the link, seem Mr. Bordain also rates it too.
  • Danno3000Danno3000 2,850 Posts
    If people are feeling food writing, you need to go back to the classics:

  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,850 Posts
    If people are feeling food writing, you need to go back to the classics:


    Yes.
  • AserAser 2,351 Posts
    Bourdain In Beirut is being repeated tonight on TLC as a special presentation. 10pm or 2am.

    peep eeeet!

    plus I really want to check this out....
  • p_gunnp_gunn 2,284 Posts
    i love that dude, but he needs to lose the earring...
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