Bizzare Food: Andrew Zimmern and No Reservations: Anthony Bourdain

polkatese
polkatese Posts: 6,767
edited April 2009 in The Clubhouse
Anyone else watch these shows on Travel Channel?

I've been hooked to these, more so with Bourdain. He is a hillarious New Yorker and yet very open minded to be exposed to that many cultures and ethnic food!

Which episodes are your best? Mine was the Kalahari Dessert episode (with the tribe).
I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited April 2009
    Love em Both. Columbia and Jamacia has to be my fav Bourdain shows so far.


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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2009
    I like Bourdain...

    Andrew Zimmern is just weird. No way I'm eating any of that crap he does.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited April 2009
    I regularly watch both shows...good stuff.

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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited April 2009
    shack wrote: »
    Andrew Zimmern is just weird. No way I'm eating any of that crap he does.

    yeah, I wonder what happened to him and his tummy when the camera is off.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • edbert
    edbert Posts: 1,041
    edited April 2009
    I actually prefer Man vs. Food. I like to find out about places that are kind of off the map that have a fun signature dish. Granted, he is usually trying to get his name on the wall for eating the hottest soup, most oysters, whatever, but it all looks like some dang good food prepared right here in the USA.
    I know just enough to be dangerous, but don't tell my wife, she thinks I'm a genius. :D

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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited April 2009
    I'm a huge Bourdain fan, as I love the way he explores foodways from a cultural perspective. It's pretty much the only show I watch.

    Man vs. Food is underwhelming. Is it just me, or do his challenges seem somewhat tame. I guess I have an iron stomach and years of eating the spiciest food on the menu under my belt, but what was the deal with him struggling with six Atomic wings at Quaker State and Lube? I ate twelve of those in one sitting - refusing water, ranch, celery, etc.
    There's MUCH hotter out there. All the while, you'd think he was giving birth to a water buffalo covered in razor blades during the whole ordeal....
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited April 2009
    Love the show and the warning label before the show starts.

    He likes his booze also.
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  • edbert
    edbert Posts: 1,041
    edited April 2009
    Yeah I don't know about the hot stuff and he does seem to be a bit dramatic, but it would be really boring if he weren't.
    I know just enough to be dangerous, but don't tell my wife, she thinks I'm a genius. :D

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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2009
    I could hang with Anthony. I spotted the guy down in Cabo once. Drunk as a rat but having a fun time. My kind of lifestyle. Good food, great comapny and hitting all the wild spots for booze.
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  • vlam
    vlam Posts: 282
    edited April 2009
    Which episodes are your best? Mine was the Kalahari Dessert episode (with the tribe).

    That's the main reason why I like Bourdain over Zimmern... he takes it (although with alcohol most of the times). I am also a big fan of Bourdain for the fact that he is anti Rachael Ray.
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