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If you were picking any two cities – one in the U.S. and one overseas – that you would tell someone they absolutely had to eat, what would they be?
Tokyo would probably be the foreign city if I had to eat one city’s food for the rest of my life, every day. It would have to be Tokyo, and I think the majority of chefs you ask that question would answer the same way.
In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful. So I would say New Orleans. With the best restaurants in New York, you’ll find something similar to it in Paris or Copenhagen or Chicago. But there is no place like New Orleans. So it’s a must see city because there’s no explaining it, no describing it. You can’t compare it to anything. So, far and away New Orleans.
If you were picking any two cities – one in the U.S. and one overseas – that you would tell someone they absolutely had to eat, what would they be?
Tokyo would probably be the foreign city if I had to eat one city’s food for the rest of my life, every day. It would have to be Tokyo, and I think the majority of chefs you ask that question would answer the same way.
In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful. So I would say New Orleans. With the best restaurants in New York, you’ll find something similar to it in Paris or Copenhagen or Chicago. But there is no place like New Orleans. So it’s a must see city because there’s no explaining it, no describing it. You can’t compare it to anything. So, far and away New Orleans.
Ah yes Tony Bourdain, the NYC biased guy who also thinks that one of LA's best local cuisines is in-n-out lol
Los Angeles for sure. Not to take anything from New Orleans because I know it's a great eating city, but it does not have near the variety that LA has.
Ah yes Tony Bourdain, the NYC biased guy who also thinks that one of LA's best local cuisines is in-n-out lol
I'm not a big fan of the guy either, primarily because of his incessant mocking of vegetarians, of which I am one. I'm used to it on the one hand, but his comment about it was that he felt it was an arrogant, first-world luxury... ironic, considering this is a man who makes millions of dollars traveling across the globe trying new foods for a cable channel about food
However, this said, he had an article on CNN last week about how much he loves LA's Koreatown.
Perhaps, like many other people, he simply hadn't spent enough time in LA to take it in for all that it is, which isn't an indictment... it's difficult to comprehend exactly how huge and diverse LA's culture is until you've actually spent some time here.
I also found him kind of arrogant and annoying at his snarks about Paula Deen. While she may not be the healthiest person to take cooking advice from, he was quite nasty to her in some of his remarks. Her come-back to him was appropriate though.
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